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Verizon Center Summer Drought Begins
A quick look over at the Verizon Center’s event schedule reveals that we are a couple of weeks into “event drought season.” Things will be fairly quiet at the VC until about October when the NBA season starts up.
7th & H St NW Intersection Getting Scrambled?
We noticed last night that four pairs of diagonal white lines were placed on the four corners of the intersection at 7th & H St NW. Could this be the beginnings of a diagonal crosswalk (AKA scramble pattern)? Just last year, Oxford Circus in the UK made headlines as they unveiled a diagonal/scramble crossing pattern. […]
What Do You Get When You Cross A…
As we were walking the streets of Penn Quarter yesterday morning, we noticed a man using a strange looking contraption on the sidewalk. It looked like a cross between a vacuum, leaf blower and a smoke machine. After some google searching, we found the device: a gum removal machine. Here’s a fun youtube video of […]
Smithsonian Gets Courtyard Roof Washing
Yesterday morning, we spotted workers cleaning the courtyard roof of the Smithsonian Reynolds Center (AKA the building housing the American Art Museum & Portrait Gallery). No doubt, days will seem much brighter in the courtyard this summer! We just wish the Courtyard Cafe and Portico Cafe were open later than the 6:30pm and 5pm closing […]