Archive for February, 2008
New Apartment Building Under Construction (Ashton Judiciary Square – 750 3rd St NW)
The site at 750 3rd St NW hosted a Best Western in years past. In 2004 or 2005, ABDO Development bought the Best Western and proceeded to demolish the building. ABDO planned to build a luxury condominium on the postage-stamp sized lot. The new condo was to be named Penn Tower (pic) with an […]
Mayor Fenty Comes to Chinatown Tonight! (Chinatown Revitalization Council)
The Chinatown Revitalization Council (CRC) has invited neighbors to attend tonight’s new year meeting where Mayor Fenty will give a keynote address about the “State of Chinatown.” The CRC is billing itself as a more open and inclusive Chinatown organization when compared to the Chinese Steering Committee and its “inner circle.” In addition, our public […]
Riding the 30s Bus
Metro recently announced changes to the very heavily traveled 30s bus route between Friendship Heights/Chevy Chase and Anacostia (WaPo did a story on it too). It runs through both the poorest and the ritziest neighborhoods in DC – four digit incomes to seven digit incomes. I’m on a quest to use my car less so […]
Wayback II: Leader Theater On 9th
We’re setting the Wayback machine to around 1921 or 1922 with this photo of the Leader Theater that stood at 507 9th Street. The silent movie “The Kid”, starring Jackie Coogan and written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, is showing and by taking a closer look you can see that The Adventures of Tarzan runs […]