The Washington Business Journal’s Jonathan O’Connell follows up on the ongoing Washington Convention Center Hotel saga to report that city officials are discussing taking roughly $700 million in subsidies that have already been passed for other projects and diverting them to the hotel. The argument goes that a number of high profile development projects, including the Southwest waterfront, the Capitol Riverfront, the Skyland Shopping Center and the O Street Market, have long been stalled by…
Dec 11, 2007
Go Home Already: Sundowner
>> The Yes! Organic Market in Brookland was robbed just after All Hands on Deck ended over the weekend. [Free Ride] >> Don’t be alarmed if you see and hear a lot of military flights at odd hours today and tonight. [WTOP] >> Progress on the O Street Market development. [Fifth and Oh] >> “What’s next? The Lucky Lemur? The Gray Chinchilla?” [metrocurean] Photo by soleil1016…
Nov 23, 2007
Afternoon Roundup: Turkey Hangover Edition
Happy Day-After-Thanksgiving, D.C. Normally we like to get you your headlines in the a.m., so we hope you’ll forgive us for rounding up the news later in the day today — we needed to spend the morning rolling our much fatter selves out of bed and calling our doctors for a new Lipitor prescription. What do you mean, it isn’t necessarily a good idea to put gravy on pumpkin pie? Breaking News: People are Shopping!:…
Oct 31, 2007
Go Home Already: Trick or Treat Yourself
>> Candey Hardware on 18th and Connecticut is closing its doors for good tonight. [Free Ride] >> Police Chief Cathy Lanier has scheduled another “All Hands on Deck” weekend after four murders took place in D.C.’s Fifth District over the past week. [WJLA] >> Surprise, surprise, the O Street Market development plans are being delayed. [ANC2C02 Forum via 14th & You] >> Va. Sen. John Warner is back in the hospital for a third…