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Downtown TJ Maxx Opens Tomorrow (601 13th St NW)
A number of online ads have popped up in at least one major online property in DC indicating T.J. Maxx’s Grand Opening is tomorrow at 8 am at 601 13th St NW (entrance on F St NW between 12th and 13th St NW). We bandied new store news about in February when the signs appeared in the windows at [...]
Shuttle Flyover Extravaganza *pics*
The space shuttle Discovery flew a few laps around downtown DC last week on its way to retirement at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy center. One of our PQ Living readers caught the action from the top of a Pennsylvania Ave condo and we thought we’d share! Click on any of the photos to get a larger [...]
J. Crew Windows Show Up On F St (950 F St NW)
As with many store openings, a little pre-announcement advertising can help. Such is the case for J. Crew, a mostly clothing retailer, which now demonstrably is letting everyone know that they plan to open at 950 F St NW in August 2012. They will join Anthropologie, Peruvian Connection, and Lou Lou Boutique as clothing retailers [...]
PQ Neighborhood Association Meeting This Thursday With Mayor Gray
The Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association is hosting its monthly breakfast on Thursday, April 19 from 8:30 am to 10 am at Living Social’s newest location at 918 F St NW. Per the usual, the continental breakfast runs from 8:30 am to 8:55 am, announcements begin at 9 am, and the speaker de jour starts at [...]
733 10th St NW Office Building Success
733 10th St NW, taken in March 2011 Globe St has a nice article detailing the success of Skanska’s speculation office building at 733 10th St NW. With rents as high at $818/sq ft, which analysts report as very respectable, Skanska had been able to bring occupancy to 91% before the building was completed. It [...]
Downtown Neighborhood Association Meeting Tonight
It’s the second Tuesday of the month and that means that tonight it is time for the monthly Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting at Calvary Baptist Church (755 8th St NW) from 6:30 pm to 8 pm. In addition to the crime and safety report by the MPD’s PSA 101 representatives, the agenda for the meeting [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood *video*
Photo above: Video of Song 1 at the Hirshhorn Museum Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! National Mall – Song 1 starts up at the Hirshhorn Museum [...]
Gallery Square Construction Update *pics*
Work is progressing on the collection of buildings on the NE corner of 7th & H St NW. The facade of the corner building received a paint job, ironically in the color of brick red (1st photo), but the neighboring building on 7th St is still hollowed out (2nd photo). Douglas Development’s website has some renderings of [...]
Car2Go Spotted On F Street And 7th Street And…
Photo above: Car2Go parked on F St NW Car2Go is a carsharing program recently launched in DC and if there is any indication about the adoption rate it is how often you see a new product in use in public. We’ve seen Car2Go zipping around or parked downtown at least a half a dozen times [...]
Jaleo Renovation Complete! (480 7th St NW)
It’s hard to believe that Jaleo has been in operation for almost 20 years! After a month-long renovation, the Spanish tapas restaurant headed by Chef José Andrés’ ThinkFoodGroup, has reopened. Locals will quickly notice that the overall layout of the restaurant is still the same, though, some of the seating has been altered to accommodate the new benches, tables [...]
