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DC Fire & EMS Pulls Man From Penn Quarter Building Garbage Chute
7th St. NW: Feeding fresh air down trash chute as we continue to evaluate a safe means of removal. Confined space rescue assign. on scene. pic.twitter.com/FcLeCxu5ZC — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) July 23, 2017 File this under unusual news of the month, perhaps the year. An adult male went after a cellphone that might […]
MGM National Harbor Starts Direct Bus Line To Chinatown (7th and H St NW)
Over the weekend we were out for a walk around the neighborhood and were handed the flyer pictured above which advertises a new set of six bus lines called the MGM Lion Line running between the MGM National Harbor Casino and various points around the DC metro area. Two daily round trips are advertised for the […]
GSA Decides To Can The FBI Building Move For Now (935 Pennsylvania Ave NW)
The moving and consolidation of the FBI into a single campus not in the heart of Penn Quarter is to be postponed indefinitely by the GSA today according to this Washington Post article. WaPo also notes the reactions from local officials in this piece and this piece. The FBI building takes up two full blocks of city […]
New Apple Store Is Topic For July Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association Meeting
By e-mail we were notified about the July Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association breakfast meeting which will take place on Tuesday, July 11 at the National Archives. The discussion topic is an exciting one and it is the plans for Apple’s upcoming store to be located in the Carnegie Library on Mt. Vernon Square. For some […]