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Fire This Morning At 1000 F St NW (Joe’s Souvenir HQ)
We heard via DCist and WTOP this morning that there was a fire in one of the two-story buildings on the 1000 block of F St NW. There are only three two-story buildings on that block: Joe’s Souvenir Headquarters, the old K & B Newsstand, and the Downtown DC BID office. Notice the black residue […]
Penn Quarter Condo Spotted In Last Night’s Episode Of 24!
For fans of the TV series, 24, last night’s episode contained a little surprise geared towards Penn Quarter residents. The entrance to the Residences At Market Square (701 Penn) was displayed along with the interior of [fictional unit] PH201! We also suspect that the interior of the two-floor unit was not filmed in the authentic […]
Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Shaw/Convention Center – That apartment building on L Street NW between 9th and 10th Streets NW finished renovations and is now a luxury condo hotel called The Eldon Condominium Hotel. Floorplans and finishes look great! [Renew Shaw] Mount Vernon Triangle – Buddha Bar sign goes up in the ground floor window of 455 Massachusetts Ave […]
7th Street NW…Alive And Walking
We like reading Raw Fisher, Marc Fisher’s regular musings on DC area issues appearing in the Washington Post. Yesterday he penned a piece on 7th Street NW, our neighborhood’s Main Street, that appeared in print in WaPo’s Metro section and on line – it also caught our eye. Sketching out vignettes along our Main Street as […]