Author: Prince Of Petworth

Introducing PoP Video by Joe Mills

By Prince Of Petworth

It is my pleasure to introduce a new video feature on PoP. These videos will feature life around Petworth, Columbia Heights, and the 14th Street Corridor. This feature is the brain child of Petworth resident, Joe Mills. This week’s video features Grant Circle and the running time is about 1 minute and 20 seconds. Please comment to let us know if you would like to see more of these videos.

If you have any ideas or would like to contribute to PoP in any way don’t hesitate to contact me at [email protected]. And remember, I’m still looking for an intern!

Oh yeah, and since I’m asking for things, if anyone lives in a rowhouse with one of those tiled vestibules I’d love to get a photo of that. Many thanks and enjoy the video.

14th St. PN Hoffman Construction Finished

By Prince Of Petworth

And I have to say it looks pretty good. They put some nice benches and chairs out that you can see in the picture. I took the opportunity to take a look at some of the model units for sale. Damn, some of them are pretty sweet. But you will pay for that sweetness prices range to the $500k for two bedrooms. The complex is gigantic but it seemed quite pleasant as I walked through it. So it got me thinking is it worth it to sacrifice size for location? It is pretty fantastic to be located right on 14th St. Thoughts?

Oh, another rumor I heard is that a Trader Joe’s may be going into the retail space of this building. Anyone else heard this rumor or even better can confirm it?

When Your Graffiti Is Just That Good…

By Prince Of Petworth

you copyright it of course! You can see in the picture at the bottom there is a copyright 2007. It is funny because as I was walking down 14th St. I was looking for some ideas to tag graffiti in my basement. You could imagine my frustration when I saw that this average design had been copyrighted. Hmm, who is going to enforce the copyright?

Please Pick Up Your “Pick Up Your Poop Signs”

By Prince Of Petworth

I’ve noticed a number of these signs around the neighborhood. To be honest I hadn’t known that there was a serious poop problem. Is there? It appears a renegade member of the community has posted a number of these signs around town. Unfortunately they are not affixed very well to the lamp posts and as a result they are scattered on the sidewalks becoming quite a nuisance themselves. So is there even a poop problem to be worried about? Is this a good way to go about addressing the “problem” given the whole ANSWER debacle?

Friday Question of the Day

By Prince Of Petworth

Continuing along the transportation theme, let us talk about the moped. A friend of mine had noted how unusual it was to see people riding mopeds in DC. Yet in the rest of the world in metropolitan areas mopeds are quite a common form of transport. So why don’t we see more mopeds on the streets of DC? Is it just not socially acceptable or “cool”? Is DC not congested enough to warrant the use of mopeds? Is gasoline to cheap?

This is What A Playground Should Look Like

By Prince Of Petworth

I was walking through Cleveland Park today when I noticed this nice playground. At this playground there were actually children playing. I was shocked. I had just walked by the playground on 11th and Monroe and all I saw there were men huddled in big groups drinking. Hmm. I think the children of our neighborhoods have just as much a right to play in a playground as do the children of Cleveland Park. So has anyone else noticed the abundance of grown men at the 11th St. playground?

This is What We Have Been Forced to Resort To?

By Prince Of Petworth

What ever happened to the idea of placing more garbage cans on main city streets? It looks to me like there are only garbage cans around us near metro stops. So this is a phenomenon I have noticed lately. Individual home owners have been forced to put up plastic bags on their fences in the hopes that people will put their garbage in the bag instead of on the street. From this picture it looks like it is working. But it seems very unfortunate that the onus to keep the street clean has fallen on the home owner. How hard could it be to get more garbage cans on the street? Wait, don’t answer that…

Apt. Building of the Week

By Prince Of Petworth

This apartment building is located on 13th St. a block south of Euclid. It is unbelievable from the outside. It seems as though many apartments have balconies that overlook the much of the Mall. From here you can see the Capitol all the way to the Washington Monument. Anyone live here? Is the inside as nice as the outside? How are the prices?

Graffiti or a Serious Political Statement?

By Prince Of Petworth

I spotted this car last night across from Mayorga on Park Road. If you are unfamiliar with the Jenna 6 you can read the Wikepedia entry here. But the point is – someone spray painted Free JENA 6 either on their car or someone else’s car. Is this insane or at the least a bit excessive even if it is their car? Aren’t there any bumper stickers out there? If they spray painted someone else’s car then what the hell is that? Thoughts?

DC Taxi Zone Google Map

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Greg Lavallee

Anyone interested in the recent debate over taxis potentially switching from the zone system to meters? A reader rightly points out that there is a zone going right through the beginning of Petworth and Ward 4, so it would definitely affect us. Now that taxis actually drive to Petworth we should get in on the debate.

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