Archive for July, 2008
Comfort Vs. Litter
Walking around Friday night we noticed each of the grass-filled barriers around the FBI building contained mini booklets of bible versus. We’ve written about litter in the PQ before, probably will again, but this time it’s touchier. How to condemn littering without condemning the message of the litterer? This is not a complaint against the […]
PQ Reader Captures Penn Ave Steam Pipe Rupture
Thanks goes out to Penn Quarter Living reader, Rusty, for thinking to send us some pics of a ruptured steam pipe this evening on the 500 block of Penn Ave (outside of the Newseum & Canadian Embassy). MPD cordoned off the surrounding area because ruptured steam pipes have the potential to get really nasty.
L’Occitane Now Open
Walking down F ST this afternoon we noticed that L’Occitane was open. We were coming back from the pool so we didn’t go in to talk to the workers to get any details. Did any of our readers stop by? What did you think?
PQ Building Permit Update (Georgetown Bank Comes to PQ + Ford’s Theater)
Bank of Georgetown to open a branch in PQ (as mentioned before) 07/01/08 444 8TH ST NW Renovation to existing 1st floor space for new “bank of georgetown ” branch bank as per the attached third party reviewed and approved plans Gould Property Co. Fords Theater sets up temporary space in neighboring office building? 07/01/08 […]