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Wayback VII: Downtown Parking
Today, we’re heading to the Wilson Building in 1960 before the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center was constructed. Guess we know where everyone parked their car! Photo credit: DDOT Historical Photo Archives
5th and Eye Developer Donohoe Selection Roundup
Yesterday, Mayor Fenty declared the Donohoe Development Company the winner of the bidding process to develop the 5th and Eye parcel across the street from the condo building, 555 Mass, in the Mount Vernon Triangle. Instead of rehashing a number of stories already out there, we’ll just round ’em up so you can get all […]
New Poll: Name Our Safeway
Lots of suggestions have been floating around the blogosphere on how to name our neighborhood Safeway. The unofficial rules are that the name has to start with the letter S. If you have any other poll option suggestions, leave a comment! Mayor Fenty dubbed the new Safeway at 5th and K (or L St, depending […]
Silicon Downtown?
Ever walked by a rather nondescript, thin historic building on F Street between 13th and 14th Streets and see the word Swapdrive in the window? Wonder what it is? We sure did and a recent story in the WaBiz Journal revealed it to be a $124 million dollar tech company acquisition by none other than […]