RSS FeedFire This Morning At 1000 F St NW (Joe’s Souvenir HQ)
We heard via DCist and WTOP this morning that there was a fire in one of the two-story buildings on the 1000 block of F St NW. There are only three two-story buildings on that block: Joe’s Souvenir Headquarters, the old K & B Newsstand, and the Downtown DC BID office. Notice the black residue and broken windows on the second floor of right side of the corner building.
Also, the folks at DCFD already have pictures of the fire and a complete description of the incident on their website!
Below is a file photo of the same facade (left side of pic) a little over a month ago.
Meanwhile, workers were bringing sheets of plywood and other materials into the building next door (old K & B Newsstand, 1004 F St NW). We’re not really sure why workers would be bringing materials into the old K & B Newsstand since that building is supposed to be demolished to make room for a Douglas Development 11-story office building.
Penn Quarter Condo Spotted In Last Night’s Episode Of 24!
For fans of the TV series, 24, last night’s episode contained a little surprise geared towards Penn Quarter residents. The entrance to the Residences At Market Square (701 Penn) was displayed along with the interior of [fictional unit] PH201! We also suspect that the interior of the two-floor unit was not filmed in the authentic building.
Still, very exciting. And, congrats to our neighbors in 701 Penn – we’re very jealous!
Screenshots are from the Fox website where you can watch the full episodes of 24 after they air on TV.
Penthouse unit 201
Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Shaw/Convention Center – That apartment building on L Street NW between 9th and 10th Streets NW finished renovations and is now a luxury condo hotel called The Eldon Condominium Hotel. Floorplans and finishes look great! [Renew Shaw]
Mount Vernon Triangle – Buddha Bar sign goes up in the ground floor window of 455 Massachusetts Ave NW. Oh yeah! [The (Mount Vernon) Triangle)]
Shaw (by way of Bloomingdale) – The ANC2C02 website “lost” all its content about ANC2C thus shutting off a useful tap of information about neighborhood affairs. The Bloomingdale blog tells why. [bloomingdale (for now)]
7th Street NW…Alive And Walking
We like reading Raw Fisher, Marc Fisher’s regular musings on DC area issues appearing in the Washington Post. Yesterday he penned a piece on 7th Street NW, our neighborhood’s Main Street, that appeared in print in WaPo’s Metro section and on line – it also caught our eye. Sketching out vignettes along our Main Street as examples, Fisher chronicles a story told a thousand times over, that of the birth and the death of businesses – the thawing and the freezing of commerce in a capitalist, entrepreneurial society during a recessionary period. What’s the strength that will carry us through? Foot traffic. But we still have a few questions to ask.