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Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC and we mostly have development and restaurant news. The Crib of the Week is a beauty and you’ll find at the very end. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments!
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Events/News
Penn Quarter/Downtown – The “First Store to Open in CityCenter” award goes to….Tumi at 1051 H St NW. Call the store at 202-289-5208 for hours as they vary during the holidays. [Penn Quarter Living tweet] & [CityCenter DC tweet] & [Tumi store locator page]
Development
Mount Vernon Triangle – The 5th and I St NW parcel developer field gets narrowed to four with each developer offering presentations and renderings at a community meeting. This is a rebid of the failed 2008 RFP process. [The Triangle] & [Washington Business Journal] & [Washington City Paper]
NoMa – Attention Wal-Mart shoppers…the Wal-Mart at H and 1st St NW (77 H St NW) is now open. We shopped there before Christmas and it’s half merchandise and half grocery store – the prices are low. The Urban Turf and 77H Street websites have previews/renderings of the apartments above the store. [Washington City Paper] & [Urban Turf] & [77H website (click on ‘View our Gallery ‘)]
Downtown – 10th Street NW has now been reopened and is back on the grid thanks to the CityCenter project. [WaPo] & [CityCenter photo tweet]
Penn Quarter – Three firms are in the running for the MLK Library (9th and G St NW) redesign. [WaPo]
Restaurants/Food
Chinatown/Penn Quarter – Flight (re)announces its wine bar intentions for 777 6th St NW. They’ll be open in January 2014. [Eater DC sneak preview hard hat tour]
Penn Quarter – City Tap House is open. We’ve been twice and we like it…really like it. More to follow in January. [Penn Quarter Living tweet]
Mount Vernon Triangle – A three-fer…(1) Le Pain Quotidien, the French inspired coffee house chain, at 433 Massachusetts Ave is now open. (2) Silo at 907 5th St NW plans to open soon; and (3) Alba Osteria, 425 I St NW, opens today.
Downtown – The retail space at the corner of 13th and E St NW (1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW) will transform into a restaurant called Boss Shepherd’s. Formerly Bluepoint and John Harvard’s restaurants, the space has been vacant for almost three years. [Washington Business Journal] & [Penn Quarter Living historical coverage]
Downtown – Catch 15 (1518 K St NW) oyster bar and restaurant is now open. You can be sure we’ll be checking it out as we looove our oysters at PQ Living. Fortunately for us, it’s open until 2 or 3 am each night of the week. [Washington Business Journal] & [Catch15 tweet] & [Eater DC]
Crib of the Week
Our CotW this week is fantastic again. It’s a penthouse unit (again) in The Pennsylvania (601 Pennsylvania Ave NW) listed at $625K sporting 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, and a balcony with views to die for. The condo fee is $593 per month. We can write all we want but we’ll let the photos in the virtual tour (last link) do the talking (again). Love it. [Redfin listing – 601 Pennsylvania Ave NW – Unit 601 – MLS DC8235642] & [MRIS Photo Tour]
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RT @pqliving: Downtown DC/Penn Quarter Link Roundup – @TumiTravel opens in @CityCenterDC, updates on restos, and a PH CotW http://t.co/YXf1…