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*UPDATED* Incident (Stabbing ?) at 11th & G?
Updated With Photos
Reports coming in of a stabbing on 11th & G. Right now we’re hearing it labeled as a protest related incident. Photos & additional details as they become available.
Not much to see in the photos but cop cars & yellow tape. 700 11th ST NW, protesters are often outside the building (apparently [...]
Olsson’s Hands Out Free Harry Potter Books This Saturday! (Kids Only)
DCist points out the following event for this Saturday:
The first 250 kids to show up at Olsson’s-Penn Quarter will receive a free paperback copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, courtesy of The Washington Latin School and Olsson’s. One book per child. Sorry, adults. 12 to 2 p.m. while books last.
Howto: Find Groceries – Waterfront Safeway
Welcome to part two of our four part series looking at the most local and large chain grocery stores. Today we look at the Waterfront Safeway at the intersection of 4th and M Streets, SW, which is about 2 miles and three subway stops from the core of Chinatown. By car, it is a straight [...]
Spelling Bee In Downtown DC Today & Tomorrow
The National Spelling Bee championship began today in DC, at the Grand Hyatt Washington. Preliminaries began at 8 am, quarterfinals at 2 pm, and then the semifinals (ESPN) & championship finals (ABC) are tomorrow (10 am & 8 pm respectively).
The curb lane on 11th ST going North, between G & H is closed to traffic, [...]
503 H St NW To Become Momiji (Japanese Restaurant)
The District Chatter has a photo of the familiar orange liquor license poster at 503 H St NW! (former Becky Cafe restaurant)
From the liquor license, the restaurant will primarily serve sushi and hibachi. No entertainment or dancing. Also, the hours are on the earlier side of things: 11am – 10pm on weekdays and 11am – [...]
No Proof, Yet
We went looking for Proof, the new wine bar on the corner of 8th and G, and a nice viognier to sip last night but found neither. We last reported on this new venue in early May indicating a May 25 opening but brown paper is still up on the glass walls fronting the street. [...]
627-631 H St NW To Become Office + Retail (Former China Doll & Lei Garden Buildings)
Originally tipped off from the next ANC 2C03’s agenda (pdf), we dug the following up from the Office of Zoning’s schedule:
Case Number : 17673 Case Name : Application of Gallery Square LLC (Yeni Wong’s development)Case Summary : (Area Variance,Special Exceptions) pursuant to 11 DCMR§§ 3103.2 and 3104.1, for a special exception from the rear yard [...]
7th Street Promenade? Just A Thought..
Recently, we’ve read about residents in Dupont Circle promoting a campaign to create a pedestrian promenade on a five block stretch of 17th St NW. They even put together a website: www.17thstreet.org.
It started to make us wonder if 7th St NW, between D St and H St could one day find itself a pedestrian promenade?
7th [...]
Saluting Our Veterans
Today’s National Memorial Day Parade honored troops who fought for the United States. In the photo, veterans of the 1944 Battle of the Bulge in the European theatre during World War II parade on Constitution Avenue.
WaPo Releases The Local Explorer
Our friends over at WaPo unveiled the LocalExplorer, an online feature that provides a map based way to view information about any community in DC. One can select a county, a neighborhood or a zip code and get information about the area of interest including crime statistics, home sales, schools and neighborhood resources (such as [...]