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Commerce Bank Sees Green As TD Bank
Back in March of 2008 Toronto Dominion Bank acquired Commerce Bankcorp (which has a branch on 7th & I NW). Commerce is well known to many for the Regis & Kelly commercials, or their weekend hours, or perhaps the fact that your dog can bank with you. Although they’ve been operating in the PQ since […]
Everything Old (Will Soon Be) New Again
Every once in a while, you’re in the right place at the right time. That’s the situation we found ourselves in on Sunday afternoon. Walking home from Safeway (490 L ST NW), we caught a sight that you don’t see too often in downtown DC: Two guys, an SUV, some ropes, and a power […]
Is There A Nurse Practitioner In Penn Quarter?
For more than a year we’ve been heading up to Bethesda’s MinuteClinic when we needed to see a health professional fast. Now that the CVS location at 7th & H is being rebuilt, we wondered this could also house the District’s first MinuteClinic. In our experience downtown DC has plenty of doctors, but getting same day […]
Airing PQ’s Dirty Laundry
Many of us in PQ live in relatively new apartments or condos with a washer & dryer in our units. But what do you do when one of those appliances breaks and you can’t get it repaired quickly? Where do you turn for your back up laundry needs? We’re pretty sure all of the buildings […]