What can I say, there are a lot of cool ones on Macomb Street. But I’m curious what you think about the extension here. Personally I think I’d want more windows. I guess it’s a balance of privacy vs. windows, yeah?
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Author: Prince Of Petworth
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Hard Training Club will be coming to 1726 Kalorama Road, NW. It looks like it might be a pretty small space for a gym but maybe it’s more about classes than a gym. Anyone familiar with this group? I think we may have mentioned this before in talking about the Washington Sports Club but what is the average monthly price for a gym membership?
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I’m really enjoying the look of modern buildings (additions) nestled between older buildings. This one is located at 675 E Street, NW. Do you dig the look?
And nearby is the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academies located at 500 5th St, NW. I’d never heard of this one before. But it looks pretty cool. You can see their current exhibits here. Anyone ever check it out?
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“This train will moving momentarily.
Vote Simon.”
“Meet my dog Oz. He is a rescue from WARL. His litter mates were the “O” litter, Oz, Oink, Oriole and Ooga Booga.”
“This is Lucy, doing what she loves to do most…. sleep!”
Ed. Note: The cats are not competing against the dogs. There will be 5 dog, cat and “other” finalists that will each compete in their own category. We’ll have a poll in each category to select the winner. Using the comments section for these posts will help me select the 5 finalists for each category. I’ve gotten some amazing entries, and a lot of them (over a 100)! So I’ll need your help selecting the finalists. Maybe at the very end we’ll put the three winners in each category up for an overall winner.
The deadline for entries is August. 1st. Remember, please only send one photo per pet. You can see all the entries here. Please see after the jump for more entries. (more…)
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This cool shot from lifeinthedistrict looks like it could be from the 1950s. It is titled, “lonely subway” and taken in “NE DC”.
Submit your photos via email or to the PoPville flickr pool here.
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This home is located at 3600 13th Street, NW:
The flier says:
“EXQUISITE RENOVATION OF ONE-OF-A-KIND SUNDRENCED CORNER DETACHED 1905 VICTORIAN FOUR SQUARE W/ 4 CAR GARAGE & SIDE ENTRY 2 BR LEGAL SEP METERED UNIT(1,OOOsqft)MAIN HOUSE IS 3 STORIES OVER 3000 sqft. BEAUTIFUL WOODWORK, HUGE FOYER, BANQUET-SIZED DR, KIT W/ BELLS & WHISTLES, MASTER BR W/ LUXURY BATH JACUZZI & SHOWER, CONNECTING SUNNY 2BR RENTAL W/ HIGH CELINGS, SEP W/ D OR USE AS A FAB RR”
More info found here and a virtual tour found here.
Well, I was originally interested in this house because it is huge. But I didn’t realize that it was also renovated. While I’m not calling it house porn it does have hp prices. It’s asking $1,195,000. Wow, I had no idea that there were houses that far north on 13th St. going for that kinda dough. But then again, it’s nice that the home was not split into tiny condos. What do you think of the home itself. Any chance you think it’ll go for asking? Over a mil?
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Cafe Atlantico is located at 405 8th Street, NW near the Navy Archives Memorial. I hear folks often recommending this spot. You can see their dinner menu here and lunch menu here. It sounds good but is a bit pricey. Any fans out there?
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DCist reported yesterday saying:
“The church membership voted last Wednesday to move forward with plans to sell its properties at 1600 8th Street NW and 1543 8th Street NW, with the hope that the sales will generate enough capital to begin long-discussed plans to renovate a string of units in the 1500 block of 9th Street NW. Plans for the Shiloh-owned 9th Street properties include a senior citizen center and/or housing, and a youth learning center.”
The Washington Post followed up today saying:
“Last week’s decision by members of Shiloh Baptist Church, at Ninth and P streets NW, could remove a stumbling block to the rebirth of the blighted neighborhood around the Washington Convention Center. Neighbors have complained for years that seven crumbling buildings that the church owns along Eighth and Ninth streets were attracting drug users and adding to a sense of decay in the area.”
These properties have long been a blight on the Shaw neighborhood. While I admire the church’s desire to build affordable housing, the fact that they weren’t actually doing it, means that this was the right move for them and for the revival of that block. What do you think – does this signify that the last stumbling block to the revival of this section of Shaw has been removed?
In a previous PoPtrekker we looked at Georgia Ave. south of the metro. I received many emails requesting north Georgia Ave. be featured. So here we are. A couple of things, this one runs a bit longer than past ones but we still had to cut out some notable spots. It’s just impossible to get everything. Also, I think I say “umm, ahh” about 127 times. As is certainly no surprise, PoPtrekker is filmed without a script and pretty much all on one take. So I use the “umms, and ahhs” to think about what I’m gonna say. But I’ll definitely work on that for future volumes.
You can see previous PoPtrekker episodes here. This remains a joint Prince of Petworth/ Intangible Arts production. If you have a suggestion for a future PoPtrekker please email me directly.
Full disclosure: Qualia Coffee owns Fresh Off The Roast Coffee which is an advertiser on PoP.
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This guy was playing a mean air guitar on the corner of Florida and Georgia/7th. This is the same corner as the spot where the drunk lady was singing play that funky music white boy, last August, and laughed hysterically when I walked by.