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“Dear PoPville,

Here’s a riddle…why would you replace roof shingles on an abandoned apartment building that’s supposed to be knocked down at 6th between M and N?.”

UPDATE from BLDUP:

“After abandoning plans to develop a 360-unit project at 1200 Fifth St. NW, MidCity has now sold the 2.1+ acre property to The United House of Prayer For All People for $26M. (more…)



1847 7th Street, NW

“Dear PoPville,

I’ve noticed a sign on the vacant space next to Wanda’s on 7th for the past couple of weeks (months maybe?) that says “Urban Mart Coming Soon.” Does anyone have any idea what’s moving in here? Or is this (more…)


Naira asks us:

“Perplexed by DCDPR’s deck attire rule forcing people to undress into swim attire even if they don’t want to swim & are just in the deck area was being enforced today. This is incredibly dangerous from a sun safety PoV & insensitive to many cultures- what’s the logic?”

DPR has previously explained the rationale: (more…)


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