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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day At St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
On Tuesday (3/17) at 11:30 am, PQ’s own St. Patrick’s Catholic Church (619 10th ST NW) is holding their annual celebration to honor the patron saint of Ireland. Donald W. Wuerl , Archbiship of Washington, will be there and there will be music by the DC Fire Department’s Emerald Society Pipes and Drums, and “children performing […]
Wayback: Chinatown’s Friendship Arch…1992
We fired up the Wayback time machine this morning to see where in time we could go. Dialing in 1992 led us to this eastward look down H Street NW towards Chinatown’s then six year old Friendship Arch with 7th Street NW in the foreground. A few clues? The Metro escalators on the far right […]
Downtown Restaurants Participating In Tap DC/World Water Week
Would you kick in an extra $1 or $2 when you eat out to get clean, healthy drinking water to those who need it the most? Here’s your chance. In the Western world, we take clean and safe running water (DC water lead content jokes aside, please) as a given but in many less advantaged […]
515 D St NW Plans Three More Stories
The latest Historic Preservation Review Board update lists the following case for consideration: 515 D Street, NW, HPA #09-144, concept/three-story rooftop addition 515 D St NW is an office building owned by the DC Gov. It is currently 3 stories, so it definitely has room to expand upwards. It should be interesting to see if […]