“Dear PoPville,
I am next door to a townhouse being renovated (at 1700 block of 16th Street, NW). Until yesterday the view out of my windows has been the roofs of the townhouses on my block as they are all shorter than my apartment building, but I came home yesterday and they are building a unit right outside of my window, adding height on in the rear of the townhouse. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
We have a freestanding overhead garage door facing our alley that needs to be either repaired or replaced. We have yet to find anyone who has had a good experience with a garage door company, so I thought I’d put it out to the masses for help. Any companies folks would recommend?”
from the PoPville archives circa 2008
“Dear PoPville,
I’m wondering if anyone else has been experiencing a recent rash of trash can thefts.
I’ve lived in the same building in Capitol Hill for the past 4+ years and never had any issues, but in less than a year we’ve now had our city trash can mysteriously disappear three times (on June 23, April 13, and May 26). The first time we assumed it was taken my accident by a neighbor, until it never turned back up. The second time was less amusing, especially since despite many calls to 311 and filing a police report at their request we still hadn’t received a replacement after months. Our small 3-unit building only has two cans total, so that meant when the second can was taken (stolen?) we didn’t have anywhere to put trash at all for a couple weeks. Finally after contacting the casework team for our councilmember we received a replacement less than a month ago… Only for it to disappear again this morning (Tuesday) by 10 a.m. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
DPW and its subcontractors have declared a no parking zone from 7 am-7 pm Mon – Sat May 11 to May 31, apparently for lead abatement . This is the busiest block in Sheridan- Kalorama both for parking and traffic b/c it is a cut through from CT to Mass and vice-versa. Yet, here it is, May 19, and not a single worker has showed up. (more…)
Ed. Note: I’ll give you a nickel if you recognize where this sign from our archives is located…
“Dear PoPville,
I was looking for some recs for lock specialists that can recommend /install keypad locks for the exterior doors and security doors. I locked on the site and saw some info from several years ago. Got way too many keys :-)”
Project Area via NCPC
“Dear PoPville,
The Pennsylvania Avenue Initiative is really ramping up, and it will drastically change Penn Ave.; especially freedom plaza. It will be sliced to accommodate inauguration parades 😅🙈. Public commenting closes on 4/30.”
About the Initiative (more…)
photo by Diane Krauthamer
“Dear PoPville,
This is a long shot, I know. But I misplaced race medals from a few DC races that I’d love to replace for my collection. I am wondering if a community member has any of these race medals they aren’t sentimentally attached to and could part with. I’d be ok with a substitute year for any of these as well: (more…)
926 U Street, NW. Now long gone… from the PoPville archives
“Dear PoPville,
I was looking through the archives and it looks like the last tattoo artist rec post is pretty old; can we pop this question up there again? I have an idea formed from a watercolor flower illustration that I’d love to get tattooed, but I have no idea where to start looking for someone who can do fine line/watercolor/super colorful, etc. I’m willing to travel for the right artist, but I’d love to stay in DC or nearby if at all possible.
Thank you for considering posting, and thanks in (far) advance to the PoPulace for any recommendations!”
“Dear PoPville,
I thought I would send a couple screen shots of some of the automobile “makes” that are listed when using the guest parking permit website or app. (more…)
photo by Pete Beers
“Dear PoPville,
My husband and I just bought a house on Quackenbos Street.
There is a point of contention: Is it pronounced quack-en-BOSS or quack-en-BOSE? We’ve heard both pronunciations and Google isn’t giving a well-cited answer.
Any insight would be amazing!”
What’s the way you say it?!?