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Feb 17-23, 2006 Wild Pitch by Dave Jamieson Washington City Paper Full article: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cover/2006/cover0217.html When they moved to condemn her land, city officials informed Patricia Ghiglino that her property in Southeast D.C. was worth $1.8 million. They just wouldn’t show her how they came up with that number. Patricia Ghiglino and her lawyers should have known the city couldn’t afford to play fair. Director of a nonprofit sculpture center near the Navy Yard in Southeast D.C., Ghiglino owned roughly 9,600 square feet of land that sits right in the footprint of a baseball-stadium site the city envisions for the Anacostia waterfront. In order to pave the way for D.C.’s next great entertainment destination, District officials planned to condemn her land...
Feb 2, 2006 Landowners in Stadium's Path Fight to Stay Put Feb. 7 Move-Out Date Pending in D.C. Court By David Nakamura Washington Post Staff Writer Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020100868.html ...Reinaldo Lopez drove a yellow forklift back and forth from inside the building, hauling heavy crates stacked with supplies and equipment, and loading them onto the truck. His wife, Patricia Ghiglino, stood outside in the cool air and flipped through the pages of "The Prince" by Machiavelli. Patricia Ghiglino is the owner of Washington Sculpture Center; she must move the business because it is located at 1338 Half Street SE, the site of the proposed DC baseball stadium. "Above all he must abstain from taking the property of others, for men forget more easily the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony," Ghiglino read aloud. The words have special meaning for Ghiglino and Lopez...
Dec 1, 2005 D.C. Government Playing with 'Corked Bat' City to condemn private property to make way for baseball stadium Full article: http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=18062 By: Steve Stanek Budget & Tax News Publisher: The Heartland Institute ...Patricia Ghiglino, who owns a yellow-brick art studio on the proposed stadium site, has vowed to take the matter to court... "I was born in Peru, and I never, ever imagined something like this could happen here," Ghiglino said. "I think what is really upsetting is that they are stretching the concept of eminent domain for economic development. ... They are opening the door to corruption." Ghiglino doesn't know where she'll move, only that it likely won't be DC because real estate prices are too high and she doesn't want to "get burned a second time."...
Oct 26, 2005 D.C. Seizes 16 Owners' Property for Stadium As Negotiations With City Continue, Tenants Given Three Months to Vacate Land in Southeast Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501354.html By David Nakamura Washington Post Staff Writer The District government filed court papers yesterday to seize $84 million worth of property from 16 owners in Southeast, giving them 90 days to leave and make way for a baseball stadium... ...Patricia Ghiglino, who owns an art studio assessed by the city at $1.7 million, said yesterday that she is meeting with city officials Nov. 14 to discuss the offer. She said she has hired an appraiser to conduct an independent analysis of how much money her property is worth. "I don't know if the city will want to avoid litigation and just come up clean," Ghiglino said. "But if they decide they don't want to agree with our appraiser, then I guess I don't have too much recourse" but to let the court decide. Ghiglino, who has been in her property 15 years, said she felt strange that the city now controls the title to her land. "I've cried so many days since this first came up" last year, she said. "It was very, very personal to me. We created the center. I worked 60 to 90 hours a week here, on Saturdays and Sundays. This became not just a business but also my home. . . . At end, this just becomes a business issue. I have to look for ways that are best for me personally. But we will continue the center regardless of where we go. That's our mission."...
Oct 18, 2005 Government Playing with 'Corked Bat' in Stadium Game — National Center Cites Need for Eminent Domain Reform Full article: http://www.nationalcenter.org/PREminentDomainAbuse1005.html Contact: Peyton Knight or Ryan Balis at (202) 543-4110 Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research is crying foul over the emergence of what it considers a dreadful American pastime - eminent domain abuse... ...Patricia Ghiglino, who owns a yellow-brick art studio in the path of the stadium, has vowed to take the matter to court. Retired Army officer Kenneth Wyban also plans to go to court. His pre-Civil War home that he has worked for years to restore, and had hoped to turn into a bed-and-breakfast, is also targeted for acquisition. "I was born in Peru, and I never ever imagined something like this could happen here," Mrs. Ghiglino recently told the National Center. "I think what is really upsetting is that they are stretching the concept of eminent domain for economic development... they are opening the door to corruption." Ghiglino doesn't know where she'll move, only that it likely won't be D.C. because real estate prices are too high and she doesn't want to "get burned a second time."...
Sep 26, 2005 D.C. land costs keep rising Full article: http://www.fieldofschemes.com/ (see Sep 26 entry) The lawsuit to block land taking for a Washington Nationals stadium may have been tossed - sorry for neglecting to mention that at the time, incidentally - but there'll still be plenty of work for D.C. lawyers. According to eminent domain law, landowners who don't like the district's offer for their land can't say no, but they can sue for a bigger award - and that's just what they're doing, in bunches. "North of my property, things are selling for $350 to $400 per square foot," but the city offered only $188 per square foot for her art studio, local property owner Patricia Ghiglino told the Washington Post. "The city's offer is not fair compensation." One likely key to the cases is how the court rules on the reasons for skyrocketing land values in the Navy Yard area - eminent domain law allows the city to disregard any increase in land values from the stadium project, but locals insist that values were on the rise anyway...
Sep 25, 2005 Battle Brewing for Stadium Tracts: Owners Get Lawyers And Get Ready to Contest City's Offers Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/24/AR2005092401373.html By David Nakamura Washington Post Staff Writer A year ago, Patricia Ghiglino's two-story, yellow-brick art studio in a drab, largely industrial neighborhood in Southeast Washington was worth $654,000 to the ...
Jun 15, 2005 Leadership Washington Announces Its 20th Class Full article: http://www.lwdc.org/index.ww Leadership Washington is proud to announce the selection of the Class of 2006, the 20th in the organization's history. Comprised of 57 outstanding regional leaders, the class reflects the diverse composition of the region in all aspects: gender, race, profession, geographic location of work and residence, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, political affiliation and community involvement. This esteemed group was selected from nearly 120 individuals who applied to be part of the Class of 2006. The Selection Committee, chaired by Immediate Past Board Chair John Veihmeyer of KPMG, met during three sessions to determine the class which will take the organization into its next twenty years. Leadership Washington has nearly 1,030 graduates since its creation in 1986. "The Selection Committee worked hard during several meetings to ensure each applicant was given very thoughtful consideration. It is always difficult when so many talented and qualified individuals step up to the plate and apply," said Veihmeyer. "However, in the end, a class was designed which represents the unique diversity of the Greater Washington community." The Class of 2006 members, who will start the initial class program year on September 8, are as follows: ...Patricia Ghiglino, Washington Sculpture Center...
Jan 30, 2005 "Barrage of Pitches for Stadium Land: Long-Neglected Site in SE a Diamond in the Rough to Brokers, Residents" By David Nakamura and Dana Hedgpeth Washington Post Staff Writers Owners of land on the Anacostia waterfront site where the District intends to build a baseball stadium say they have been deluged by lawyers, developers and real estate brokers who are offering to represent them in negotiations with the city or to buy their property... ... Patricia Ghiglino owns a building nearby that houses an art center. "People are saying, 'Do you want to sell?' I'd say I've had at least six offers. They're like sharks." She said she has recently seen people in fancy cars driving around the block while passengers take pictures and notes. "I've been here since 1990, and for years nobody wanted to come over here," she said. "Suddenly, it's a hot potato. It feels like they are dividing the cake amongst themselves."... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47672-2005Jan29.html?sub=AR
Jan 12, 2005 'Washington Sculpture Center' — Just North of Washington National's Right-field Fence By Elvert Barnes, DC Indymedia Located at 1338 Half Street and just north of O Street in SE which is where the right-field fence for the Washington National's Baseball Stadium (www.jdland.com/dc/stadium.html) is scheduled to be built the 'Washington Sculpture Center' (http://www.DCSculpture.org) is prime property for displacement and demolishment. And, of course, redevelopment... http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/114042
Dec 23, 2004 "Mayor, Cropp Make Holidays Happier For Some" By Tom Knott, The Washington Times ...Ours is a city of real neighborhoods and real people, starting with Al and Sandy Bradford, Chris Schrichte and Robin Wood, Patricia Ghiglino and Reinaldo Lopez, Sylita and Sepi, and the hard-working, taxpaying merchants of the Skyland Shopping Center who labor in fear of an indiscriminately applied definition of eminent domain and the land-grabbing visionaries of the National Capital Revitalization Corp... http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20041222-101741-2375r.htm
Dec 18, 2004 To purchase a transcript of Patricia Ghiglino being interviewed on ABC News, World News Tonight, "Baseball and Politics" http://www.transcripts.tv/search/do_details.cfm?ShowDetailID=22179
Dec 9, 2004 "Washington Sculpture Center Faces Down Stadium Planners By Costas Caloudas, The Eagle Online "How would you feel if one day you were drinking coffee in your house, and then you hear on TV that they are going to take your property away and give you what they think it is worth?" asks Patricia Ghiglino... http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/825842.html
Nov 18, 2004 "Sculpture Center Chief Pitches Against Ballpark" By Tom Knott, The Washington Times Patricia Ghiglino works in what would be shallow left field of the proposed ballpark on Half Street in Southeast, in the yellow brick building that houses the Washington Sculpture Center... http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20041117-100454-1857r.htm
Oct 22-28, 2004 "No 'Doze: Proponents of Baseball by the Anacostia Must Answer One Question:What about the Garden of Love?" By David Morton, The Washington City Paper ..."My four dogs, they think of it as a second home," says Patricia Ghiglino, director of the Washington Sculpture Center on Half Street SE. "They know exactly where to go, how far they can go down the street." "It's very eclectic, industrial," says her sculptor husband, Reinaldo, of the neighborhood. (He goes by one name.) "Everybody helps one another." "For example, the electricity cuts off, they'll come over to use the phone," says Ghiglino. "If their forklift breaks down, they can use ours."... http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cover/cover1022b.html (link may not be working, 04/30/05)
Oct 01, 2004 "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Dream" By Tom Knott, The Washington Times ... Reinaldo Lopez and Patricia Ghiglino, husband and wife, artist and business woman, sat on the second floor of their yellow brick dream, scanning the front-page ... http://www.washingtontimes.com/sports/20041001-123114-2710r.htm
Sep 24, 2004 "A Perfect Setting for a Diamond: Ballpark Site in Southeast Could Spur Ambitious Urban Renewal Plans" By Benjamin Forgey, Washington Post Staff Writer ... The frustration was perhaps best summed up by Michael Parker, who took a break from his job as facilities manager at the Washington Sculpture Center to walk a ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48711-2004Sep24.html
Sep 23, 2004 "Heart of Glass" After 30 years of molding glass, Elizabeth Mears embarks on a new direction By Glenn McCarty, Burke Connection - Connection Newspapers ... Mears has also become an artist without fear, according to Patricia Ghiglino, Executive Director of the Washington Sculpture Center, where Mears is teaching classes in ... http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=40537&paper=61&cat=104 (link not working 6/22/05)
Sep 23, 2004 "Many Upset in the Southeast" By Jon Siegel, The Washington Times ... As often happens in such districts, lively exceptions to the rule pop up here and there -- the Washington Sculpture Center on Half Street, for instance, and ... http://washingtontimes.com/sports/20040924-122549-7192r.htm
Sep 23, 2004 "Some in SE Say Stadium Not Welcome: Shop Owners, Residents Near Site Have Concerns" By Paul Schwartzman, The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43465-2004Sep22.html
Sep 22, 2004 "Recent News Of Baseball In DC Has Some People Unhappy" Written by Audrey Barnes, W-USA9 News, Washington, DC, USA ... Additionally, Patricia Ghiglino is not happy about the proposal either. It could mean the end of the Washington Sculpture Center she has run... http://wusatv9.com/sports/sports_article.aspx?storyid=33456
Sep 22, 2004 DATEBOOK The Washington Post, Washington, DC, USA WSC classes are listed in article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41109-2004Sep22.html
Sep 14, 2004 Glass Talk Radio (search archive for Sep 14 to listen to Patricia) ... Patricia Ghiglino of the Washington Sculpture Center tell us about her brand new location near DC...
June 10, 2004 "A Devotion to Sculpture That's Cast in Stone" By Jonathan Padget, The Washington Post, Washington, DC, USA Patricia Ghiglino and Reinaldo Lopez have big plans for the Washington Sculpture Center, a new venture they're launching in Southeast Washington near the Navy Yard.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29831-2004Jun9.html

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