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Pedestrian Safety in Penn Quarter: Part 2 of 2
On Friday, we discussed some of the unsafe habits that pedestrians in Penn Quarter have fallen into. However, pedestrians looking out for their own safety is only part of the equation. Drivers have to be equally courteous and vigilant when traversing these urban streets. And the District government needs to do more to alleviate traffic […]
How Are Those New Condos Coming?
PQ Living reader Brian, pointed us to a local real estate development blog’s thread commenting on the Madrigal Lofts project in Mount Vernon Triangle experiencing difficulty with purchasers trying to get out of their condo contracts. (We’ll take this opportunity to remind readers that signing on the dotted line of any contract is a legally […]
Downtown McDonald’s: Portal To Another World
I have a theory. You might have to bear with me on this one but here it is…downtown DC McDonald’s are portals to other places. Open up the golden arches, goodbye DC and hello another world. I recently stopped in at the Verizon Center McD’s on 7th Street and the extra sensory overload went something like […]
Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1905 (pic)
This cool photo was shot in 1905 and looks southeast down Penn Ave towards the Capitol. Can you spot the buildings that are still standing today? Photo courtesy of the National Museum of American History