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East End Events In Your Inbox
GP Living reported on the Penn Quarter’s very own version of La Tomatina but how could you have learned about it in advance? The Downtown BID (Business Improvement District) offers a regular e-mail newsletter that brings events and news straight to your inbox. The most recent issue mentions everything East End from Mariah Carey’s (with […]
Downtown BID Includes Penn Quarter/Gallery Place/Chinatown
The subject of how to define the Penn Quarter or Gallery Place or Chinatown geographically comes up from time to time. At GP Living we thought we’d reintroduce the Downtown DC BID as a starting point for a discussion on the matter. Are our three neighborhoods simply a single neighborhood – the new, the hip, […]
Polly Esther’s To Have Its "Last Dance"
It finally had to happen…demolition started on the buildings lining the north side of F Street between 11th and 12th. GP Living speculates that Polly Esther’s, a long running Washington DC dance spot at 605 12th Street, where you could Shake Your Groove Thing, do the Safety Dance and get Back In Black will soon […]
Clara Barton’s Civil War Office Restoration Garners National Attention
Have you walked by the door at 437 7th Street between the hair salon and the Clara Barton/Lafayette 7th Street parking entrance and noticed some subtle changes on the outside? Behind the door and tucked away on the third floor of the building is the former office of Clara Barton, the nurse who secured a […]