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How The City Of Sydney Deals With City Noise
This blogger has recently discovered how progressive some cities around the world can be when it comes to downtown residential living. Noise disturbances in the District are very hard to deal with. The methods and laws that the city provides residents are very limited when it comes to resolving noise issues – whether they be […]
Potato Valley Cafe To Open Soon!
Cheryl writes in to let us know that Potato Valley Cafe (approx. 616 E St NW) is expected to open in about two months. They will start out with hours that extend into the evening to gauge foot traffic. Our guess is that if there isn’t much demand in the evening, they will scale back […]
801-807 7th St Partial Demolition Approved By HPRB
On 12/22/06, the D.C. Historic Preservation Office approved the partial demolition of buildings from 801-807 7th St. Presumably, Yeni Wong is starting work on her new project. We copied some of the plans almost a year ago, but we think they may have changed significantly – especially with Wong’s [alleged] acquisition of more buildings along […]
What’s A Dog To Do?
Tony writes to us to ask about getting Fido or Fifi out of the apartment in the Penn Quarter. As a former dog owner, this author knows how important it is for a dog to get out of the house for exercise and “other” reasons. Some buildings have courtyards but pets are usually verboten from […]