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Penn Ave Photo Essay
Today’s Sunday magazine in WaPo has a photo essay on Pennsylvania Avenue. We especially liked the Attack of the Segways photo online at selection 8.
Carbon Emissions In DC (pic)
The world’s climate is getting a lot of media and public mindshare these days. Al Gore, former US Vice President, has made a new career out of it. We all use energy in various forms and we thought it would be worth pointing out a nifty online tool that you, the reader, can use to see exactly […]
Old Convention Center Redevelopment Financing Announced
Yesterday, the Washington Business Journal reported on the more technical aspects of the Old Convention Center redevelopment plan and the associated $850 million financing (City, developers agree on financing plan for old convention site – WBJ). There’s a 57,300 square foot plot on the site the city is retaining control over and our read of […]
Wayback: Center Market, As It Was
Today we’re flipping on the PQ Living Wayback Machine and turning back the clock to 1871 when construction on Washington’s largest market started. Between 1871 and 1931, the Center Market was the largest market in Washington, DC and it allowed for up to 700 vendors to sell their goods indoors and out. It stood on Pennsylvania Avenue […]