RSS FeedMulti-Space Parking Meters Coming To PQ?
Walking down 7th St, we’ve started noticing these sliver boxes sprouting up. Could they be the initial foundation for multi-space parking meters that made their debut in Adam’s Morgan a couple of years ago?
PQ’s New Police Week: Inaguration Week? Bars & Clubs Open 24 Hours
This piece of news is starting to make its way around the Internets (from the WaPo):
Under emergency legislation approved by the D.C. Council yesterday, any District establishment with a liquor license, including restaurants and nightclubs, will be allowed to serve alcohol until 5 a.m. — three hours later than usual — and serve food round-the-clock from Jan. 17 until the morning after Obama’s swearing-in on Jan. 20.
Mayor Fenty asked the council to exclude nightclubs from the legislation, however the nightclubs were still included.
O Xmas Tree
Stopping by the BP gas station (1317 9th Street NW) this past weekend, we noticed a lot nearby that was selling christmas trees [thanks to pqresident for that link!]. That once again made us wonder where PQ residents will be picking up their trees & wreaths (and perhaps mistletoe) this holiday season, both real & fake.
We assume that some enterprising retailer at the 8th St Farmers Market on Thursdays will sell wreaths, as well as our neighborhood Safeway (490 L ST NW). Where are other good spots to pick up the holiday greenery?
Permit Activity: Union Station Bicycle Transit Center
This week, we don’t have any major building permits to report in the Penn Quarter. But, we did find an interesting mention of the planned bicycle transit center at Union Station. DDOT got an approval for erosion control and the Federal project is exempt from all other DCRA permits.
We’re anticipating (and hoping) that a new SmartBike location will open up at the Union Station bicycle transit center, giving Penn Quarter residents another option to getting to the train station and catching that Acela. The bike ride would start at our 8th & F St NW SmartBike location and would end right in front of Union Station’s doors at the southwest corner of the building.
SmartBike sent out a survey a few days ago asking customers to rank potential additional sites for bike kiosks. On the list was Union Station. Other sites included Columbia Heights and H St NE (Atlas District). Missing from the survey was any mention of extending operating hours – currently, the kiosk closes at 10pm, which eliminates any potential for a return trip from an outing.
11/25/2008
Premit # B090157
51 MASSACHUSETTS AVE
DDOT/IPMA
DDOT BICYCLE TRANSIT CENTER @ UNION STATION. FEDERAL PROJECT EXEMPT FROM BUILDING PERMIT. APPLICATION FOR SEDIMENT AND EROSION CONTROL ONLY.
Picture courtesy of the official renderings located here (pdf).