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Son Of Platinum Nightclub?
One of our most commented on running story lines of 2008 was the now closed Platinum nightclub at 915 F St NW and the adverse impact the club had on downtown life. Although that building has hosted a nightclub since the late 1980s, most recently as Platinum and then as Club Bounce, many weekends in 2008 […]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Mount Vernon Triangle – The cranes (the construction apparatus…not the bird) are returning to restart the Yale Steal Laundry residential project. How did they get financing in this crummy real estate environment? It wasn’t Wall Street, […]
Downtown DC’s Netflix Queues
Ever since Olsson’s Bookstore closed, we’ve had to be a little more proactive about finding movie rentals. It was very handy to be able to impulsively pop down the street on any given night and pick up a movie for the evening at the 7th Street location. The day of the movie rental store seems […]
Observing Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
We are taking today off to observe the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who advocated nonviolence to garner civil rights. Our regular Monday posting will appear tomorrow.