RSS FeedDC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
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Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Have neighborhood thoughts? Leave them in the comments!
Penn Quarter – Madame Tussauds will be completing its collection of wax Presidents to include all forty-four leaders. Tourists will be digging that! [Madame Tussauds]
Penn Quarter – Museum, a lounge at 915 F St NW, opens…and closes. We don’t know what the scoop is…do you? [DCist] & [Pamela’s Punch] & [Prince of Petworth] & [Urban Daddy’s Twitter feed]
Mount Vernon Square/Shaw – DC Public Schools and the Mayor announce plans for a new Dunbar High School on New Jersey Ave NW to the tune of $100M. [Life In Mount Vernon Square] & [The Triangle]
All of DC – Why is there no Metro station in Georgetown? How come no one is actually from DC? DC myths debunked. [We Love DC]
Penn Quarter – An update on the Central Liquor neon sign. What will its fate be? [The Location]
All of DC – DC breaks 600,000 residents…yes! [DCist]
Adams Morgan – The annual reading of grievances for Festivus took place in AdMo. Our favorite? “Stop proposing to my wife!!! JP” [NBC Washington]
All of DC – Cool new digital displays will be on trial at bus shelters and pedestrian centers of activity around DC in the spring of 2011. [Greater Greater Washington]
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I’m not surprised. $17 gin and tonics is high even for this neighborhood. And with no real food options.
The idea that it was going to be a banquet hall for rental was short sighted and unrealistic — why would you hold a Bar Mitzvah/Wedding/Business affair at a space without parking or real catering facilities?
My prediction — it becomes a “nightclub” again by using the existing liquor license in a creative manner (ie: single “promoter” who “rents” the space for “private” parties), circumventing negotiated neighborhood considerations.
Can’t say I didn’t see this coming a mile away.
Don’t know anything about it personally, but seems more like a bait and switch than a failure. Nothing could fail that quickly if there was an earnest effort to succeed.
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Museum’s closing is quite a shock. They spent a ton of money renovating the space, and closing in such a short time is unusual for any business. I noticed that their web site is down too (dcmuseum.com). Does anyone have a scoop on this yet?