Author: Prince Of Petworth

Friday question of the day

By Prince Of Petworth

Today’s question is sparked by a comment left a couple of days ago. A commenter suggested that we get behind a particular store/company and lobby for them to come to Petworth. He mentioned that this has been done successfully on other blogs. Well, as I have a huge inferiority complex I will not let that challenge go unanswered. I will happily initiate the lobbying if there is even a remote consensus. So Friday question of the day is: What particular store are you dying to see come to Petworth? Do you think lobbying is an effective way to encourage them to come to Petworth? I will start the ball rolling. I vote for Dunkin Donuts. What is your vote?

A Good Walk Spoiled

By Prince Of Petworth

Old Soldier’s Home Driving Range, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Where is this beautiful piece of green land located? Rock Creek Park? The Mall? Virginia?

This lovely land is located right in the heart of Petworth at the Old Soldiers and Sailors Home. This particular piece of land is the driving range next to the golf course. It would be fantastic if they opened up some of this green space to the community at large when the redevelopment is finished over there. I think I heard that was in the works. I would cry if a big hotel was built there…

Proper Rowhouse to Condo Conversion?

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to reader Ed for his heads up about this condo conversion on the 3400 block of Warder St. So what do you think, is this how it is supposed to be done?

Ed writes:
“It’s an old rowhouse being converted to condos across
the street from Park View Elementary on the 3500 Block of Warder St..
Just like the house at NH Ave and Upshur they’ve added a third level,
but it looks sooo much better than the one on NH Ave. The 3rd floor
addition in this case is also brick, so it matches the lower 2 floors,
and they also made the window alignment on the addition the same as the lower floors. It looks like it could have been there for years.”

Agree? Disagree?

Running Circles

By Prince Of Petworth

It seems as though there is some major renovation going on at the track of Theodore Roosevelt High on Upshur and 13th. I wonder if they are getting new turf or new turf and a new track as well? I often see people running around the track in the early morning and early evening. Has anyone used this track before? Is this a nice track to take a run? Personally, I have retired from running after doing the Army Ten Miler last year. It took me a ten days before I walk normally again, but I guess that is what you get for not training. But I still like to watch other people run.

Question from a reader

By Prince Of Petworth

The following question was emailed to me. Can anyone point the reader in the right direction?

“How does one learn about what is happening with closed/abandoned stores and buildings, vis-a-vis development?

For example, i live a little north-west of petworth, at colorado and 16th, and across from our one restaurant, colorado kitchen, is a huge boarded up building that had numerous apartments and several stores.

I was just wonder whether someone is going to do something with it or if it is just going to sit there as a magnet for graffiti and trash?”

Interesting discussion going on down below

By Prince Of Petworth

But it is a little off topic of tips for newcomers so I thought I’d start a new thread. So if you have reactions let’s comment here. Thanks.

Here is a segment from an anon. poster:
“I think you’ll find universally that people who are “working class”, regardless of where there from and what shade they are, when they manage to afford a nice home, sometimes after working for many years to do so, they don’t want crime on their backdoor and don’t see these things as “live and let live” issues. While I understand the motives of those engaging in the business of drug dealing in open markets to promote “no snitchin'” and the occasional hostile take-over (in a hail of gunfire), when self-righteous fools tell me I have to suffer this crime to be “class sensitive” you’ll get a good hearty laugh from this piece of white trash. I will agree with you all day long that legalization, just as with liquor, is a better answer. If you want to start a organization to get drugs legalized I’ll gladly give you a portion of the money I send to other non-profit organizations. But I live in reality, and while criminals are engaged in a potentially dangerous trade near my family and my neighbor’s family they are going to be dodging the MPD every time I see them, and if that means you get busted buying your dime bag behind my lot, sorry Charlie.”

A Quick Comment on Comments

By Prince Of Petworth

It pains me to do this but some people are just jerks. So here goes, a few guidelines adopted from DCist, I’m reluctant to say rules:

* Good comments can disagree with the content in the post, but they never insult other commenters.
* Good comments are usually pretty short and are open to being contradicted by other readers.
* Good comments are always on topic, and never contain spam or spam-like content.

So in sum, don’t insult and curse at specific people. Don’t write a thesis in the comments section, especially about something totally random. Don’t steal. Honor thy mother and father etc. etc.

I will delete comments that regularly violate the guidelines. So don’t get all sore if you write “Jim is an asshole” and I delete your entire comment. You can however write “muggers are assholes.” We cool?

Care To Speculate? Vol. 2

By Prince Of Petworth

Brings us a bit further east on Upshur. You can see this storefront is next to Duke’s Seafood. I think this may be the bakery that we have heard so much about. Care to speculate? While we are at it, anyone try Duke’s Seafood?

New Store coming to Upshur St.!

By Prince Of Petworth

This storefront is looking pretty nice, it is next to the barbershop on Upshur near Georgia Ave. This store may also have the best name ever, besides EatMore Fried Chicken of course. Beveragemania. I hope it truly is and that there is a fantastic selection of wines, beer, etc. Anyone else know anything about this?

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