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HPRB Approves New Plans For 7th & H St NW Development
Rendering courtesy of R2L Architects’ website Our friends at DCMUD wrote last month about new plans for the NE corner of 7th & H St NW. As we all know, this is the same corner of 7th & H St NW where the CVS used to operate and is also on the north side of [...]
Confirmed: Freshii Opening At 10th & E St NW
Freshii is opening in the old Gifford’s space on E St just off of 10th (in between the Washington Welcome Center and Qdoba). The windows of the space were very recently papered and some QR codes appeared indicating Freshii’s intention. There is one other Freshii in the city operating at 20th & M St NW, if you [...]
Anthropologie Opens In Penn Quarter!
Following up from our tweet yesterday, Anthropologie officially opened this morning in Penn Quarter, Washington DC. The address is 950 F St NW and initial store hours are Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm and Sun 12pm-6pm. We suspect that store hours will be extended an additional hour once store managers get a feel for the local market. [...]
Parade For A Playground On Sept 24
It seems like it was just yesterday when we were busy photoshopping a onesie to say “I <3 PQ”. Now that PQ has an active Penn Quarter Parents mailing list and those PQ babies have grown, it’s time to get down to brass tacks and talk about playgrounds! A group of Penn Quarter parents have organized to bring [...]
Arts On Foot Is This Weekend! *pic*
Arts on Foot will be held this Saturday and Sunday on F St between 7th and 9th streets NW.
Navy Memorial Fountain Nears Winter Hibernation
As our readers may have gathered, we love to talk about the US Navy Memorial fountain (701 Penn Ave NW). Given its proximity to a fair amount of PQ homes, and the fact that we usually walk past it on our way to the Washington Mall, the landmark really feels like our neighborhood fountain. We’ve posted [...]
District Of Pi Pizzeria Now Open (910 F St NW)
We strolled by District of Pi today to confirm that the restaurant has indeed opened! The interior space is very nice and preserves many historical aspects of the original building. Be sure to explore the dining room towards the rear of the restaurant and you might be surprised to find yourself outside of the original [...]
District Of Pi Pizzeria Opens On Wednesday!
Image from District Of Pi Pizzeria’s Facebook page This news just in from the District of Pi Pizzeria‘s Facebook page: Facade of our 910 F Street NW restaurant. Opening next Wednesday! We’ve been waiting for this St. Louis-based Pizzeria to open for a while now. They also have a food truck operating around town, but we’ll be [...]
Riot Act Grand Opening Tonight
Situated on the corner of 8th & E St NW, Riot Act Comedy Theater brings the world of stand-up comedy to Penn Quarter. We were fortunate to be able to enjoy a sneak preview of the space last night and can say that the two-story, 13,000 sq ft space (including 330 seat performance space and 2 [...]
Penn Quarter Offices Attracting Protests
Photo credit: zombieite, a protest in NYC In the past, protests in the District against corporate or government offices were mostly limited to areas west (K Street) or south (National Mall) of Penn Quarter. But now that Penn Quarter is finding itself home to an increasing number of lobbying offices, it seems as though Penn Quarter residents [...]
