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Downtown BID Says: No Groundbreakings Scheduled
The Downtown BID has their 2nd Quarter 2007 development report online (pdf) and one item struck us: The Downtown BID has no groundbreakings scheduled for 3Q 2007. Looking around downtown, we don’t see any more surface parking lots that are just begging for development (except the old convention center parking lot, but that’s already spoken […]
National Museum of Crime and Punishment Details Emerge
Thanks to excellent reporting over at ReadExpress.com, we learn of many new details of the upcoming National Museum of Crime and Punishment. The museum will occupy a 22,000 sq ft retail space at 575 7th St NW (Terrell Place). This the the space that has remained empty for a long time – probably because it […]
Tipping Condo Association Employees – What Do You Do?
Levi recently wrote in to ask: I would be interested in knowing what people generally give to a concierge, security personnel, or front desk person who accepts packages, makes deliveries, sends out dry cleaning, directs the peapod guy to our home etc. This blogger would also like to ask: Is December the only time you give […]
Being A Neighborhood Ambassador: Prepaid SIM Cards in PQ?
At about 7 pm on a weekday, this blogger was recently stopped by a tourist on 7th St NW with the following question: Where can I buy a top-up (pre-paid) cell phone SIM card? My answer: I don’t know. Hats off to this tourist who could sense out a neighborhood resident on the streets, but […]