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The Smith Restaurant Under Construction (901 F St NW)
The Smith restaurant, a casual American brasserie, will open in early 2017 per a recent job posting and construction is now plainly evident at the 9th and F Street NW location where McCormick & Schmick’s once operated. A peek inside showed framing in place with no interior drywall present. Plywood sits in the window frames where […]
Movement On Forlorn National Bank Of Washington Building (14th and G St NW)
It’s been over ten years that the hulking National Bank of Washington building has been vacant in downtown Washington DC at 14th and G St NW. After an abandoned proposal for it to become a museum, we now hear from the Washington Business Journal about a credible proposal to bring the building and a vacant […]
Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association Breakfast Meeting On Tue, 9/13 (Topic: FBI Bldg Redevelopment)
By e-mail we were notified of the September Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association breakfast meeting. It will be on Tuesday, September 13 at Ruth’s Chris Steak House (724 9th St NW). There is no cost to attend but an RSVP is requested per below. Please indicate if you heard of this meeting from Penn Quarter Living. This meeting’s topic […]
Chinatown Anti-Semitic Graffiti Vandal Arrested
Per this Washington Post article, the vandal who defaced the artistic 7th and H St NW crosswalk multiple times was arrested again for the offense. This scurrilous act drew condemnation from the Downtown DC BID. The WJLA channel 7 story above offers the video story.