What’s coming next to Vastu on 14th Street?
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Retail
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It was bright out, sorry for the bad photo. But this is the front of Artfully Chocolate located at 1529 14th Street in the new Matrix building. I’m not sure when it opens but I remember people were very eager to have a chocolate shop…
Also a new clothing store is going in right next door I think it will be called Universal.
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Now far be it from me to talk about clothing stores, and hip ones at that. My style tends toward track suits and flannel shirts and not in an ironic way. At any rate I have often walked by these clothing stores on 14th Street and have wondered what the story was. So let’s start with Redeem located at 1734 14th Street (Photograph above). As I walked in I immediately bumped into a bubbly welcoming personality who turned out to be owner, Lori Parkerson. Lori told me that Redeem just had its one year anniversary. Right on. As you can see it is housed in a really chill space. It even had some artwork commissioned by local artist J. Coleman (see photo after the jump). (more…)
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I’ve never, ever, seen a sign like this before. This is in 14th St. Heights. Who put the sign up?
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Georgetown Valet, famed dry cleaners, is now going to take over the world or at least DC. A little birdy told me that another Georgetown Valet is coming to 14th and V in the new PN Hoffman building across from the Langston Lofts and Busboys and Poets. Hell, I like ’em.
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I believe this is the huge deal that is going to be demolished and redeveloped soon on lower 14th St. near Chapin and Florida.
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Yeah, that’s a pistol crossbow. Yeah it comes with metal “arrows”. Yeah, that’s a good idea.
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Hold on I have to stop laughing for a second. Ok, this is a photo from my local bodega in Petworth (from the cell phone, c’mon I can’t always have my camera on me). At any rate, I was stunned and overjoyed to see that they were selling the traditional kosher wine Manischewitz. Manischewitz is the sickly sweet wine that every Jewish boy and girl knows all too well. Why it is being sold in Petworth that probably has a .05% Jewish population is beyond me. But the mere thought of someone slugging Manischewitz on the side of the road is simply beautiful. And a bit sad. I think this may be the only bottle of Manischewitz in the world that is located behind two inches of bulletproof glass…Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some Manischewitz to drink.
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So I have often walked by Jeans N Things located on 11th Street between Wonderland and 11th St. Deli. I think 97% of the time it has been closed when I’ve walked by but I actually saw it open the other day. It seems to be mostly women’s clothes and such. Has anyone checked it out? Good stuff?
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GforGood had an interesting question: “PoP or others, do you have any other rumors or facts about retail coming to the apartment/condo buildings (besides the Yes! Organic Market and the Mocha Hut)?” I assume he is talking about the condos being built above the metro and up Georgia Ave. The only other rumor I heard was that, I think, Lakritz developers were buying the Murrel realty space on Georgia Ave. right near Domku and that they were thinking about putting in a dining/cafe venue on the first floor. Anyone else know of any rumors or facts about coming development?