RSS FeedCribs VI: Mammoth On Mass
This installation of Cribs is large…no it’s huge…no it’s mammoth. The condo we’re profiling is #307 at 400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, and is registered in MLS (the Multiple Listing Service) as DC6529406. The size on the realtor’s website indicates 2950 square feet (that’s not a typo) and the list price is $1.149M dollars. Don’t let the 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath description fool you. What’s unique about this unit is that it appears to be one large space with no internal walls. For the buyer who wants to build to suit, this is as close to a “blank canvas” as they could get. It’s got enough space to be a house within a building. Take a look at the photos and you’ll see what we mean.
400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW – #307 – MRIS Slide Show Virtual Tour
Downtown BID Says: No Groundbreakings Scheduled
The Downtown BID has their 2nd Quarter 2007 development report online (pdf) and one item struck us: The Downtown BID has no groundbreakings scheduled for 3Q 2007.
Looking around downtown, we don’t see any more surface parking lots that are just begging for development (except the old convention center parking lot, but that’s already spoken for). Could the lack of new supply of commercial & residential buildings mean that prices and rents will start going even higher over the next couple of years?
Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance; December 7th, 1941
The Navy Memorial is hosting several events today to honor the memory of those who sacrificed so much on that fateful December day in 1941. Stop by for the wreath-laying, book discussion, or to watch a movie:
- At noon you can stop by the memorial for a book signing. George Victor will be there to discuss his “The Pearl Harbor Myth: Rethinking the Unthinkable.”
- At 1 pm the annual wreath-laying ceremony will be held to “honor our nation’s sacrifices when we were attacked on December 7th, 1941.”
- At 3 pm in the Navy Memorial’s Burke Theater stop by to watch Oscar winning film “Tora! Tora! Tora!“
Can’t make it down to the Navy Memorial today? Check out some of the links on the Library of Congress’ Journeys & Crossings page dealing with Pearl Harbor. This page includes “man on the street” interviews in the days following the attack, as well as numerous other resources about that day. Or you could check out this page hosted by the library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, which includes a transcript of FDR’s famous “Day of Infamy” speech (including an audio link to it), and other WWII information.
National Museum of Crime and Punishment Details Emerge
Thanks to excellent reporting over at ReadExpress.com, we learn of many new details of the upcoming National Museum of Crime and Punishment. The museum will occupy a 22,000 sq ft retail space at 575 7th St NW (Terrell Place). This the the space that has remained empty for a long time – probably because it is zoned for an arts related organization.
Here are some highlights:
– Interactive exhibits including artifacts and a CSI crime lab
– A studio where John Walsh and “America’s Most Wanted” will film
– Phone banks for the Alexandria-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
– $16.95 admission fee for adults (modeled after the Spy Museum)