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Photo Of The Week: Yet Another Use For The AAM/NPG Steps
We’ve seen the American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery steps facing east on 7th Street NW take on many functions including cafeteria, snack bar, library, gossip corner, resting place, people watching perch, bullhorn podium (not too much thank goodness) and smooching spot. This is the first time we’ve seen it used as an office or ‘Net surfing location […]
Wrecking Ball No More (475 H St NW) *updated*
UPDATE (evening of July 16): We found the CCC flickr photostream updated as recently as today with lots of interior shots here and here. This forum is reporting the opening date “should be by next Tuesday (July 21).” The brown wrap is off the windows portending a not too distant opening for the Chinatown Coffee Company (CCC) […]
NASA Holds Press Conference At Newseum Tomorrow
It’s great to see that the Newseum will be hosting a press conference of historic significance. Here are the details of the Thursday, July 16th event: NASA will hold a media briefing at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 16, at the Newseum in Washington to release greatly improved video imagery from the July 1969 […]
The Nut Bar, 10 Months Later
Just over 10 months ago the 5th street Safeway opened to much fanfare, including numerous mentions on this blog. It was an exciting time for all of us; no longer would downtown residents have to rely on CVS for day to day groceries. But one of the premier sections of the 5th street Safeway, the […]