Thursday, November 15, 2007

TVs to Compete With the Chinatown Arch

On the way to Chop't for lunch, I saw in person what I had read about on Penn Quater Living a few weeks ago. There are now three larger than life video screens installed on the corner of 7th and H Streets NW. I'll soon have access to more television channels while standing on 7th St NW than at home in my living room. The idea for the video boards in PQ isn't new. There's a double-screened video display a block and a half away on the western face of the Verizon Center. But these three promise to compete for attention with the historic Chinatown Friendship Archway. I was ambivalent before, but seeing the screens up close, I can't help to feel like the neglected Arch is crying a little inside...