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CrimeEye Goes Live At 7th & H St NW
This past Thursday morning, workers were seen installing a CrimeEye on the NW corner of 7th & H St NW.
PQ Retail Activity: Peruvian Connection & Sei Sushi
Scanning this week’s DCRA permits yielded the following info:
The space at the corner of 10th & F St (which hosts the window decal of a woman’s face) is getting started with construction of the Peruvian Connection store. The store will occupy the first floor and the basement level. We wrote about the lease [...]
Nice Cans!
For the last month or so the National Park Service has been replacing the garbage cans on the Mall. Above you see the newly installed cans, bolted down to a freshly laid patch of cement. While not showy, these cans certainly look ready to take on the litter of the hordes who utilize the mall.
The [...]
Platinum Nightclub Swimming With The Fishes
Thanks to Caroline, who runs the Beyond Friendship Gate blog, for this picture of Platinum’s front door.
Last year, Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham started a trend in DC. If there is a stabbing or shooting related to a nightclub, that club will be shut down and have its liquor license revoked. Graham did [...]
The Ice Cream Man?
We spotted this truck at 11th & G on Monday afternoon. The truck was parked right next to the hot dog vendor on the same corner. The truck was playing It’s a Small World (turn down your speakers) which was reason enough to not investigate further. Anyone ever seen this in the [...]
Penn Quarter Neighborhood Maps From The Past!
Ever wonder what the neighborhood looked like just a few years ago? We’ve noticed that the mapping engines of several websites hold data for varying years. Zillow.com seems to have the oldest (pre-2003) maps, while Microsoft’s local.live seems to have the most recent. Check out the following screen captures:
First up is Zillow’s [...]
We’ll Miss You NPR
In the past few weeks, National Public Radio (NPR) announced its intent to leave its Penn Quarter home and move to 1111 North Capitol Street (cross street: L Street) in NoMa (or North of Massachusetts). The NoMa BID, which also calls itself Capitol Hill North, has a press relaease on their web site describing details [...]
Weekend F 10th Street Incident
2 Shot In Northwest [NBC 4]
Northwest Drive-By Shooting [News Channel 8]
2 Men Shot Downtown [WaPo]
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Cribs VIII: Vaunted Vista
This installation of Cribs is notable for two reasons.
The first reason is the view from the balcony. Unit #1025 is at 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, and it looks to be a the end unit of in Market Square West East with some great views of the Washington Monument and the Archives building. Condo fees are [...]
Her Haunting Eyes Follow Me Wherever I Go
I think we can all agree that few things say “DC” more than Whoopi Goldberg. Why who could forget Whoopi hosting TNT’s “A Very Special Christmas From Washington, DC” back in 1998?
So I guess it should come as no surprise that Madame Tussauds chooses to sit Whoopi outside their museum almost EVERY SINGLE DAY. I [...]
