Apple’s second design. Photo from the Old Georgetown Board.

Was the ice cube a negotiating tactic? Many blogs already linked to the Post’s complete set of prior designs for the Georgetown Apple store. The first design resembles the final design quite remarkably. The ANC rejected the original design as having too much glass. Did Apple simply then propose some ridiculous designs to convince the ANC to accept something sensible? Tip: John.

And what happened to the other floors? Georgetown Metropolitan also dug up an even earlier concept sketch which showed three above-ground stories instead of two. Plus, the final design only uses the second story right near the front; the rest of the building will be only one story. With property values so high in Georgetown, why not include one or two stories of other stores or housing above?

Update: The Old Georgetown Board rejected the design again.

Talk back to Kwame: You can already watch DC Council proceedings on cable TV (channel 13). Now, At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown is launching a tool to let people comment live on his blog. It’s not clear whether his staff will be monitoring the blog and showing good comments or questions to the Councilmember during the hearing. They do have computers up there, though, so it shouldn’t be hard. Via SWDC Blog.

And: Dan Reed explains why College Park needs a coffee shop (why the heck doesn’t it have one?); planners and developers are debating where to put Corridor Cities Transitway stops; DC CTO Vivek Kundra is moving to the Obama administration.

Plus ça change: One year ago, GGW launched, leaders from Los Angeles were being dumb about roads, DC stopped letting developers close sidewalks, and Rob Goodspeed critiqued Ballston’s “voids”.