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This Is How Rumors Get Started
There was an error in our post on New Year’s Eve 2008, namely, Orin Andrus is not (repeat NOT) dead. This is easily the happiest correction PQLiving has ever issued.
You may remember our post about discovering on Christmas morning in an issue of Street Sense that the former homeless vendor had died earlier in 2008. The [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Penn Quarter – Abe Lincoln photographed walking in the PQ. New Orleans jazz band also spotted. This one’s fun. [WeLoveDC]
Mount Vernon Triangle – New trees get planted in the MVT. That’s niiiiice (in Borat voice). [The (Mount Vernon) Triangle] and [Life in Mount Vernon Square]
14th Street – Policy restaurant opens on 14th Street. [U Street [...]
New Tavern Coming To 7th Street NW
UPDATE – January 14, 2010 – We understand the the Iron Horse Tap Room, 507 7th St NW, is planning to open tonight at 7 pm but visit at your own risk of its being open. They will also be open tomorrow starting at 4 pm. The web site is www.ironhorsedc.com and the phone number is 202-347-7665.
UPDATE – [...]
We’re Number G! *
Every day you read about the death of print media and how online content is the future of publishing. As an online publication ourselves, we like the (minor) role we’re playing in the changing face of the media. Even so, there is something about print, and we think it’s always exciting for bloggers to find their work recognized in hard copy media.
Though the [...]
Ashton Judiciary Square Gets A Face (750 3rd St NW)
We’ve been watching 750 3rd Street NW as Ashton Judiciary Square for over a year and construction on The Hanover Company rental apartment project appears to be on the glidepath for landing. A quick stroll by the site shows that the floor-to-ceiling glass has been installed in almost all the apartments and the construction site [...]
Downtown Neighborhood Association Gets A New Look
The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) announced a new and improved look for its website. Their revamped site also links to a blog called Downtown Commentary accompanied by a first post. Whether you agree with DNA positions or not, more voices online with discussions moderated in a balanced way can only serve all the community’s stakeholders well by allowing [...]
PQ Weekend Guide – It’s Cherry Blossom Time!
This week, we’re going to dedicate our weekend guide post to the National Building Museum’s Cherry Blossom Opening Ceremony (401 F St NW), right here in the Penn Quarter! Here are the details (also copied below). Just fyi, the peak blooming time of the blossoms is predicted to be April 1 – 4.
National Cherry Blossom Festival [...]
Potenza Opens Downtown
Potenza, the new Italian restaurant spanning 10,000 square feet wrapped around the corner of 15th & H Streets NW (1430 H Street, NW) in the Woodward building is scheduled to open today in downtown DC. When we walked by last night the bar was filled with patrons and it already looked like a lively spot (see [...]
PQ Building Permit Update
7th & G Street alley kiosk to become Smoothie King
3/20/2009
Permit # B0903052
703 7TH ST NW
GALLERY PLACE LAND TRUST
RENOVATION TO EXISTING GALLERY PLACE ALLEY KIOSK #3, FOR NEW SMOOTHIE KING AS PER ATTACHED DWGS.
Signage for new Guess store at 1155 F St NW
3/20/2009
Permit # SG0900128
1155 F ST NW
JEMAL’S SQUARE 320 LLC
TO INSTALL ONE ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Georgetown – Do people in Georgetown ride bikes? SmartBikes, that is…and, how many? [Georgetown Metropolitan]
Shaw – Restorative building activity on a grand dame along 9th Street NW. [Renew Shaw]
Mount Vernon Triangle – The Downtown Neighborhood Association pulls together a meeting about the prospective Buddha Bar at 455 Massachusetts Ave NW. [The (Mount Vernon) Triangle]
Congress Heights – Voluntary [...]