Archive for August, 2007
West Elm Is Open!
Update: Hours are 9:30am – 8pm Mon-Sat, 12pm – 6pm Sun. Added another pic! West Elm is located at 1020 G St NW, by Metro Center. This week: get 10% off any purchase over $250 by showing your metro or SmarTrip card. I forgot to copy down the hours, but they are open late on […]
Penn Quarter Building Permit Update
The first permit is really interesting because it specially addresses noise. As you know, 601 Penn Ave is a 150-unit residential building. We reported in May that Becky’s Cafe will be replaced by Momiji Restaurant (Japanese). The address on the permit is 505 H St NW, while the liquor license address is 503 H St […]
A Glance At Crime In PQ, Year To Date
Penn Quarter seems to get safer year after year. 2007 “year to date” has total violent crime down 4% and total property crime down 7% compared to 2006. Plotting the crime on a map yields few patterns except when looking at robbery with gun, where all 3 incidents occurred between H & I street.
Workin’ At The Building Wash, Yeah
The forecast this weekend is as follows: Saturday – Sunny and highs in the low 80s. Tonight – Lows in the low 60s. Clear. Sunday – Partly sunny and highs in the high 70s. Sunday night – Mostly cloudy, lows in the mid 60s and a chance of rain. We caught this building in the […]