Comments on: Purple Line could pose problem for Bonifant St bar

By: ChrisE

ChrisE — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:17:25 +0000

Will someone just shut up and build the damn thing?

By: paf

paf — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:50:31 +0000

Perry T, we do not want upgrade to Quarry House. That is part of the charm – the dumpiness. We must save one of the few remaining “local joints” in the area. No more chain bars!

By: Joel Sparks

Joel Sparks — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:25:23 +0000

The movement to declare the Quarry House a historic monument starts now.

By: LuvMyHood

LuvMyHood — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:17 +0000

State & county officials are up-front about the Purple Line’s purpose — economic redevelopment. Since we don’t have abandoned factories & shuttered shopping malls around here, that means bulldozing existing occupied buildings. That was scary enough before 2005. Then the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Kelo case that municipalities can use eminent domain for economic development — in other words, they can take land in an effort to pump their tax base. I expect efforts to rezone Long Branch & Langley Park for luxury housing, and maybe a token office building here & there.

By: DogsRule

DogsRule — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:57:27 +0000

Please move Quarry House to my basement. Yer all invited…

By: Terry in Silver Spring

Terry in Silver Spring — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:41:44 +0000

Truth be told, I’ve walked up those Quarry House stairs a bit tipsy myself. I’m imagining doing that and suddenly having a trolley or train roll in front of me. Might be disconcerting.

By: Thayer Ave., too

Thayer Ave., too — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:17:54 +0000

Oh, and upgrades to the QH entrance would totally negate the dive-bar atmosphere. In fact, I think they recently replaced the panels facing the street to enhance that “lived-in” look!

By: Thayer Ave., too

Thayer Ave., too — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:13:48 +0000

Slide or no, my husband seems to have a pretty tough time exiting the QH some nights…

By: Terry in Silver Spring

Terry in Silver Spring — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:41:09 +0000

Hey! Jennifer didn’t thank me for suggesting a slide down to the Quarry House. My feelings are terribly hurt.

Editor’s note: I appreciate your comments, as well as those of others. Now get off my back! — JD (Nov 10, 2009)

By: Wayne Phyillaier

Wayne Phyillaier — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:03:57 +0000

Jennifer:

I was at the focus group meeting too, and I clearly heard MTA say that traffic would NOT be permitted to roll across Georgia Avenue in the future, just as they are not allowed to do today. But then, my wife has been telling me it’s time to get a hearing aid!

But then again, since Bonifant will be only one way on the west side of Georgia Avenue, we know that at least some crossing movements will not be possible because of the restrictions from the one-way traffic.

Wayne

Editor’s note: I’ll try to get in touch with the MTA to clarify whether automobile traffic will roll through that intersection. — JD (Nov 10, 2009)