16th Street between Euclid and W Street, NW
So much for safe and beautiful…
Fountains indeed fully functioning BUT
“Dear PoPville, (more…)
Author: Prince Of Petworth
Georgia and Randolph Street, NW
A reader reported around 9:30pm last night (Monday):
“Lots of firetrucks and a few ambulances on Georgia Ave and Randolph down to New Hampshire. Any idea what happened?”
DC Fire and EMS reported:
“Box Alarm 3800 block Georgia Ave NW at the Safeway. Refrigerant leak in rear of store. (more…)
Thanks to Tom for sending from the wilds of North Cleveland Park:
“This guy or gal ran right past me around 7:30pm while I was sitting in my front yard. (more…)
3417 Connecticut Avenue, NW previously home to Al Volo
Moga Doner House signage went up on May 7th and now they’ve posted a liquor license placard too: (more…)
photo by Victoria Pickering
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The very specific time from AlertDC:
“The U.S. Military will conduct an Aircraft Flyover in the NCR over Nationals Park on today, May 18 at approximately 6:36PM.”
Tell your friends, tell your neighbors. Tell ’em PoPville told you.
Thanks to Tom for sending from 14th Street/Logan Circle.
***This series features any pets in a backpack/bag/vessel. On metro, or not. Corgi, or not, and often NOT a corgi but the series started with corgis and I can be obstinate…send your finds to [email protected]
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“Dear PoPville,
Hi everyone. 🌸 My name is Daphne, and I’m trying to pass my contact to a server named Nick who worked at the old Planta Cocina around May 2025.
I completely missed it, and believe me I know, the last thing I want is to be like the wise guy/girl who thinks the waiter is into them just because they’re being nice, but my intuition hasn’t ever failed me, and I figure I’d rather ask and be turned down, than not ask and regret it. If he says no, then I’m happy I tried. 😊🌸
Okay, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
From the edge of Garfield Park – interesting to see that the operator was wearing a helmet, so maybe this is categorized as a bike, at least for their internal compliance needs? But otherwise I have so many questions about how they decided to roll these out.”
On May 11th we shared the news that “DDOT Launches MicroFreight DC Pilot Program to Bring Quiet, Safe E-Cargo Bike Deliveries to DC Neighborhoods”
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ICYMI: About those E-Cargo Bikes: (more…)
via google maps
“Dear PoPville,
This may be a long shot, but I figured I’d try it. Last Friday, May 8, around 4:40pm, my wife and I were driving north on 13th Street NW. We stopped in the right lane at a red light at the intersection with Kansas Avenue and Quebec Place. When the right turn arrow turned green, we started to turn onto Kansas Avenue. But a white minivan in the left lane cut in front and collided with us. A few other people saw what happened, (more…)