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Mount Vernon Triangle Home Tour This Sunday
The Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District is hosting its inaugural Mount Vernon Triangle House Tour this Sunday, May 17, 2009 from 12 Noon to 5 pm. The tour’s proceeds will benefit Strive DC, a life skills and job training outfit in Capitol Hill North. The tour is self-guided and conducted in an “open house” style so […]
DCCAH & DDOT Deploy Art Bike Racks
We noticed this morning that a shiny new bike rack sprang up on the sidewalk formerly occupied by a parking meter. But it is no normal bike rack. The piece of art was designed by William Gordon and sponsored by the DC Commission of Arts & Humanities (DCCAH) and DDOT. The pictured bike rack can […]
Are More Street Vendors Setting Up In PQ?
Maybe a better title for this post would be “we sure hope more street vendors set up in PQ” because that’s really what this is about. On Tuesday morning we happened upon a bed sheet sale at the corner of 12th & F streets NW. We don’t know anything about the quality of these sheets selling for […]
PQ Street Being Named After Bud Doggett On Friday
Thanks to the Washington City Paper for the heads up that the 700 block of 10th St NW is going to be dedicated on Friday in honor of Bud Doggett. Doggett, who apparently got his real estate start by taking over his father’s downtown parking lot business, had been dubbed the “Parking Lot Tycoon.” To this […]