Posts Tagged ‘Union Station’
FREE FOOD ALERT: Chocolate Chip Cookies at Union Station
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
In honor of DoubleTree by Hilton Hotels’ 25th anniversary of their chocolate chip cookie, they’ll be giving out free cookies from 10 am to 6 pm at Union Station. The Cookie CAREavan from the hotel is making a stop in DC as part of their 10-week, 10,000-mile and 50-city [...]
Union Station Birds Target New York
I was in Union Station this morning, waiting for a train and zoning off, when I noticed a striking difference between the Acela’s DC, Philly, NYC and Boston overhead posters. While all the posters feature a stylized Acela train speeding through each city’s unique skyline and all hang from the rafters in very similar positions, [...]
More »First Look: Smith Commons
I have to believe that one of the worst locations to open a restaurant right now is on the south side of H St. NE. If it wasn’t hard enough to establish yourself, try doing it from behind chain link fencing and the giant crater that will hopefully be a street car track one day. [...]
More »Free Shoe Shines @ Union Station
What Do You See? by clownish
To promote the relaunch of their magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek is offering free shoe shines at Union Station. That’s right, on Monday May 10th and May 17th from 7 to 11am, you can get your shoes shined for free – a $9 value! While your wingtips are being waxed, read the [...]
Union Station, c. 1906
Via Shorpy, here’s an old photo of Union Station when it was new, as seen from the side of the rails. Besides the old steam locomotives, notice anything glaringly different from how this scene looks now, 104 years later?
(See it big.)
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Coming Soon: Taco Bell in Union Station
‘Taco Bell’
courtesy of ‘Javier Aroche’
To all of our dear Taco Bell lovers out there — we’ve got some good news and we’ve got some bad news.
Bad news first … Taco Bell founder Glen Bell, Jr. passed away on Sunday.
Now the good news … A Taco Bell is opening its registers at Union Station soon now [...]
DC Mythbusting: Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree
‘Christmas in Washington – 090′
courtesy of ‘giantminispacegoat’
Welcome to a holiday edition of Mythbusting! This week we’ll be figuring out exactly what is going on with the Christmas trees in DC. How many National Christmas Trees are there? There’s the one outside the Capitol and the one outside the White House, but are [...]
Tourism: Union Station
‘Color Photo – Arriving at Union Station’
courtesy of ‘CathyLovesDC’
Despite the history, the sculptures, the uniqueness, it’s still kind of hard to wax poetic about Union Station. You see, when Union Station was built, residents lauded the civic project for finally bringing an impressive and worthy gateway for visitors into the nation’s capital. But today, people [...]
BikeStation: Fences Come Down
Union Station Bike Center (AKA “BikeStation”) looks pretty much done at this point — outside, at least. The construction fences and tarps are gone, and the parking garage driveway to 1st St NE has been open now for a few weeks. Station-area bicyclists should soon have a nice, sheltered, secure spot to store their bikes [...]
More »Sound Off: Best food INSIDE Union Station
‘it’s full. yet it’s empty.’
courtesy of ’staceyviera’
I have mixed feelings about Union Station. It’s gorgeous, yet it’s grubby. It’s full of good stores, yet it has nothing really that interesting. It’s got good hustle and bustle, yet I hate the lost souls. Seriously, it’s love/hate. I love it but I really hate it. But mostly [...]
We Love Food: Taqueria Nacional
‘Taquira Nacional’
courtesy of ‘needlessspaces’
The first step to healing, is admitting you have a problem, right? Well, people, here is my admission: I am addicted to Taqueria Nacional. Its draw to me is more powerful than Potbelly’s was when I used to work near 17th & L (best Potbelly’s location ever) and those of you who [...]
Celebrate National Train Day at Union Station
‘Locomotive’
courtesy of ‘wfyurasko’
Calling all trainiacs! This Saturday is National Train Day, and lucky you– DC is home to one of the biggest events to celebrate it! From 10 AM to 3 PM, head over to Union Station to meet American Idol’s Randy Jackson (not sure how he’s related to trains, but that’s cool), listen to some [...]
The Scene at Union Station
With most of Union Station’s Grand Hall reserved for tonight’s inaugural ball, and the Metro station and rail concourse already packed to capacity, the crowd entering Union Station had to be divided into Metro, Amtrak, and MARC/VRE riders. Confusion reigned outside as the Columbus Circle road was closed off, forcing people to circle around sidewalks [...]
More »Obama Arrives at Union Station
Photo by cruffo
The Obama Express has arrived! Union Station was a circus tonight — thousands of people clogging the Grand Hall and concourse hoping to catch a glimpse of the president-elect at the end of his whistle-stop tour, with memorabilia vendors hawking their wares at every corner. Sadly, as indicated on Union Station’s website, the [...]
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson at Union Station
Heading home from Union Station, I unwittingly fell in step with a group of security personnel, only noticing when their leader addressed them, “She’s over there,” gesturing towards the Postal Museum Building, where an Amtrak motorized cart was negotiating a crosswalk. On board, an older woman accompanied two younger girls. My eyes met briefly with [...]
More »Union Station at 100
Today (Sat 4 Oct 2008) marks the 100th anniversary of DC’s Union Station, and also the 20th year since its reopening as a mixed retail and transport hub. Union Station and Amtrak will be celebrating with exhibits, memorabilia, and tours of historic train cars and locomotives.
More from Post’s Get There blog, DCist, and USA Today. [...]
Fenty Announces Bicycle Center at Union Station
Here’s a quick, fuzzy video of DC Mayor Adrian Fenty at Union Station, announcing the new Bicycle Center:
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Work Starts on Union Station Bike Center
The Union Station driveway by 1st St NE (directly above the Metro station) has been fenced off and is ready to be dug up for the upcoming Union Station Bicycle Center, a futuristic-looking glass-and-steel dome beside the Metro with secure bike racks, changing rooms, and storage lockers for DC bicyclists. DDOT expects to have the [...]
More »Norton Hears Union Station Fools
Some days our elected yet non-voting Representative does me proud. Yesterday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) took on Union Station’s non-policy on photography with a good grilling of David Ball, President of USRC, Daniel Levy of Ashkenazy Acquisition, and Bryan Chambers of Jones Lang LaSalle. (Norton’s meeting recap.)
Before you get confused, Union Station [...]
