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Buredo will open at 625 H Street NE. Target plans to open a small format store in Ivy City [ Bisnow ]. If you've ever been to the Target in Columbia Heights (which turns 10 years old next week), you know that it is busy. I mean, very busy. At all open hours. It's also a very large store at 180,000 square feet. The Ivy City store will come in at 67,000 square feet, less than 40% the size of the Columbia Heights store. The location of the new store will be New York Ave at 16th St NE, just across from Petco. This is adjacent to the first stop on the downtown bound D4 bus. Walking, this is about a 30 minute, 1.5 mile walk from Carver. Plans are for the store to open on 2020, which seems ambitious, but I guess we'll see.  Google Street View capture of 16th and New York Ave NE; future location of Target. *     *     * Buredo looks as if will finally open, today! By the time you read this (well, if it is after 11 AM on Wednesday) they...

Image courtesy of the organizers. When: Sunday November 6, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM. Where: The Park at Capitol Ave and Mt. Olivet Rd NE. From the organizers : Celebrate the stories and spirit of Ivy City!  + Enjoy free food + Listen to live performances by local Ivy City artists + Screen print your own free t-shirt We'll also celebrate the big "reveal" of the brand new IVY CITY sign that  #theRealIvyCity  youth created with the support of the Screen printing Team at The Sanctuaries. More info below. - - “Ivy City Is…” is a collaborative, resident and artist-led creative project that invites residents to customize an individual “Ivy City Is…” sign, declaring what this community means to them. A series of large plywood letters, spelling “IVY CITY” are screen printed with a portraits of residents with their customized signs, historic images, and maps. This installation was  crafted during a series of free, screen printing workshops, open to the p...