RSS FeedMadame Tussauds Bought Out – Wax Museum Still On Track
We cringe every time we hear that a just-about-to-open storefront gets bought out by another entity (i.e. Balducci’s/Bear Stearns drama).
But, this story has a happy beginning. The WaPo reports:
- Private-equity giant Blackstone Group said yesterday that it had created the world’s second-largest theme park group, behind Walt Disney Co., with its $1.9 billion buyout of Madame Tussauds waxworks museums.
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Merlin executives said they planned to focus on expanding the wax museum company, which has 14 million visitors a year and operates six museums around the world, as well as other theme parks, hotels and a castle in Europe.
Background: Madame Tussauds will be opening later this year in the former Woodward & Lothrop building on F Street Northwest. (between 10th and 11th St)
Thanks to Jeff for pointing us to this info!
The Amazing Disappearing ANC 2C Meeting!
[circus music plays] This month’s ANC 2C meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, 2007, has been canceled unilaterally by the chair, Doris Brooks. No other information is available at this time. [circus music ends]
More info here:
Penn Quarter On The Block at Weschler’s
A newsbite from Columbo…I’m a big fan of Weschler’s. Such fun to walk by on a Saturday morning or Monday afternoon and look at the goods, put in a bid, and then see what happens. Some fun gems mixed in with lots of junk. A real neighborhood treasure.
Penn Quarter On The Block
Cocktail Party & Auction
Weschler’s Auction House
909 E St, NW
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
6 to 8 pm
Tickets are $25
Join Weschler’s for an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and silent and live auctions. Proceeds will benefit our Penn Quarter neighbor, the Dinner Program for Homeless Women (www.dphw.org).
Contact: Margaret Waclawik (RSVPs requested)
E-mail: info@weschlers.com
The 218 separate items up for auction can be found here.
Ed. Note: PQResident took a peek at the auction items and there are some real gems to bid on. Some of the auctions will be live and some will be slient.
WaPo: Fisher On The New Wax Museum
This blogger remembers ads on the radio for R.E.M and the Eurythmics at the Wax Museum in the ’80s. Madame Tussaud’s has a different viewpoint for the new incarnation in the Woodies building; so does WaPo’s Marc Fisher. Take a look at the end of Fisher’s humorous post…the ‘Memory Lane Award’ goes to the Howard Stern link which details the incident that arguably got him fired from DC 101 in 1982. Of course, that sent Stern northwards to NYC and much greater fame (or is it infamy?). Maybe Mark Foley should be added to spice the list up a bit.