Archive for January, 2009
Parade Goers Gain Entry
Thanks to the PQ Living readers who sent in the following shots this morning from the E Street NW area between 8 am and 9 am. As you can see, parade goers are now gaining access to the route. Check after the break for more photos…
Crowds Await Entry Into Obama Inauguration Parade Route *updated*
With 40 minutes to go before officially allowing parade route entry, this is what the crowd looks like at 7th and D Streets NW. 6:50 am – Breaking out into occasional chants of “O-B-A-M-A” and “open the gate”, with 10 minutes to go to 7 am, 7th Street NW is fully packed past E Street […]
A Sunday Inaugural Excursion In DC
Yesterday I discovered that participating in inauguration events is time consuming and difficult, but worthwhile. Both the afternoon We Are One opening concert on the west steps of the Lincoln Memorial and the evening Latino Inaugural Gala at Union Station needed to be punched on my ticket for the day. And it went like this.
Rooting For Gridlock: 7th & H St NW
For those of you who are signed up for DC’s Alert DC text alerts, you may have noticed an alert (45 minutes ago) about avoiding the 7th & H St NW intersection due to traffic gridlock. We at PQLiving have been, ahem, monitoring the situation. And, while we have come very close to achieving gridlock at 7th […]