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Photo Of The Week: City Center Excitement Builds
Today, we post an image of the conceptual design poster that was recently installed at the southeast corner of the Old Convention Center parking lot (9th & H St NW). Ground breaking on the 4 square block mega-development, City Center, will begin in March 2009 (pdf).
Getting Ready For The G-20 Financial Summit
Preparations are under way for tomorrow’s G-20 financial summit taking place at the National Building Museum (401 F Street NW) in the Penn Quarter. It all started on October 22 when President Bush announced he was inviting leaders from 20 nations to meet November 15 to discuss possible solutions to the global financial crisis along […]
ANC 6C Commissioner Docter Honored By BID
The Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) held its Momentum Awards last Thursday announcing the best downtown has to offer. Most of the awards went to businesses or organizations but one award went to a person. Congratulations go out to Charles (Charley) Docter who serves as the Commish for ANC 6C09 and as a downtown resident […]
RIP: Tree & Treebox
Thanks go out to Mark for informing us that Penn Quarter has lost a tree. No big deal, right? We’ve lost trees before, but they have always been replaced (including the one in front of Potbelly). Not this time. Mark also sent a pic of the treebox as it was being bricked over. Buried. For […]