RSS FeedArchive for August, 2014
Dragon Themed Digital Billboards Rise At Gallery Place In Chinatown/Penn Quarter
Today we observed workers putting presumably final touches on a dragon headed digital billboard (clickable photos above) at the entrance to the Gallery Place alley (701 7th St NW) with blade signs facing both north and south down 7th Street NW slightly canted at an angle. This intersection is where G St NW tees into […]
Play With Your Food
This weekend, stop by the National Building Museum (401 F St., NW) and check out Canstruction. The international event has teams of local engineering, design and construction experts working with canned food to build intricate structures for awards and bragging rights. This year’s theme is “Play With Your Food.” Be sure to contribute your vote for the People’s Choice […]
900 G St NW Looking Fine & Other Commercial Real Estate News
The 900 G St NW office building development (photo above) is looking fine these days as construction proceeds apace and workers have almost all of the glass facade in place. This morning they were putting glass onto the eastern face of the building. This building replaces the former YWCA building and while we lament the loss of […]
Robin Williams’ Portrait Added To National Portrait Gallery
We were saddened to hear about Robin Williams’ death this week. The tragic passing of a very gifted comedian and entertainer also shone a light on mental illness and more recently on Parkinson’s disease reviving the conversation once more about how a community gets help to those in need of health services. We also learned that the […]