RSS FeedDowntown DC/Penn Quarter News Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood (Revived!)
Photo: Closed Radio Shack/Sprint store at 732 7th St NW
We haven’t written up a Heard In The ‘Hood, links to newsworthy stories in the Penn Quarter and Downtown DC neighborhoods, in a while. In fact it’s been over two years! Here we go:
Metro HQ Might Be Going on Sale (Chinatown) – Metro is seriously considering selling its headquarters on 5th St NW. It is now very prime real estate and the value has done nothing but go up since its construction. They’re really seriously considering it. Seriously.
Metro Service and Fare Changes Take Effect (DC) – Speaking of Metro, please be reminded that the service and fare changes announced earlier in the year will take effect on June 25. The minimum rail fare rises to $2.25 and the bus fare to $2. Bus and rail service hours change also.
New Street Meter Parking Rates in Effect on May 30 (Penn Quarter) – New parking rates go into effect in the real time parking rate zone in Penn Quarter. The new cost ranges will be from $1 to $4 per hour according to the DDOT press release.
Long Time Business Weschler’s Decamps from E Street for Rockville (Penn Quarter) – Our favorite local writer, John Kelly, chronicles Weschler’s moving its auction business to Rockville, Maryland. We hope it works out well for them and we miss them already. We’ll keep an eye out for what will happen next to the building.
Apple Store Coming to Carnegie Library Won’t Be “Big and Loud” (Mount Vernon Triangle) – Many are elated that DC and Apple are getting together to come up with store number two which will be at 8th and K Streets NW in the former Carnegie Library. Rest easy folks, it won’t be big and loud.
Radio Shack (aka Sprint Store) on 7th Street Finally Meets Its Demise (Penn Quarter/Chinatown) – We went in to the 7th Street NW (see photo above) store to get a stereo cord two months ago. Judging from the customer service it was clear that this store was not long for the world and that indeed turned out to be the case.
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