RSS FeedOyamel To Open February 23
The sign in Oyamel’s window has been changed to reflect a February 23 opening. Add another Mexican restaurant to your list.
Akridge Fills Up 616 H St NW Office Building
According to the Earth Times, Akridge almost completely fills up The Offices at Gallery Place (616 H St NW) with 3 more tenants: Children’s Law Center, NCR Corporation, and JSA Inc.
Time for Akridge to start building 700 6th St NW!
Happy Chinese New Year (新春愉快)
Chinese New Year number 4705 is upon us starting February 18 and our neighborhood will have its own celebration one week from today. To ring in the year of the Boar or 豬 (this time it is a Fire Boar), the Chinatown Cultural Center (616 H St, NW) will have a full day of programs from 11 am to 5 pm. From 2 pm to 5 pm, a parade and lively activities will take place on H Street with the lion and dragon making their appearance at 4 pm accompanied by fireworks. Here’s a short rundown on the Boar.
新春愉快 or Gong Xi Fa Cai or Happy Chinese New Year!
Note: Chinese font may be needed for proper display of characters
Newseum Apartments
The 135 Newseum apartments are looking better every day and are scheduled for second quarter completion this year. The apartments face both C Street and 6th Street. Bozzuto, a local developer, looks to be the management company.
While we’re on the topic of the Newseum we’d also like to point you to their very cool Front Pages web site which daily displays the front pages of 400 plus newspapers from around the world. You’d learn that even Anna Nicole Smith made the front page of this weekend’s Gulf News (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
Picture courtesy of Newseum.org