This is the spot at 2005 14th Street, NW (just north of U Street) we learned back in July was going to become a combined bakery and wine bar from the same owners as Marvin (located next door). It’s wild to see the top part filled. You can see what it looked like in July, here
Man, this is a cool roof deck. Check out how it was built on steel beams and how the sides are glass. It must feel like you’re floating up there. (Found this on in Adams Morgan.)
But since I was walking around all day in the rain, I did stumble across a few shots that I thought looked super cool in the rain.
This is a beautiful old wood door. Notice that there is no lock on it, must lead to an amazing vestibule.
At first I just liked like the look of this rowhouse on Euclid Street in Columbia Heights but after looking at it closely there is some extraordinary brickwork. I really like these little touches, check out the cylindrical bricks:
“Just heard (Sat. night around 8pm) about 6 shots from my window at the 1200 block of 6th st NE. Cops are on the scene.”
I didn’t see any follow up on the listservs so hopefully nobody was hit. I naively thought the rain would deter these incidents…
“Dear PoP,
Pretty packed for Friday afternoon, lots of laptoppers, pokers and prodders, one of the guys from Starbucks, and even saw the owners of Pete’s Apizza stop in to welcome the Tynan owners.
Clean (well, on opening day one would hope), well stocked, and the staff were friendly. Had an Irish Coffee to set the early start to the weekend off right!”
This is the spot that we looked at over the summer. The copper still looks fantastic. At the time I first looked at it the owner said she was holding out for something special in the retail space, possibly a bookstore or art space. Now this is pure scuttlebutt but word on the street is that there may be a deli moving into this space. There was newspaper covering the windows so it seems a build out has begun. I’ll be sure to monitor this spot to see if it becomes a deli or something else.
Metro Cell service starts today. From WMATA:
“Expanded cell phone service is now available in 20 of Metro’s busiest underground stations. As of 5:30 a.m. today, October 16, Metrorail riders are able to use three major cell phone providers in addition to the existing Verizon Wireless service to make calls from 20 station platforms. Eventually, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile services will be available from anywhere inside the stations.”
Fundraiser
“My friends at Inkwell Theater are hosting a fundraiser and silent action on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 10pm at the H Street Playhouse (1365 H St NE, DC) to celebrate the closing of the 2nd Annual INKubator Festival-a month long festival
featuring 18 imaginative, thought-provoking plays from up-and-coming playwrights; panel discussions; and educational workshops.
Admission is $10.
If you have events you’d like included in weekend picks please email princeofpetworth (at) gmail (dot) com
Above’s photo is from the Library of Congress, and shows the Arcade Market, which used to stand on the site that is now DCUSA. Press release from an email:
“A neighborhood that began as an elite suburb on the high ground above Washington has since hosted every group of people that ever influenced Washington’s cultural life. This story and many more are told on Cultural Tourism DC’s Cultural Convergence: Columbia Heights Heritage Trail. On this self-guided walking tour, 19 poster-sized street signs combine storytelling, photography, and maps to lead residents and visitors through old and new Columbia Heights, introducing the people who changed the world with technology, ideas, literature, laws, and leadership.
The Columbia Heights Heritage Trail’s official unveiling and neighborhood celebration will take place Saturday, October 24. Councilmembers Jim Graham and Mary Cheh will join Cultural Tourism DC and the Columbia Heights Heritage Trail Working Group for the 1 pm ceremony on Civic Plaza (14th Street and Park Road, NW). WAMU’S Kojo Nnamdi will emcee and celebrated DC author Marita Golden will speak about how the Columbia Heights neighborhood influenced her writing. Continues after the jump (more…)
