RSS FeedDowntown Neighborhood Association Gets A New Look
The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) announced a new and improved look for its website. Their revamped site also links to a blog called Downtown Commentary accompanied by a first post. Whether you agree with DNA positions or not, more voices online with discussions moderated in a balanced way can only serve all the community’s stakeholders well by allowing for a more thorough discourse on the issues affecting the neighborhood. We welcome this update and new addition to DC’s downtown and online community.
PQ Weekend Guide – It’s Cherry Blossom Time!
This week, we’re going to dedicate our weekend guide post to the National Building Museum’s Cherry Blossom Opening Ceremony (401 F St NW), right here in the Penn Quarter! Here are the details (also copied below). Just fyi, the peak blooming time of the blossoms is predicted to be April 1 – 4.
National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day and Opening Ceremony
March 28, 2009 (Saturday)
10:00 am – 5:30 pmFamily Festival: 10:00 am-3:30 pm
Opening Ceremony: 4:00-5:30 pmFREE. Drop-in program. All ages.
Join the National Building Museum and the National Cherry Blossom Festival® in celebrating the third annual opening of Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossom season. Make your own mini-tea house, watch a marching band and double-dutch jump rope team, try on a kimono, and much more. This year’s festival features hands-on activities, captivating martial arts demonstrations, and exciting indoor and outdoor performances exploring Japanese arts and design.
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Potenza Opens Downtown
Potenza, the new Italian restaurant spanning 10,000 square feet wrapped around the corner of 15th & H Streets NW (1430 H Street, NW) in the Woodward building is scheduled to open today in downtown DC. When we walked by last night the bar was filled with patrons and it already looked like a lively spot (see the photo after the jump) . We mentioned the upcoming opening last month and it looks like an establishment we’ll be checking out further in the near future.
Who’s the chef you ask? Anthony Acinapura is the Chef de Cuisine at Potenza and he will assist under the Stir Food Group’s Executive Chef/Partner Bryan Moscatello who was also found delivering cooking classes at Zola Wine & Kitchen when it opened in the heart of the Penn Quarter.
The menu itself includes starter dishes such as salumi (prepared meats), seafood, antipasti and salads. Pastas, pizzas (courtesy of a 6,000 pound pizza oven), fishes and meats can act as mains and you can wrap up the meal with cheeses or desserts. You could probably start with the cheeses too. Italian beer and 250 wine selections will be available also.
Lest you think this is just another typical Italian restaurant, Potenza will also include a wine, bakery and gelato/sorbetto shop under its umbrella. In fact, it was this colorful view that first drew our attention to Potenza. With work still ongoing last night in the non-restaurant/non-bar areas (left two windows of the top photo), we have high hopes that this part of the shop will open in tandem with the restaurant.
More photos from across 15th Street NW after the jump… Continue Reading >>
PQ Building Permit Update
7th & G Street alley kiosk to become Smoothie King
3/20/2009
Permit # B0903052
703 7TH ST NW
GALLERY PLACE LAND TRUST
RENOVATION TO EXISTING GALLERY PLACE ALLEY KIOSK #3, FOR NEW SMOOTHIE KING AS PER ATTACHED DWGS.
Signage for new Guess store at 1155 F St NW
3/20/2009
Permit # SG0900128
1155 F ST NW
JEMAL’S SQUARE 320 LLC
TO INSTALL ONE ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN OVER DOOR AND 16 SETS OF VINYL GRAPHICS ON WINDOWS FOR GUESS.
After hours permit for office building construction at 700 6th St NW
3/20/2009
Permit # AH0900154
700 6TH ST NW
akridge
REQUESTING AFTER HOURS PERMIT TO WORK FROM 7:00AM TO 9:00PM, MONDAY THRU SATURDAY, STARTING 3/23/2009 THRU 5/16/2009.