Not quite Dupont Circle (more Columbia Heights), but need to test the new version of Wordpress with something.

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Submarina California Subs now open at 2029 P St.

1 West Dupont Circle Wine & Liquors now open in old
Burger King space, 2012 P St.

New CVS open in former Dupont 5 movie theater, with a
prototype shop for makeup. See “CVS Goes Glam: Chain
Launches Beauty 360 Store,”
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/shopping/shoparound/9939.html

Dupont Olsson’s has closed. See “Olsson’s Books and
Records Abruptly Closes,”
http://dcist.com/2008/09/30/olssons_books_and_records_abruptly.php

Meat Market Gallery has closed.

Dupont Grille (in Jurys) has closed.

Plans for art gallery below Dupont Circle: “Dupont
Underground, This Time With Art, Not Burgers,”
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2008/10/dupont_underground…
See also “Tunnel vision: Dupont Underground sought
for gallery,”
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/10/20/story…
See also “Washingtoniana: What’s Under Dupont
Circle?”
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/9645….

See post re DDOT’s plans for 17th St streetscape
redesign: “Missed opportunities on 17th Street,”
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=1277

See “The High-Heels Make a Run for It, Decked Out in
Halloween Fabulous,”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR200…

See “All roads lead to Dupont Circle,”
http://www.examiner.com/x-1151-DC-Alternative-Transportation-Examiner…

Review of 1610 16th St: “A Classic Look Outside,
Modern Touches Inside: 16th Street’s Barclay, Ravenel
Get an Overhaul,”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR200…

See “Obstruction Charges Filed In ‘06 Dupont Circle
Slaying,”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR200…

Fire at 19th and M: “Fire Damages 4 Buildings Near
Dupont,”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/04/AR200…

See “New Hampshire Avenue contraflow design,”
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=1416

Re Vida Fitness: “Fingerprints Used At Local Gym,”
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1008/558013.html

WP says Metropole has sold 52 of 91 units. See “Condo
Sellers Banking on Extravagance: Open Houses in D.C.
Lay On the Luxuries,”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR200…

Rue 14 now open in old Pop space at 1803A 14th St.
See http://www.rue14.com/

Icon now open at 1821 14th St (geared for architects
and designers).

See “Logan Circle welcomes Bang & Olufsen store,”
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/20/new-look-on-logan-circle/

See “‘Dakota Cowgirl’ Space Continues to Take Shape,”
http://14thandyou.blogspot.com/2008/10/dakota-cowgirl-space-continues…

See “Historic review chickens and BZA eggs at 14th
and U,”
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=1312

Room and Board might come to Rapture building. See
“14th and T heading toward big-box furniture,”
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=1354
WBJ covers potential impact of Room & Board on
Urban Essentials: “On U Street, a national chain
creates a firestorm,”
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/11/17/story…

Plans for 14th & S: “I’m unique too!: Whitman-Walker
development plans,”
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=1419

Hamiltonian Gallery now open at 1353 U St. See “New on
U,”
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/2008/10/new_on_u_1.html

Ellwood Thompson’s coming to DC USA. See “Organic
Supermarket Signs Columbia Heights Deal,”
http://dcist.com/2008/10/07/organic_supermarket_signs_columbia.php

New YMCA: “14th and W Breaks Ground,”
http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/09/30/14th-and-w-breaks-ground/
See also “YMCA to Rise Where Crime Once Ruled:
Facility Is Part of Mixed-Use Project,”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR200…
See also “Perseus Realty starts on apartments,
YMCA,”
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/09/22/daily…

Cali Yogurt coming to old Miss Pixie’s spot in Adams
Morgan.

See “Hailing Changes for Cabs in Adams Morgan,”
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/2008/11/hailing_change…

See “Two Shot Inside Adams Morgan Restaurant, One
Dies,”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR200…

See “Adams Morgan Crime on the Rise,”
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/2008/10/adams_morgan_c…

See “Trapped by Change, Economy: Mount Pleasant
Businesses Struggle to Adjust as Fortunes Sag,”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR200…

See “Jet Set, Meet the Bus Bunch,”
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/travel/escapes/26bus.html

Ten years ago, before the Dupont Circle Update, there
was a web site called the Dupont Circle Review. See an
archive of that now-gone site at
http://web.archive.org/web/20010628042722/www.announce.com/khein/dupont/

Google Street View now includes DC. See
http://tinyurl.com/dupontview