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Plans And Timeline For Old YWCA Building (9th & G St NW)
Photo courtesy of Rockpoint Group website DCMud broke the news that the YWCA building at the southwest corner of 9th & G St NW will be demolished sometime around June 2012. In its place, a 112,000 square foot LEED-GOLD certified building will be built. It is uncertain how the planned construction will affect the residents [...]
CityCenterDC Construction Update
CityCenterDC, the huge project at the northwest corner of 9th & H St NW, seems to be coming along nicely. Workers continue building the various floors of the underground parking garage that will hold 1,555 cars!
Gallery Square Retailers Announced (7th & H St NW)
The WaPo’s Capital Business blog has the scoop on which retailers will be going into the Gallery Square development on Northeast corner of 7th & H St NW. They are: Walgreens, YO! Sushi restaurant (UK-based) and Panera Bread! We do have to caution that the Wallgreens announcement is the only one that is official. As we’ve seen many times [...]
Happy New Year!
Photo courtesy of prettyinprint on Flickr The writers at Penn Quarter Living would like to wish all of our neighbors a very happy 2012! As for where to go and what to do on New Year’s Eve? Just about every retail establishment in Penn Quarter has a special event planned that is open to the [...]
Boxing In Penn Quarter
Photo credit: snow0810 on flickr DC doesn’t see a lot of boxing matches come to town, despite having the Verizon Center in the neighborhood. But, every once in a while it seems like the Mayor strikes a deal to have a one-off boxing match in town. The Capital Showdown is the latest match to be [...]
Happy Black Friday!
Various financial news outlets are reporting that this year’s Black Friday is seeing more consumer activity than last year. The sidewalks of Penn Quarter’s show some healthy retail activity as well (photo).
Alliance Française Hosts French Language Testing In PQ
As we alluded to in our last DC link roundup, Alliance Française has begun to use its annex on the lower-level floor of 421 7th St NW, otherwise known as the American Institute of Architects (AIA) space. The sign reads: Placement Test Tonight, November 17 from 5:00-8:00pm.
Le Pain Quotidien And Meatballs Open!
Meatballs at night Yesterday, both Le Pain Quotidien And Meatballs restaurants opened! We happened to witness the lunch time crowd overwhelming Meatballs, which already has a few Yelp reviews. Le Pain Quotidien is located at 10th & F St NW and Meatballs is at 624A E St NW. Penn Quarter continues to establish itself as a gastronomic focal point of DC.
Never Get Lost In Penn Quarter Again..
Photo credit: quinn.anya on Flickr Earlier this month, BBC News published an article titled Six ways to never get lost in a city again. While reading the six tips, we found that the majority of them were not very useful in our Washington, DC neighborhood of Penn Quarter. So, why not create our own list? [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Photo: On Oct 6, the Central Liquor sign was sold and removed (more info) Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! K Street - Food Day DC events [...]
