RSS FeedAkridge Sends 700 6th St NW Love Note To PQ Residents
Here is the important info from the flyer:
- Project website w/ webcam: www.700sixthstreet.com
Schedule
Week of 4/16 – 4/21: Material and equipment delivery begins. Site mobilization.
Week of 4/23 – 4/28: Pile driving, site demolition and excavation begins. You may hear machinery driving building support piles into the ground. This will last approximately 3 weeks.
Spring 2009: Estimated building delivery.
Thank you for your patience as we work towards the opening of this new office/retail amenity for Penn Quarter.
As of yesterday, the building site has been fenced off and cleared. It is interesting to see the flyer mention ground floor retail because earlier reports of this building stated that it would feature only office space. The website says 7001 SF of ground floor retail or office.
Also, there is still some confusion as to whether or not the office building will utilize the gallery place parking garage, or create a new 3 level garage under the building. The gallery place garage does not extend under the 700 6th site. We will be able to tell soon if Akridge digs a huge hole on the site!
Tim Gunn Works Penn Quarter Today (3pm @ Olsson’s on 7th)
Clara Barton Dweller writes in to let us know that Tim Gunn of “Project Runway” fame will be appearing at Olsson’s on 7th Street today (Friday, April 20) at 3pm! He’s discussing and signing his book, “Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style.”
Thanks CBD!
Gould Makes Good On Raze Permit (609-631 I St NW)
krwaltondc was on the ball yesterday, witnessing Gould demo crews draw first blood on their future mega-development: 600 Mass Ave NW. The building being razed is the former home of Teddy’s House of Comedy.
Thanks krwaltondc! (flickr set)
Reference: Raze permit approval post
Pics courtesy of krwaltondc.
Read The Good Book This Month
Well, not THE good book, but a good book nonetheless.
Today the DC Public Library kicks off its “The Big Read” campaign. Pick up a copy of Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” and then visit one of the many events sponsored by the library. The Big Read runs April 19th to May 19th.
It’s a great book and there are events all over the city, but this one at the MLK library here in the Penn Quarter looks particularly interesting:
History and Biography Division
Hurston/Wright Foundation
Pen/Faulkner Foundation
Friday, April 20, 10 am, Great Hall
Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Author talk with Lucy Anne Hurston who will discuss her written reminiscence of
her aunt Zora Neale Hurston.
