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Weekend Street Closures: Hoop Dreams/Capital Pride
Two events, Hoop Dreams and the Capital Pride Festival, will be taking place this weekend in our neighborhood and Pennsylvania Avenue will be closed at different times for different events. Event listings can be found here: Hoop Dreams – www.hoopdreams.org (PQ closures on Saturday only) 9 am to 6:30 pm – 3rd to 6th Streets [...]
Small Metro Track Fires + Power Outage *Updated*
There are a few downtown inconveniences this morning. Several Metro stations have no power and the Red Line is delayed due to a now extinguished small track fire near Dupont. Here’s the word from the WMATA website: Trains Moving Again Along the Red Line Friday Morning, Several Other Stations Experiencing Power Outages Red Line trains [...]
Nando’s Conducting Job Interviews On-Site – Opening July 3rd!
While we still don’t have a solid opening date for Nando’s restaurant (819 7th St NW) is tentatively opening on July 3rd. We have observed over the past couple of days that job interviews are being conducted. The paper has come off of the windows and the liquor license hearing is scheduled for July 2nd. [...]
Tips for Penn Quarter’s Taxi Riders
When Mayor Fenty announced the new metered cab system, most D.C. residents hailed the move. Many of us were sick of being cheated by unscrupulous cab drivers who used the confusing zone system to fleece customers. And it was a common belief that a meter system would ensure honesty. Well, not quite. I ride in [...]
How Green Was My H&M
By the time you’re reading this the heat wave (they say) will be a distant memory. Maybe you’re thinking “well it really wasn’t all that bad.” Only it was that bad, maybe worse. We love hot weather, but that was miserable. So it is with mixed emotions that we write about a business like H&M that props open their [...]
PQ Building Permit Update
Two updates for you today: Co Co Sala (927 F St NW) gets a sign and the Ashton Judiciary Square apartment building (750 3rd St NW) makes some more progress. 05/29/08 927 F ST NW TO INSTALL ONE A HALO LIT BOX SIGN AND ONE CAST BRONZE PLAQUE FOR CO CO SALA ON FRONT ELEVATION. [...]
Why Visitors Heart DC
A few friends came to town last month representing two of the brewers, Flying Fish and Troegs, pouring their tasty beverages at the Savor beer and food event Columbo reported on and I thought I’d show them a little bit of what the Penn Quarter had to offer after the event finished that Friday night. [...]
Snake In The City *Updated*
Not too long after we’d finished running the Race for the Cure on Saturday, Mrs. Columbo and I spotted a snake wiggling his/her way up E street. There were a decent number of people out, so the snake quickly went down into a sidewalk grate and peeked out occasionally to see what all the fuss [...]
Wayback IV: Penn Quarter’s F Street NW Circa 1924
Straight out of the Library of Congress archives! Thanks go out to Matt for pointing us to the pic!
Race For The Cure Tomorrow
It’s that time of year again. Time for what is probably DC’s largest 5K, the Race for the Cure, which will take place tomorrow morning. The runner’s start is at 8 am at 10th Street and Constitution Avenue. The race course heads west on Constitution, does a little loop north beyond the White House, returns [...]
