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NPR HQ (635 Mass Ave NW)…Sold! *updated*
Ed. Note: This story was amended since first published. It is no secret that NPR plans to move to NoMa. What wasn’t clear was what would happen to the current NPR headquarters building at 635 Massachusetts Ave NW. The Washington Business Journal reports that Boston Properties agreed to purchase the building for $119M and build [...]
Wine Tasting & Auction On Thursday
This Thursday is a big day for auctions, so if the Street Sense event isn’t for you how about this one? The National Museum of Women in the Arts is hosting Wine Is Art, a wine tasting & auction featuring an “international group of winemakers will be in attendance to pour their Gold Medal wines.” The [...]
PQ Building Permit Preview (717 6th St NW)
We’re going to provide a full building permit update on Thursday, but since one item is scheduled to be unveiled tomorrow, we’re posting this preview. The mystery update affects the former RnR space, which appears to be slated to open as a new club, named Muse. 09/23/2008 717 6TH ST NW HANG TEMPORARY BANNER OCTOBER [...]
Street Sense Silent Auction This Thursday
We buy Street Sense, the homeless charity produced “street” newspaper, from time to time to catch the vibe about what’s happening on downtown DC’s concrete and asphalt. It’s got a perspective you just wouldn’t get otherwise and we do like the program as it gets homeless people engaged in an enterprise that teaches them skills [...]
Cribs XI: The Whole Enchilada
This edition of Cribs is slightly different. OK, it’s very different. Instead of taking a look at what is, we’re taking a look at what could be so you have to put on your design hat and use your imagination…
Old World Italian Coming To Restored Woodward (15th & H NW)
The truth is sometimes stranger than fiction especially since the ground floor of the Woodward Building, a formerly aspiring Class C office building [tic] housing offices, a liquor store, a Christian bookstore and a bikini/club wear shop will now be getting an 11K square foot restaurant. That’s a 175 seat Old World Italian restaurant, bakery/sandwich [...]
National Book Festival Tomorrow
The Libarary of Congress is hosting their National Book Festival tomorrow, Saturday, September 27 from 10 am to 5 pm on The National Mall between 3rd Street and 7th Street NW. This a chance to congregate with other book lovers and to meet and interact with a whole slew of authors of different genres. A [...]
Busboys & Poets Open!
Walking to our neighborhood grocery store Wednesday night (saying that never gets old!) we noticed that Busboys & Poets was open. Walking in we asked and sure enough Wednesday night was opening night (with a soft opening the night before). Looking forward to adding this to the growing list of greater-PQ restaurants.
Chinese Cultural Festival This Sunday (Street Closings)
There will be a Chinese Cultural Festival this Sunday from 10am to 6pm! There aren’t too many details on the one page website, but what’s important is that food will be served starting at 11am, along with a parade, dragon and lion dances, and kung fu demos. And, you can get your name translated into Chinese free [...]
Dumont Condominium Update (4th & Mass Ave NW)
Thanks to an anonymous PQL reader for letting us know that the Dumont Condominium has “temporarily” closed its sales office and for passing on a more definitive word that the 2nd (East) building will become apartments. There has long been speculation that the East building would become a hotel or apartments. Since each of the [...]
