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Cribs XXX: Gussied Up At Gallery Place (777 7th St – Unit 616 – Gallery Place Condo)
We can’t believe this is the 30th installation of Cribs, our post series that takes you inside condos and homes in the Penn Quarter and downtown DC neighborhoods. Today we’re headed to Unit 616 in the Gallery Place condo building (see the building listing on our Condos in PQ page) where there is a 1 bedroom 1 […]
Metered Parking In Chinatown Getting More And Less Expensive Simultaneously
The parking meters in the Penn Quarter and Chinatown neighborhood will be getting more expensive and less expensive beginning Monday, February 27. The top tier rate for street parking will be going up to $3.25 per hour while the bottom tier rate will drop to $1.50 per hour. This represents the first quarterly adjustment by […]
Zengo Leaving Chinatown/Penn Quarter, Circa Coming (781 7th St NW)
We learned from the Washington Business Journal that Zengo, Richard Sandoval’s restaurant in the Gallery Place complex (781 7th St NW), will be replaced by Circa, a local bistro chain. Circa already has the Chinatown location posted on their website. Notably, Zengo opened in 2005 at the height of the Penn Quarter area building boom before the […]
On Demand Dry Cleaning And Laundry Service Cleanly Now Servicing Penn Quarter
On demand dry cleaning and laundry service, Cleanly, launched in Washington DC and Penn Quarter in October of last year. We were offered a gratis (free) chance to try the service to see how it compares to the two traditional retail store front dry cleaners that we generally patronize in Penn Quarter. (Photos are courtesy of […]