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Ring Ma Bell
Have you walked by this “office” building at 1200 H Street (left picture) or 722 12th Street (right picture) and wondered what on earth Verizon does in there? Maybe you’ve peeked in and realized there is no receptionist, much less signs of life? There are few clues as to what is inside the building but [...]
When The Lights, Go Up, In The City
We noticed crews today out replacing arm and light on the old (taller) street lights, with a more decorative arm & light. This replacement has been going on for some time, many lights in our downtown streets have already been replaced. In the photo above crews are replacing the light at the SW corner of 12th & [...]
Gallery Place Living Transforms Into Penn Quarter Living – New Domain, New Host, Same Great Content!
Well folks, this has been in the works for quite some time. When I first started Gallery Place Living, I only intended to report news that occurred in a 2-3 block radius of 7th & G St NW (the area around the Gallery Place Metro station). With the addition of writers, PQResident, Columbo, and Clara [...]
7th And H Starbucks Turns 24 Hours On Weekends
An anonymous poster commented that the Starbucks at 7th and H will be open 24 hours during the weekend starting this weekend. We verified that this is true so now you can get your late night ice cream at the CVS while enjoying a Frappuccino.
Barry Is In The Museum
As if Marion Barry won’t have enough mentions in the annals of history, along comes Madame Tussauds to freeze him in time. The two time Mississippi born mayor who served for two continuous periods in D.C.’s history now represents Ward 8 on the City Council and received news this week that the general DC populace [...]
Penn Quarter Building Permit Update
F Street side of the Woodies building gets signs & flags07/09/071001 F ST NW INSTALL 3 SIGNS ON FRONT SIDE OF THE BLDG. 2–71FT-101/2INCHES X4FT6IN-323 SF —-12FT-1/8INX28FT-43SF—4 FLAGSDOULGLAS DEVELOPMENT CORP More signs07/09/071025 F ST NW INSTALL 3 SIGNS ON BLDG MARQUEE ON FRONT OF BLDG, AS PER PLANSDOUGLASS DEVELOPMENT CORP Shelly’s Backroom or Subway gets [...]
Cadwalader Coming to 700 6th ST
The Akridge website has a press release showing that Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP will be moving into 700 6th ST NW. Some of the earlier posts on this location can be found here. (Photo Courtesy of Akridge Website)
Gallery Place to Metro Center – The Solutions
This is part two of two in our Gallery Place-Metro Center subterranean pedestrian tunnel series. A representative tunnel concept above, as depicted in a Metro presentation [page 18 of the PDF], presents how a GP-MC tunnel could look. If you’ve switched lines on the subway in New York or Boston you probably know all about [...]
DC Weddings: How To Get Married In 3 Easy Steps
Step 1: Discover bureaucratic nightmare that is DC.Step 2: Get blood test for syphilis despite how crazy & outdated that is.Step 3: Decide DC’s not worth it and get married in Vegas. Despite her online moniker, Mrs Columbo isn’t really a Mrs yet. We’re to be married this summer, right here in PQ, DC. A [...]
Gallery Place to Metro Center – The Problem
This is part one of a two part series highlighting the sometimes discussed Gallery Place-Metro Center subterranean pedestrian tunnel. Living downtown means knowing how to get around downtown. Walk? Car? Taxi? Bus? Segway? Subway? All are options but friends often tout the subway, aka the Metro, as “the way” to move around DC quickly. Faster [...]
