RSS FeedDC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood *video*
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Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments!
National Mall (video above) – The groundbreaking for the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) breaks ground at 15th St and Constitution Ave NW. David Gregory talks with Rep. John Lewis and Lonnie Bunch, the museum’s Director, about how the museum will tell the African American story. It will take approximately 3 years to get the edifice erected but in the meantime the NMAAHC is hosting a gallery you can visit in the National Museum of American History. [NBC’s Meet The Press – Press Pass] & NMAAHC website & White House video (museum rendering and background)
Downtown – Want to see some cool photos of the CityCenter site (aka Old Convention Center) from on high? This story about crane operators does the trick! [WaPo]
Penn Quarter – The Clara Barton condo on E Street NW gets an honorable mention for its perks and amenities. [ExpressNightOut]
Mount Vernon Triangle – It won’t be Caldo but it will be the Carving Room restaurant going into the retail bay at 300 Massachusetts Ave NW, the Mass Court apartment building. Filling that space has been much awaited. [Prince of Petworth]
Chinatown – One of our favorite Capitals players from back in the day, Rod Langway (#5 – D), has been named an Ambassador for the Capitals. He’ll be doing promotions work for the Capitals in a variety of settings. Perhaps he can sprinkle some “get past the second round of the playoffs” dust on the Caps this year. That’s what they really need! [dump ‘n chase]
All Over DC – This story might best be found in The Onion except that it is true. A guy in DC has a vanity license plate that reads ‘No-Tags’. Guess what happens? He gets thousands of dollars in DMV tickets saying he has no tags. Crazy. [NBC Washington]
Penn Quarter – (Ed. Note: This is not safe for work.) The Riot Act does a take off on Living Social’s SocialStudes “stuff” people say in DC video. It’s called stuff people FROM DC say and much of it was shot in the Penn Quarter…links to both videos follow. Anyone who is from DC and who also lives in DC should understand them both. [Riot Act Youtube video] & [Living Social SocialStudies video]
Downtown – P.O.V. at the Hotel W and The Park at Fourteenth make Nightclub & Bar’s Top 100 nightclubs in the US coming in at position #44 and #88 respectively. Nine of the top ten are in Las Vegas…go figure. [Nightclub & Bar Magazine] & [N&B Top 100 list[PDF]]
Penn Quarter – The 2011 TEDx Penn Quarter videos from last fall are up on YouTube and here’s the playlist for all of them in a row. [TEDx Penn Quarter YouTube video series]
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Express article should have referred to the Lafayette and Clara Barton – the rooftop it mentions and movie theater it mentions (along with the other ammenities in the build) actually belong to both the Lafayette and the Clara Barton – they are the same building, just two different associations. Other than the boards, everything else is the same.