WMATA shares: “Safety first! At Washington Dulles International Airport station, we’re testing a removable bollard in front of the escalator to encourage customers with large bags to use the elevator instead. The initiative is aimed at reducing trips and falls caused by bags on escalators and improving safety for everyone moving through the station.”

Great idea or terrible idea?

The first reaction seems to favor the latter:

“They will just hold everyone up, lifting the bag over the pole.”

Do you think it’ll work?



3617 Fessenden Street, NW

“Dear PoPville,

We just installed a little free puzzle library in front of our home yesterday, and would love to let folks know. It is at 3617 Fessenden St NW (between Connecticut and Nebraska Ave NW).



photos via NPS

“Dear PoPville,

Do you know what the scoop is on the fate of the Rock Creek Tennis Center? I was playing there and learned that the management contract expired on Saturday 2/28 with no new contract in sight. This means that as of Sunday, March 1, all classes and clinics are canceled; coaches and contractors lose their jobs; and court access is suspended. At least that’s what the staff told me. They know nothing about what happens next. Do you?”



photo by Diane Krauthamer

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From the National Portrait Gallery:

Portraiture Festival & Performance of “Forever Is a Feeling” by Moveius Contemporary Ballet

WHAT: Portraiture Festival & Performance of “Forever Is a Feeling” by Moveius Contemporary Ballet

WHEN: Saturday, March 14
Festival: 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
Performance: 3:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

WHERE: Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery—Kogod Courtyard
Eighth and G streets N.W.

The National Portrait Gallery will celebrate art, identity and creativity with its Portraiture Festival, a daylong event for all ages centered on “The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today.” This exhibition is the latest installment of the museum’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, held every three years to showcase the next wave of contemporary portraiture by artists from across the United States. (more…)


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