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Of Sidewalks and Segways
The Washington Examiner ran a story today by Michael Neibauer noting that disabled persons may now ride their segways on city sidewalks inside the Central Business District. We agree with the DC Counsel on that and we’re glad they made the change. What was striking to us about this article was the fact that segways […]
Ashton Judiciary Square Turns On The Lights
In this period of commercial construction financing interrupted, the opening of a brand new residential apartment building in our neighborhood is a welcome sight. In this case, we’re talking about the Ashton Judiciary Square apartment building at 750 3rd Street, NW which is now open for leasing and has its initial batch of tenants moved […]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Downtown – A neighborhood meeting on a multi-use Mount Vernon Square space to be discussed on October 1 and a public art project to be installed in the Chinatown-Gallery Place metro south exit described. [Downtown Neighborhood […]
Wayback: Sporty On G Street NW
We haven’t put up a Wayback story in a while but our favorite old photo site, Shorpy, never disappoints and this gem from 1920 taken in the 1200 block of G Street, NW shows off some interesting elements of the time. All the shops are retail with a frame shop, a tailor (Geraci) and a […]