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Did you know DC has its very own short film festival? It does and it’s what makes downtown such a fun place to be in September. Film showcases, each about two hours long, start tomorrow night and run for one week’s time until September 18th at our neighborhood’s own Landmark’s E Street Cinema (555 11th St NW). This year the festival will be using a special phone based ballot system allowing the audience to vote for the film of their choice during the opening weekend. Audience members will be given a special code for each of these movies allowing them to vote by phone for their favorites. Music and screenplays will be vying for votes also. Check the DC Shorts website for ticket information and all the details.
Excitement On 10th Street This Morning *updated*
There was a little bit of excitement in Tourist Alley this morning in the 8 o’clock hour as 10th Street between E and F Streets was closed due to a bomb scare. Construction workers working on the Ford’s Theatre renovation could be seen milling about outside the cordoned off zone, hardhats in hand chatting on their two way phones.
*1 pm update* – 10th Street is open. All is normal.
Photo taken by Columbo
Herman Wouk Award Ceremony Tonight
This one is a little outside our neighborhood, but for any of you who are Herman Wouk fans we highly recommend you check out the inaugural Library of Congress Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Writing of Fiction. The award is being conferred upon Herman Wouk this evening at the LOC’s Jefferson Building (1st & Independence, SE) tonight at 5 pm.
Wouk will be in attendance, as will special guests including Jimmy Buffet. The Caine Mutiny is one of our favorite books, a true masterpiece, as such we expect this will be a fantastic event.
The press release has contact information available, and the Post’s Book World section notes that you can call 202-707-5221 for details.
Cribs X: Townhouse Wrapped By A Condo
We’ve visited many of the residential buildings in the Penn Quarter for our Cribs posts but we’ve yet to make our way down to The Jefferson at Penn Quarter development which houses both the Lafayette (631 D Street NW) and the Clara Barton (616 E Street NW) condos. Originally conceived as a single rental property, JPI (the developer) sold the building in two phases, each phase having its own condo association within the complex.
Today’s spotlight is on one of the three level plus roofdeck units in the Lafayette housing three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. These units feature a one up, one down three level design from the entering floor plus a private rooftop deck high up so you get a city view looking west towards the Old Post Office tower. On the inside, a loft area overlooks a double level living room with a wall of glass and mahogany wood floors. For parking, Interpark runs a commercial rental parking garage in the building.
The asking price for the 1700 square feet of MLS #DC6862270? $837,500 which comes in at $493 per square foot. The condo fee comes in at $1009 per month which equates to 59 cents per square foot per month.
Four stories including the roofdeck…we like to think of this one as a townhouse wrapped by a condo.
631 D Street, NW – Unit #1140 – MRIS Slideshow Virtual Tour