Dupont Circle Update (8/17/07)
Michæl
Picasso Gallery coming to former Tapeheadz spot,
offering custom framing.
The InTowner reports the former Pena Market will
become home to a "wellness center." See "17th Street
Business Soon to Get Boost; Empty Spaces Not to be
Empty for Long,"
http://www.intowner.com/fr/issue/stories/story2.htm
Cafe 17 is now open, 1513 17th St.
Hank's will open a 2ndcafe in Alexandria. See "Dish,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080700413.html
Deal for next to Black Cat on 14th St fell through.
See "Broadway (and More!) at JR.'s Bar & Grill,"
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/4917.html
Mimi's is now Stars Bistro & Bar.
DC Hot has been replaced by Goody's.
See "P Street Beautification Project Puts Some
Restaurants on a Tough Diet,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080701816.html
See also "Dupont Residents Pipe Up for P Street
Businesses,"
http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/08/dupont_residents_pipe_up_for_p_street_bu.php
Candey Hardware (1210 18th St) will close this fall
and sell the building. See "Hardware Store Out of
History Yields to Reality,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/25/AR2007072502337.html
Conn Ave Graffiti store to become a Thai restaurant.
See "Words Worth: Engraving at Dupont Metro dedicated
to HIV/AIDS caregivers,"
http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/?ak=2864
See also "Public Art Honoring HIV Caregivers Going
Up in D.C.,"
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0707/438999.html
See also "Metro Offers Poetry For Commute,"
http://www.nbc4.com/news/13683148/detail.html
Illy Cafe now open on NH Ave south of M.
See "Nader Leads Rally Against Plan To Replace West
End Library: Protesters Say Vote on Popular Branch
Lacked Public Input,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/14/AR2007071401024.html
Vacant Dupont trolley station being considering for
displaced adult business from SE. See "Wondering About
'Down Under': Graham floats suggestion that Dupont
Circle space house displaced gay adult venues,"
http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/?ak=2866
See also "ANC, civic groups oppose adult clubs in
'Dupont Underground',"
http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=13448
See also "Adult clubs in Dupont Down Under?"
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070714/METRO/107140048/1001
See also "Dupont residents hit strip-club idea,"
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070717/METRO/107170059/1001
See also "Graham Proposes Underground Strip Clubs,"
http://dcist.com/2007/07/17/councilmember_j.php
See also "Residents object to putting D.C. strip
clubs underground,"
http://www.examiner.com/a-832235~Residents_object_to_putting_D_C__strip_clubs_underground.html
See "$1 Million Gift to Aid Phillips Collection
Repairs,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/15/AR2007081502198.html
See "Wone case unsolved 1 year later: Wife, friends of
slain lawyer appeal to gay housemates for
information,"
http://www.washblade.com/2007/8-10/news/localnews/11029.cfm
See also "Kathy Wone Pleads for Info on Husband's
Killer,"
http://dcist.com/2007/08/07/kathy_wone_offe.php
See profile of Dupont Circle:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/_91SH2SLQ_12M25RgrI_FQ#hrid:KUUiWYIF9ajytuveAbqckA
See "Listen to Your Nana: All About U Street's One-of-
a-Kind Clothing Store,"
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/4900.html
Review of 1515 U St: "Mystery Shopper: RCKNDY,"
http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/07/mystery_shopper_rckndy.php
Station 9 now open at former Cada Vez space (1438 U
St). See "Eating Around: Go Postal for Dining,"
http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/07/eating_around_go_postal_for_dining.php
See also "Eating Around: Terrell Danley's Chef
Monopoly,"
http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/08/eating_around_terrell_danleys_chef_monop.php
See also "A Partnership for Them and U,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073100408.html
New restaurant open at 9th & U: See "Whoa, Nellie's:
After innumerable delays, D.C.'s 'straight friendly'
gay sports bar opens its doors,"
http://www.washblade.com/2007/7-13/outindc//local/10915.cfm
See also "Feeling Nellie: The long-awaited sports
bar, Nellie's, opens its doors,"
http://www.metroweekly.com/nightlife/clublife/?ak=2870
See also "A Nellie future for D.C. nightlife? Hope
returns to city's gay club scene after years of
decline,"
http://www.washblade.com/2007/8-3/view/columns/11025.cfm
See also "High chairs and cocktails: 9th and U
streets becoming popular with gay and straight
residents alike,"
http://www.washblade.com/2007/8-3/outindc//local/11024.cfm
New gay disco coming to 8th & Florida. See "Going to
Town: Bailey and Guggenmos unveil plans for the newest
addition to D.C.'s nightlife scene,"
http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/?ak=2896
See "Easier Parking on U Street?,"
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=30&sid=1207414
See "New Plan for Intersection of 16th and U Streets
NW,"
http://dcist.com/2007/08/03/new_plan_for_in.php
U St businesses banded together to buy wind power
energy credits. See "Washington's Small Businesses Tap
Into Green Power,"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/business/15wind.html
See "Buy Indie: Logan Hardware,"
http://dcist.com/2007/08/17/buy_indie_logan.php
See "Harris Teeters Set to Open in 2008,"
http://dcist.com/2007/07/23/harris_teeters.php
Punk rock store has moved from Georgetown to Adams
Morgan. See "The Return of Smash Records,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/interactives/trendspotter/shopper/smash.html
Cashion's Eat Place (1819 Columbia Rd) planning to
sell building to focus on Johnny's Half Shell. See
"Changes at Cashion's,"
http://amandamc.blogspot.com/2007/07/changes-at-cashions.html
See "Splash to Offer Daiquiris to Frustrated Adams
Morgan,"
http://dcist.com/2007/07/13/splash_to_offer.php
See "Bossa Gives Adams Morgan's Nightlife Classy
'Facelift',"
http://www.nbc4.com/dcscene/13745634/detail.html
See "D.C.'s Pleasant getaway: Northwest neighborhood a
popular spot among gays looking to unwind,"
http://www.washblade.com/2007/8-10/arts/home/11052.cfm
Warehouse moving to 3400 11th St. See "Warehouse
Theater finds space in Columbia Heights,"
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/07/30/daily34.html
See also "Taking the Warehouse to New Heights,"
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/08/01/taking-the-warehouse-to-new-heights/
See "Columbia Heights Listserve vs. Ross,"
http://dcist.com/2007/07/12/columbia_height_1.php
See "Organic Grocery Store to Columbia Heights?,"
http://dcist.com/2007/07/26/organic_grocery.php
See http://www.nomabid.org/video.html
See "Capital region rail stations are fast becoming mixed-use hubs,"
http://www.newurbannews.com/CapitalJulAug07.html
Tuesday, September 25: Public meeting re 14th St.
See http://www.14thstreetstudy.com/
Best regards,
Michael
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