The Washington Historical Society played host this last week to a somewhat disturbing banner. Being right across from the Washington Convention Center, it's prime advertising space. This particular advertorial, repping Cardiocore safety specialists, may have been aimed at the Drug Industry Association convention that ran from Sunday to Wednesday.

Just when you thought 'Well it looks like we're over the final hurdle!" it appears the D.C. Convention Center hotel may be facing more delays.
This summer, the D.C. Council zoomed forward on a financing deal to jump-start a long awaited 1,167-room Marriott Marquis hotel, which is supposed to stimulate the city's convention business, and minimize [...]

This is clearly not the best economic time for reviving long dormant projects. But earlier this week, D.C. officials implored that the long-awaited convention center hotel must begin construction pronto—or else D.C. could lose serious convention business to P.G. County's National Harbor and other cities with all their luring amenities in place.
The question now, [...]