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Where’s The Best Tailor in Town?

Published September 24, 2008 at 12:00PM | Updated September 24, 2024 at 8:58AM

This along with where is the best dry cleaner seems to be the question that comes up again and again. So let’s finally have the definitive options. So where’s the best tailor in town?

Support The Possibility of A Super Cool New Collaborative Arts Center in Bloomingdale

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 24, 2008 at 11:00AM

I received the following from my friend Sean who runs the Bloomingdale blog. It sounds phenomenal. Sean writes:

“The WPA, Artomatic, and the Warehouse Theatre have teamed up to propose an Art Space at the old JF Cooke Elementary at 30 P Street NW.”

Show your support in the comments. Find the full proposal after the jump. (more…)

One Year Ago Today…

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 24, 2008 at 10:00AM | Updated September 24, 2024 at 8:56AM

I wondered if there was any China left in Chinatown?

I showed one of my favorite city Churches.

I ranted about another IMF protest on the Mall.

Dear PoP

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 23, 2008 at 10:49PM

“I’m writing to see if any of your readers have worked with DC government on landlord/tenant problems, on either side. Our landlord is very slow to address any repairs we raise — it takes months, even past a year, to fix basic problems in our old house. We have been very reliable tenants for more than two years, and it is very frustrating to pay our full rent every month (and it was raised during the present saga) only to have our needs dismissed. Our latest conflict: for more than 9 months, we have been waiting on the replacement of a broken in-unit appliance. We have been very communicative with the landlord, and get excuses in return.

I am considering going to DCRA and filing a complaint and request for inspection, which would require that the LL fix the situation in a certain amount of time, and may result in retroactive rent rebates for the 9 months of reduced services. I wonder if any of your readers have been through this process? Could they shed any light on it for me?”

Any advice for dealing with negligent landlords? Any horror stories out there? Share your advice in the comments.

Photo Caption Contest

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 23, 2008 at 10:45PM | Updated September 23, 2024 at 6:45PM

This awesome photo was submitted by a reader. Put your caption in the comments and I’ll pick a winner Friday. Winner gets a free PoP t-shirt.

Speaking of give-aways I actually have a three day pass to the Austin City Limits Festival this weekend that I will be unable to attend. First one to email me a cool photo, poem or whatever gets it. The concert is of course in Austin, TX and it starts Friday but the line up is pretty killer.

Walter Pierce Park Clean Up On Saturday

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 23, 2008 at 10:42PM | Updated September 23, 2024 at 6:44PM

For those that may have been inspired by John’s post about Walter Pierce park, I received the following in an email:

JOIN US SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, from 9 a.m. to Noon to CLEAN UP WALTER PIERCE PARK, in preparation for the next phase of the archeological survey being conducted by Howard University, with the support of the Adams Morgan neighborhood.

We need EVERYBODY’S help to clear trash and overgrowth so that the Howard team, under the direction of Professor Mark Mack, can begin its ground-penetrating-radar (GPR) survey of the historic Quaker and African American cemeteries at Walter Pierce, where more than 7,000 people were buried in the 19th Century. The City Council, under the sponsorship of Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham and Parks Committee Chair Harry “Tommy” Thomas Jr., has provided substantial taxpayer funding for this survey, which will allow us to identify and protect vulnerable graves in the park. This second phase of the two-year-old archeological survey will start in October. More after the jump. (more…)