Archive for November, 2009
An Update On Gallery Square (7th and H St NW)
The distressed commercial real estate financing situation has hit squarely at the intersection of 7th and H Streets NW as the Washington Business Journal broke the news that Gallery Square, the project on the northeast corner of 7th and H Streets NW owned by Gallery Tower LLC, filed for bankruptcy. PQ Living’s ears and eyes […]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Shaw – Vegetate, the veggie restaurant on 9th Street NW, is closing. [Convention Center Community Association] Downtown – The Franklin School at 13th and K Streets NW will be redeveloped at some point in the future. The question […]
Washingtonian Profiles The Penn Quarter
The December 2009 Washingtonian magazine has a “Neighborhood Best Of” piece on the Penn Quarter in print and they also put together an accompanying video (shown below). Although the video stayed west of 7th Street NW and south of H Street NW, it was nice to see the print article mention one of the handful […]
Who Needs Black Friday?
While we know there will be a variety of restaurants open in DC on Thanksgiving Day, we were surprised to see that Banana Republic will be open as well. For six hours this Thursday, Banana Republic (601 13th ST NW) will open to let you try on clothes before the big meal (they open at […]