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Fractured Prune has closed. Alberto's will reopen in a month or so. See "Alberto's Fire Doesn't Look Good," http://dcist.com/2007/08/30 See also "Dupont Fire Shutters Alberto's, DJ Hut, Subway," http://www.readexpress.com Pizza Paradiso and Le Pain Quotidien expected to move into former 3rd Day/TrueValue space at 20th & P. WP says AMC Loews Dupont 5 will screen its last shows Jan 13. See "The Last Show In Dupont Circle: Mulitplexes Rise; Small Cinemas Go Dark," http://www.washingtonpost.com New bar at 2031 Florida Ave: "Open Bar: Veritas Wine Bar in Dupont Circle," http://www.washingtonian.com See also http://www.veritasdc.com/ Conner Contemporary moving from 1730 Conn Ave to H St. See "Dupont Gallery Heading to New Digs in NE," http://www.readexpress.com See "Hinckley Hilton Developers Seek Landmark Status," http://www.readexpress.com See "Heurich Mansion Counting on Enactment of Property Tax Relief Bill to Survive; Prospects Encouraging," http://www.intowner.com/fr See "Dupont Down Under in limbo," http://washingtontimes.com See WP review of Circa: "Failing the Taste Test: A new D.C. restaurant's warm service can't make up for its marginal meals," http://www.washingtonpost.com See "Venus de Missing: Hotel Rouge Offers Reward for Statue," http://dcist.com/2007/09/20 See also "A Goddess Gone Missing," http://www.washingtonpost.com Grocery store coming to Union Row project at 14th & V in Spring. See "Yes! Organic Market Coming to U Street Corridor," http://dcist.com/2007/09/24 Vinoteca coming to 1940 11th St. See "Wine Time: More Details on D.C.'s New Vino Bars," http://www.readexpress.com See "At Nellie's, a Different Game Plan: D.C.'s First Gay Sports Bar Opens," http://www.washingtonpost.com See also review "At Nellie's Sports Bar, Some Food to Root For," http://www.washingtonpost.com More coverage for Nellie's: "Super Bowl Is Gay: U Street bar goes both ways," http://www.washingtoncitypaper Blog reports Tunnicliff's Tavern may come to 1300 block of U St, and Velvet Lounge might be sold to Local 16/18th St Lounge owners. See "Two New Rumors," http://princeofpetworth WP covers U St poetry scene. See "The Word Is Out," http://www.washingtonpost.com Cork Wine Bar to replace Sparky's Espresso Cafe (1720 14th St). See "Something to Sip Into," http://www.washingtonpost.com Small theatre co moving out of 14th & T, to be used entirely by Arena Stage. See "Washington Stage Guild's Change of Scenery," http://www.washingtonpost.com See "Burglars Target Logan Circle," http://www.nbc4.com/news owner of Felix will transform David Greggory into Hudson. See "Dish," http://www.washingtonpost.com WT covers comeback of commercial window decor. See "Windows to shopping," http://www.washingtontimes.com See "Jemal, Wilkes size up Uline for entertainment project," http://washington.bizjournals See "Bathed In the Right Light: There's a Star System That Decides What Does and Doesn't Glow in the Washington Night," http://www.washingtonpost.com See sample night shots: http://flickr.com/photos See "Roll Over, Hot Dogs: Friends Jump Into an Expanding Street-Cart Scene With Shawarmas and a Dream," http://www.washingtonpost.com See "Barracks Row struggles to define its shopping needs," http://washington.bizjournals See also "Is a Gap Opening on Capitol Hill?" http://dcist.com/2007/09/11 See "On the River, Water Taxi Operator Sees an Open Road," http://www.washingtonpost.com See "Metro Fails To Nurture Development, Report Finds," http://www.washingtonpost.com NYT examines DC's hipness, centering around H Street, U Street, Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights. See "Capital Gains," http://travel.nytimes.com/2007 Saturday, September 29: http://walkingtowndc.org September 29 & 30: Studio's 30th Anniversary. See http://www.studiotheatre.org Best regards, Michæl
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