RSS FeedHigh Rise Life: Taking Out Fido Or Fifi
Many high rise dwellers keep pets in their homes but the lack of a yard precludes them from swinging open the kitchen door and ushering Fido or Fifi into nature’s water closet for their requisite breaks. What’s the upside? There is no lawn to mow. What’s the downside? It’s mandatory that Fido or Fifi go on a walk although maybe it’s an upside because pet owners get some exercise too and they get to meet other pet owners in the neighborhood. Enter the leash, the grocery store plastic bag and the 20 minute walk to get Fido or Fifi out to take care of business. PQ Living has taken on the subject of pet friendly restaurants and pet friendly retail in downtown DC. We now want to know about where you take your pets on walks.
What are the best routes to go on for walks with pets downtown? What are the best parks for pets downtown? Have you met any high rise neighbors on your walks?
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P.S. We are adding Art and Soul (415 New Jersey Ave NW) to the pet friendly list of restaurants after checking out their Puppy Patio menu.
Heard In The ‘Hood: DC Link Roundup
Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here.
Mount Vernon Triangle – More public art is coming and this time it’s in front of the Madrigal Lofts. We like public art. [The (Mount Vernon) Triangle]
Downtown – An update and photos of the Againn gastropub at 1099 New York Ave NW. [ReadySetDC]
Capitol Hill – Prostitution outfit busted on the Hill. [The Hill Is Home]
14th Street – A male club also gets some city attention. [Borderstan]
Bethesda – We don’t usually venture outside DC much but apparently all the “attractive single men” are venturing outside DC. At least, that’s by statistical measures. [The Thes]
All Over DC (mostly SE) – Put on your enlightened urban planning thinking hat for a second. What would DC look like if the Anacostia River were narrowed to the width of the Seine River in Paris and streets added to the grid where there is now water? You’d have the McMillan Two plan. [Greater Greater Washington]
Hole At 10th & G St NW Becomes Less Holey
We’ll cut right to the chase. A Swedish development company, Skanska, is assuming PN Hoffman’s position in the joint construction project at 10th and G Streets NW between PN Hoffman and the First Congregational United Church of Christ. The project had come to a halt in February of this year because no tenant meant no financing. How much did Skanska pay up? $85 million. What we found most interesting was that a non-US company is coming in to the equation to finance and build out the project. Also, the building will be built on spec meaning there is no tenant lined up which to us is a real vote of confidence in the business environment in downtown DC. The project start date is listed as 2010 and the finish date as 2011.
10th and G [Skanska press release]
Skanska Develops $85M Spec East End Office [GlobeSt.com]
Skanska USA takes over $85 million G St. project [WaBizJo]
Hat tip: Si
iPhone Fever Hits Gallery Place Metro Station
Just this morning, WMATA officially flipped the switch allowing all major cell phone carriers (not just Verizon) to offer service within select subterranean Metro stations.
We took our iPhone (serviced by AT&T Wireless) out and descended into the Gallery Place metro station from the 7th & H St entrance. We had a full 5 bars going down the first escalator. The number of bars slipped to 3 as we turned the corner to go down the 2nd escalator, but the iPhone quickly went back up to a full 5 bars by the time we reached the fare gates. Full signal was experienced even on the bottom level of the station where the green & yellow lines operate.
Testing the cell signal limits, we took a train to Columbia Heights. The signal quickly dropped off as we entered the tunnel and we didn’t regain signal until disembarking the train at Columbia Heights. Other Penn Quarter area stations that now feature cell service for all carriers are Judiciary Square, Federal Triangle and L’Enfant Plaza.
We’ll be interested to see how many people will be using their cell phones at the Metro platforms now – especially if you can carry an uninterrupted cell phone conversation from street level all the way down to the platform! Maybe we’ll have to coin a new term for people who hold up the fare gate line because they are holding a cell phone and can’t reach for their SmarTrip card fast enough. Any suggestions?