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Bomb Threat In Gallery Place This Afternoon *7th St Open Now*
Update: 7th Street is open again. 7th Street is blocked off from H St NW past I St. The back alleys seem to be blocked off as well. Buildings are not being evacuated, but no pedestrians are allowed on the streets. This is the best pic we could get so far!
Where’s The ‘Hoff When You Need Him?
Photo: Shirtless traditional (near side) and shirted bucket drummer (circled – far side) It might as well have been a weeknight on NBC (America’s Got Talent) when we caught these dueling downtown drummers within earshot of each other one weekend. Shirtless drummer…solid rock four-four punctuated by an occasional jazz rhythm – check. Bucket drummer…go-go beat [...]
Sitting Outside On E Street? *Updated*
Update: Asia Nine’s outdoor seating was unveiled today! Location: 915 E St NW Original Post: Is Asia Nine about to join the ranks of PQ restaurants with outside seating? We caught workers unloading these chairs in the above photo from a pickup. These chairs sure look like outside seats to us. Just in time for [...]
Cribs IX: Gallery Place Skybox
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a Cribworthy condo we could profile and after some recent searching, we found one. We’re heading to the heart of the action, the Gallery Place condo at 777 7th Street, NW, to look at a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom perch on top of the city, a skybox if [...]
Asian Spice Gets Exterior Signage, Now Hiring (719 H St NW)
Asian Spice sits at the NE corner of H St & 8th St NW. Even though the main entrance is on H St, this restaurant has a considerable amount of frontage on 8th St. Additionally, the sidewalk on the 8th St side is very wide – we’ll be expecting to see a sidewalk seating license [...]
Bones Filming On E Street?
(Ed. Note: Thanks to cat for the tip!) Folks on the street watching the events unfold told us that the filming on E Street Saturday night was for an upcoming episode of Bones. Did our readers see anything fun?
PQNA Breakfast Meeting Next Thurs At The Crime & Punishment Museum
The Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association will be having it’s next Breakfast Meeting at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment on July 31. The museum is located at 575 7th St NW. An abbreviated museum tour will take place at 8:15am, with the full tour beginning at 9:35am. Meeting Schedule 8:15 – 8:40 Continental breakfast; [...]
New Poll: Eating Out Downtown
We’ve got a new poll going in the right hand column of Penn Quarter Living so take a moment to check it out and mark down your answer. For our next poll, we’d like to get a sense of the community’s dining out habits. With a plethora of options from Indian to Asian to American [...]
Free Chicken At McDonald’s Today
(Ed. Note: These signs were up Saturday through Monday, but came down on Tuesday) We think these signs might really there to keep dogs out of the flowers, but free food is free food. Buy a medium or large drink today at McDonald’s (at least the McDonalds on E Street between 9th & 10th) and you [...]
Franklin Homeless On The Way Out?
While lunching at the 11th and NY Ave Subway two months ago, this writer chatted with a homeless man named Richard, a down on his luck guy dressed in worn khakis and a white oxford, cell phone on his belt. He definitely was not a benchcamper yelling obscenities surrounded by a thousand bags, a nasty [...]
