Cowgirl Creamery Sells Wine, I Street Goes Both Ways, ANC6C Meets Tonight

Cowgirl Creamery Starts Selling Wine

Just confirmed that Cowgirl Creamery is now selling wine! There should be some delicious pairings available.

I Street No Longer One Way

Anon wrote a comment to let us know that I Street NW (or Eye Street) turned into a two way street between 7th and 9th NW last weekend. Apparently the Tech World tenants and Akridge weren’t even notified in advance. The only other thing going on on that street is the PS7 opening this Thursday. Maybe PS7 requested the change because they’re offering valet parking?

ANC 6C Meeting Tonight

Adam writes in to let us know that individuals who are running for ANC seats have been invited to introduce themselves at the ANC 6C Meeting this evening.

Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Mt. Carmel Church, 901 3rd St NW

Gallery Place/Penn Quarter Building Permit Update

A few things this week – probably the most interesting thing is that one of the row houses (315 H St NW) next to the almost complete Sonata condo building is to undergo renovation.

09/05/06
315 H ST NW
REPAIR THE ROOF & REPLACE WINDOWS, REPAIR OUTSIDE WALL ACTUALLY REPAIR MASONRY AND REPLACE WINDOWS.
MARYAM FATHI

The Mystics’ locker room gets an upgrade:

09/06/06
601 F ST NW
INTERIOR ALTERATION TO WASHINGTON MYSTICS LOCKER ROOM ( THIRD PARTY REVIEW )
VERIZON CENTER

And Douglas Development gets started on its new project at F and 11th Sts:

08/30/06
606 11TH ST NW
INTERIOR DEMOLITION AS PER DRAWING. DOUGLAS DEVELOPMENT CORP.

08/30/06
620 11TH ST NW
INTERIOR DEMOLITION AS PER DRAWINGS. DOUGLAS DEVELOPMENT CORP.

08/30/06
612 11TH ST NW
INTERIOR DEMOLITION AS PER DRAWING. DOUGLAS DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Yeni Wong Evicts CVS, Then Sues

Thanks to Maisha and Andy for sending word of this drama-licious Washington Business Journal article:

The landlord of CVS/pharmacy’s Chinatown store has sued the retailer for refusing to vacate the premises after getting served with an eviction notice several months ago.

Gallery Tower, a development company led by Yeni Wong, owns 801 Seventh St. NW and wants to tear down the building for redevelopment into a 50,000-square-foot Class B building with retail on the lower floors. This is expected to upgrade the building’s value to those of its neighbors in the rejuvenated Seventh Street/Chinatown commercial corridor.

Wong wants to turn the CVS building and the neighboring building into a 50,000-square-foot Class B building. We reported on those preliminary plans here, but we think that they have changed over the past few months.