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Mayor Fenty Announces New Homeless Strategy
At a press conference yesterday, Mayor Fenty announced the city’s new “Housing First” strategy for dealing with the chronically homeless. While we at PQ Living don’t have a fully formed opinion on it yet, this writer does smell some sanity in the air as the closing of the Franklin School shelter by October 1, 2008 […]
Howto: Getting To Dulles Airport (For $3$6)
Ed Note (April 13, 2014): This trip now costs $6. Getting to National Airport is easy. Pick up the Yellow line train at Archives or Gallery Place, have a seat, wait fifteen minutes, leave the train and presto! You’re there. There is no subway line to Dulles International Airport (yet) and going by cab will […]
Kogod Courtyard Declared “New” Wonder Of The World
CondeNast Traveler lists seven “new” wonders of the world and our very own Kogod Courtyard at the American Art Museum hits the list. Who keeps Kogod company? The New Museum (of Contemporary Art) in New York and the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to name a few. New Seven Wonders of the World […]
Hollywood, Downtown DC Style
Anyone walking by the old convention center parking lot (now called ‘Center City Parking‘) will have seen semi trucks like this one that makes “Ridiculously Wide Turns” forming DC’s own temporary Hollywood home base. Walking to Brasserie Beck for dinner this weekend, pqresident spotted a mobile gym (much like The Muscle Truck) and multiple RVs […]