Blues Alley Moving?
According to Bruce Johnson of WUSA9, Mayor Fenty learned last week that Blues Alley, the esteemed jazz club in Georgetown, hasn’t had a lease agreement since 1998 and could lose its Wisconsin Avenue address. The question now is: If that’s the case, where would they go?
Mr. Johnson states that there has been some talk about it moving to National Harbor Place on the Potomac in Prince George’s County (among other possibilities), but I’d like to think that Blues Alley could find a home in Silver Spring.
With Marcus Johnson in our midst and a blossoming Silver Spring JazzFest – not to mention the lower cost of real estate in the area – DTSS could be primed as a real possibility for a new location, but some real lobbying would be involved.
This is, once again, where you come in. The Blues Alley Web site has a contact form where you can tell Harry Schnipper that Silver Spring would be a great place for the jazz club. Let’s see what we can accomplish, eh?
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Dude, if the Birchmere deal falls through — which it might — then maybe Blues Alley could take its place at the JC Penney site.
I just read on The ‘Guin this morning about the Birchmere. What a drag! And nobody wants to talk about it? Blues Alley should definitely be a contender, but might run into the same revenue generation issues. What to do? When will we hear about the Birchmere?
Don’t know when we’ll hear the final word on the Birchmere, but the county seems to think it’s a done deal.
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