RSS FeedArchive for July, 2006
Weschler’s – What’s That ?
Long time Washingtonians know that one of the Penn Quarter’s darlings is Weschler’s auction house located at 909 E Street. Still open during construction of The Artisan condo and in business since 1890, the auction house holds regularly scheduled auctions where you might just find that next gem of a piece. WaPo has a nice [...]
Gallery Place/Penn Quarter Residential Map *Updated July 2007*
Updated – July 2007 Ever wonder exactly where all of the high-rise residential buildings are in Gallery Place/Penn Quarter? We took an MSN Virtual Earth map and colored in the residential areas. Areas in red represent existing or nearly complete buildings. Areas in yellow represent planned or early stage buildings. Update: We labeled the map! [...]
Reynolds Art Center Receives More Left Coast Attention
News of the reopening of the Reynolds Art Center has been covered far and wide. GP Living linked to the San Francisco Chronicle article. Now, take a look at what the Los Angeles Times has to say. Honorable mention in the article also goes to the Shakespeare Theatre and Woolly Mammoth. ART lovers visiting the [...]
Free DC Circulator Day Today!
In Celebration of the DC Circulator’s First Anniversary Riders Will Not Be Charged Friday, July 28! Also, the DC Circulator has extended hours (until midnight on Thurs, Fri, Sat) on its Convention Center route to support the Capital Fringe Festival patrons. Route1 – Union Station/Georgetownvia K Street and Massachusetts Avenue Route 2 – Convention Center/SW [...]
City Noise In Gallery Place/Penn Quarter And Calling 311
Being residents of a busy downtown city, we can expect some level of city noise on a daily basis. We hear police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, loud vehicles, occasional loud crowds, street performers, and dance club music. Most of these noises are tolerable and fade into the background of normal tasks, but some noises seem [...]
Hollywood Tans Coming Soon to Penn Quarter
Brian sends us word that Hollywood Tans is coming soon to Penn Quarter! The shop’s address is probably 629 625 D St and it is on the right hand side of The Lafayette’s entrance (631 D St). From the sign, it looks like you can get unlimited tanning for $19.99/mo. We don’t expect there to [...]
Abdo Updates On East End Development
GP Living was on the chat scene when the WaPo interviewed Jim Abdo yesterday in conjunction with his newly formerly announced development on New York Avenue at Bladensburg Road. We participated in the online discussion and asked about Abdo’s plans for the East End. The exchange went as follows: Penn Quarter…from the blog Gallery Place [...]
Photobloggers In Gallery Place/Penn Quarter (Photo of the Week)
We thought we’d mention some photobloggers who are Gallery Place/Penn Quarter residents (as best as we can tell). These photobloggers offer new insight into our neighborhood and find things that most of us have never seen. You can browse the individual artists’ photos, or check out the “DC Chinatown” pool where 17 photobloggers contribute photos [...]
Chinatown Mention In WSJ
You know you’ve hit the big time when your neighborhood gets mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. Chinatown showed up in a recent WSJ article on how housing supply is on the upswing and prices are on the downswing with the Washington area’s median housing price rings in at $422,500. New York City’s median, the [...]
District To Provide More RSS Feeds (Crime, Property, Licenses, Permits)
We came across this info at JD’s Near Southeast website. For those who have an insatiable appetite for RSS feeds, the District will be providing several new data feeds in the next few months. Here is the Data Release Schedule. Two exciting datasets are only 3 days away: Crime Incidents and Real Property. Stay tuned [...]
