RSS FeedShred Your Confidential Docs In Penn Quarter Tomorrow!
NBC4 reports that its NBC4 Safe & Secure Community Shred event will occur tomorrow from 8am – 11am at the old convention center parking lot (at the 11th and H St NW side).
Bring up to five boxes of your personal papers and they’ll shred them for FREE!
HNTB Space + Balducci’s Space: Doesn’t Work For Whole Foods
A few comments in our past posts asked whether a larger grocery store could combine the newly-up-for-lease HNTB space with the neighboring Balducci’s space on 7th street. We contacted the Washington DC real estate rep from Whole Foods’ website and got the following reply: “Thanks but the space doesn’t lay out for WFM.“
From the horse’s mouth, folks!
WMATA’s Art In Transit Program In A Mixed-Use Environment
A couple of days ago, the WaPo had an article on WMATA’s “expected to be approved” Art In Transit program. This program would basically pay musicians/performers to practice their craft outside of certain metro station entrances for a couple of hours at a time. Since the Residences At Gallery Place and the 701 Penn Ave Residences are located next to metro entrances, this blogger wanted to get the scoop on WMATA’s plans for those specific entrances.
After a brief email volley with WMATA, we were informed that WMATA will not approve any performances at station entrances that abut a residence.
Of course, that does beg the question: Does WMATA plan to disallow any unapproved enterprising individual from performing at their entrances?
McDonald’s Moves Back Into 911 E St (Building Permit Update)
We were informed some time ago that McDonald’s and Wendy’s used to occupy the storefronts across from the Hoover building on E St. We were also told in vague terms that these two restaurants were expected to re-occupy their spaces once the new Artisan Condominium was completed. So, here we go:
11/30/06
911 E ST NW ALTERATION AND REPAI
$260,000.00
INTERIOR ALTERATION ON PART OF 1ST FLOOR AND MEZZANINE
MCDONALD’S