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Author: Prince Of Petworth
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I don’t get it but I sorta love it. No, I definitely love it. But I still don’t get it…
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“Dear PoP,
I have a DC-wide issue that has been irking me lately, in more ways than one. Too many metro riders (including myself) are inconvenienced by riders committing suicide using metro trains.
A) What’s up with that? Why disrupt people’s travel and commuting? and
B) Is metro doing anything to combat this increasing issue?
Granted, it is a deeper societal problem with worsening economies, etc. Metro is having a hard enough time as it is with budget shortfalls and bad press. But why harm yourself using the metro? ”
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“Dear PoP,
I keep reading reports of suicides or deadly accidents at Metros this year. It seems like a really high amount. Have there been more this year than in previous years? I’m not sure if it’d be reassuring to know that this was a normal amount…”
I thought it was interesting that I got two very similar questions like this on the same day. I put in a call to WMATA and spoke with a representative from Media Relations and he said he didn’t have those numbers at the moment but would get back to me. All I asked him for was the number of suicides by train last year versus the number to date this year. Sadly, he said that he’d get back to me and never did. Oh well.
We’ve got a lot historical knowledge ourselves. So what do you guys think/remember – do there seem to be more suicides by metro this year? Is there anything that metro can do to prevent these?
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“Dear PoP,
Yesterday I noticed a big empty lot between 11th and Sherman and Park and Lamont.
Any idea what’s going on? Seems like a weird place for a building since there’s no direct street access…”
It’s going to be community garden.
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Well it’s been since May that U Street Cafe replaced Mocha Hut on U Street between 13th and 14th. So what’s the verdict? Better than Mocha Hut?
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I still love how you guys came up with this name of the former Maggie Moos on U Street.
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Dang, the photo came out a bit blurry but I think you can still get the flavor of it.
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I thought this one was pretty cool because it’s pretty unusual to see a bay window in brick like this.
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“Dear PoP,
There is an old store on the corner of Irving and Warder- you once featured it in your “Capturing Cool Signs” feature within the past year.
Anyways, after many evenings on our porch wishing that it would reopen, it looks like it is!
There has been renovation going on there for the past 3 weeks, 7 days a week. After work last Thursday I popped in to talk to the construction guys. They told me that it was in fact going to be a new store and it would be opening in 2 weeks!
I am super stoked about this and I know our friends in Park View will be as well.”
Great news for this section of Park View! And thanks to IntangibleArts for providing the great photos.
Before renovations:
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Recently opened, Social, located at 14th and Meridian will soon be offering brunch. I’m always happy to hear about more brunch options. They will be “opening from 11-3pm Sunday, Bloody Mary menu and bottomless Mimosa.”
Ah Bloody Mary menu and bottomless Mimosa. Sweet, sweet words…