Posts Tagged ‘Subway’

Requiem for a Video Store*

Photo by author.
On April 30th the DC metropolitan area loses one of its truly unique businesses when Video Vault in Old Town closes the door on its astonishing collection of movie rental rarities for the last time. Like so many long-running, specialty businesses in the area, Video Vault has finally succumbed to the perfect storm [...]

Senate Subway, Then and Now

From historical photoblog Shorpy we get this underground gem:

That’s the Senate Subway, c. 1915, just two years after it started operation, part of the whole Capitol Subway System. After the jump, you can see how the Senate Subway still uses open-air cars, though somewhat more modernized.
(Update: Well, boy is my face red; the ‘today’ photo [...]

With or Without Jared, Subs Will Be Everywhere

‘80/365′
courtesy of ‘Giovanni Spina’
Contain yourselves, my fellow fresh eaters. This Friday through Sunday, our beloved city becomes the temporary home to over 6,000 Subway franchise owners and employees! The Washington Business Journal will make you green with envy with this great snippet:
“Picture 6,000 people getting together talking about the relevance of the slogan “Eat Fresh,” [...]

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Where To Set One’s Eyes by Bogotron
Ah, the games we play in life.  I met this girl and I thinks she likes me.  I mean she touched my shoulder as she laughed at my joke and I’ve always heard that if they touch you then you’re in, right?  That Greenpeace volunteer up ahead has a [...]

Talkin’ Transit – Metro vs the London Tube

Mind the Gap, courtesy of Jonathtan
If you want perspective on the DC Metro system, sometimes it’s valuable to look at another light rail system somewhere else.   And nothing signifies subways more than the London Tube.  (All New York City fans can feel free to argue this in the comments section.)
The first thing to realize is [...]