Archive for January, 2009
Where’s News Box?
Early this morning, a Penske truck pulled up to the Gallery Place metro stop at 7th & H St NW and out came 2 workers with dollies. We thought it was a food delivery truck, but instead of walking into a restaurant, the workers walked towards the rows of news boxes that populate the intersection. […]
Work Continues On 7th St Water Main *Updated*
We just wanted to update our readers that 7th St between G and H St is still blocked off to vehicles as of 4pm today. Pedestrian traffic is unaffected. The water main break, or rather leak, seems to have been isolated under the road directly in front of Ruby Tuesday Chop’t restaurant. It does not […]
Another Construction Fence Comes Down
A pleasant sight greeted us on our morning commute on Tuesday. The sidewalk and left lane of traffic on 10th street in front of Ford’s Theatre were open, no more construction fences. As downtown becomes Jersey-barriered for the inauguration, it is so nice to see one of our long disrupted streets opened up again.
Public Meeting Tonight About “G Street Bus Depot”
We can’t say that we’re surprised. While most peoples’ intentions for relocating the DC to NYC buses were genuine at the start, this blogger is convinced that designating a de facto bus depot directly in front of a residential building is never a good idea. Three weeks ago, we reported that the pickup spot for DC […]