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Crime & Punishment Museum Opens Tomorrow (575 7th St NW)
Ed. Note: Check out crime fighting dog McGruff giving his thumbs up to the camera on opening day. The National Museum of Crime and Punishment (575 7th Street, NW) opens to the public tomorrow, Friday, May 23. Opening day tickets will be half price for regular folks and free for law enforcement personnel (badge or [...]
L’Occitane Coming To F Street! (931 F St NW)
Developers continue to fill out the 900 block of F Street. Continuing the trend of lining the block with boutique stores, we find that L’Occitane just had permits approved to build out its third store in DC (Union Station and Georgetown are the other locations). 05/13/08 931 F ST NW $250,000.00 INTERIOR RENOVATION TO RETAIL [...]
DDOT to Examine Pedestrian Safety Near Verizon Center
Anyone who has walked past the Verizon Center on a busy Friday night knows that the area is not exactly pedestrian friendly. Now the District’s Department of Transportation (DDOT) is taking notice and making the Penn Quarter area an important part of their “pedestrian safety strategy.” The Washington Post article detailing DDOT’s plans points out [...]
The Future Of Downtown’s Homeless
Believe it or not, the above photo is not staged. It was someone’s G Street “cardboard condo” for about three weeks last year downtown. Walking home last night, this writer saw a “blue plastic palace” in this same location (we bet the condo fees are low!). Having temporary structures like this pop up and stay [...]
PQNA Breakfast Meeting This Wednesday (Reception Next Week)
Breakfast Meeting (May 21st) Please join us on May 21 for our next Pennsylvania Quarter Neighborhood Association breakfast meeting at The Caucus Room, located at the NE corner of D and 9th streets, NW. The Caucus Room will serve a continental breakfast between 8:30 and 9:00. Announcements will begin at 9:00 and will be followed [...]
Platinum Night Club Reopens Sans Alcohol (915 F St NW)
Platinum night club has been closed since March in response to several violations over the years in addition to a recent shooting related to the club. We recently received word through the PQNA mailing list that Platinum night club (915 F St NW) has reopened, sans alcohol. Here is the message from the ABRA director: [...]
DNA & MVSNA Sponsor Homeless Focused Meeting Tomorrow
Tomorrow night at 7 pm at the Calvary Baptist Church (755 8th Street, NW – entrance between G and H Streets), the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) and the Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association (MVSNA) are hosting a special joint neighborhood meeting focused on the homeless issues that downtowners (visitors, workers and residents) contend with on [...]
Beer Enthusiasts Take Over Downtown DC
We got a text message from a friend Saturday morning which said “I had a GREAT $#!*%#! time last night!” That sums up our experience as well on Friday night at Savor, which bills itself as “an American Craft Beer & Food Experience.” Savor was held Friday from 6:30 to 10 pm, and then again Saturday in two [...]
Nando’s Liquor License Permit Spotted – Restaurant Hours Revealed
In January, we reported that Nando’s Chicken Restaurant would be moving into the neighborhood at 819 7th St NW. A couple of weeks ago, the familiar orange liquor license application appeared on their storefront. The application reveals what the restaurant hours will be: Sunday – Thursday: 11am – 10pm Friday – Saturday: 11am – 12am [...]
The Card Catalog Is Dead! Long Live The OPAC!
At the Public Library recently we noticed that the last remnants of the card catalog had been removed. Although DC switched long ago to an OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) they still had the old card catalogs in the middle of the library, right behind the information desk. For a while many public internet terminals [...]
