This weekend's Washington Post magazine ran a long profile of everyone's favorite anti-war restauranteur, Andy Shallal. It's a worthwhile romp through the Busboys and Poets proprietor's varied career (1980s job: managing a restaurant in the very corporate Omni Shoreham hotel) and current struggles (getting blasted by black poets for commercializing their culture).
I'll just use it [...]
Last night, four developers—finalists whittled down from a group of ten—presented plans for projects on the site of Hine Junior High School, down the street from Eastern Market.
The Fancy Stuff Plan:
StreetSense/DSF/Menkiti Group
DSF may be based in the Boston area, but they know how to impress the locals. Kimpton Hotels is already interested in opening [...]
The outside of Eatonville—Also the outside of Union Row.
Back in March, Washington City Paper (okay, me, in this instance) named Union Row as D.C.'s second best new condo building. This colossal condominium complex has two parts: The "Flats," which make up the high-rise on 14th Street, and the "Warehouses," which sit off from the street. [...]
