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We have 4 items on the agenda for the next HPRB meeting on Sept 28.
- Formerly Coyote Ugly, 717 6th is now the home of RNR Bar & Lounge. Looks like this establishment is already open!
- This is the huge mixed-use (retail and office) development by Gould Development.
- 500 I St is the site of the church that was recently bought by the Chinese Community Church of Washington. We assume that they will be adding some signs to the new church.
- The ATM is going to be to the left of the La Tasca restaurant (722 7th St NW) on 7th street. This is a good location for an ATM – in the middle of a concentration of restaurants on 7th St and also next to the soon-to-be Bedrock billiards establishment (714 7th St NW).
Balducci’s Break Up With Penn Quarter Now Final
It’s true…our neighborhood’s affair with a 7th Street Balducci’s is now officially over. In addition to today’s WaPo article on the matter, a well placed source informed GP Living that Balducci’s will not be opening a store in the Penn Quarter. Now it’s anybody’s guess as to who might lease the space but GP Living firmly stands behind having a grocer transform it into a thriving business and a neighborhood resource. Previous posters mentioned several grocers they’d like to see move in and the WaPo article indicates that other grocers have expressed interest so JPI, DC and our community will now have to rally, put collective heads together and make another match.
Photo Of The Week: Good Night, D Street
Don’t work late tonight!
Aboriginal Art To Exit Downtown
Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, an exhibit worth taking in at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (1250 New York Ave, NW), will be leaving DC on September 24. Catch it while you can. Aboriginal art is not easily found in this town and this exhibit is a perfect introduction to the Dreamtime (or the Dreaming), the collection of legends and stories used by native Australians to explain the creation of the Earth and its phenomena while simultaneously tying themselves to their Down Under homeland. If you want some original Aboriginal works to hang on your own wall, try Art Mob (Hobart, Tasmania) or the Gallery Gondwana (Alice Springs and Sydney); they both ship overseas.
Image: Emily Kame Kngwarreye – Anooralya, 1995
Acrylic on canvas, 59 4/5 x 48 in.
Seattle Art Museum – Gift of Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan
© 2006 ARS/VISCOPY – Photo: Paul Macapia