photo by Victoria Pickering
“Dear PoPville,
I’m looking to get my house’s patio roof replaced and potentially turned into a balcony. The quotes I’ve gotten thus far have ranged WILDLY, and I’m wondering if anyone has a contractor or company they loved working with.”
“Dear PoPville,
DDOT closing down the whole street of 1300-1400 M St NW with zero notice. Takes up both sides of street parking. Signs were printed the day before (as noted on sign) are they allowed to do this? Very frustrating! Address listed on sign also wrong!!”
“Dear PoPville,
The current state of Malcom X / Meridian Hill Park? The long awaited reopening came in January, just for park officials to let the park rapidly decay. The grass is taller than my 70 lb dog and there is glass everywhere.” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Has anyone had any success in getting sanitation to replace public trash cans once they have removed them? I live between 13th and 14th streets, and every few months DC will collectively punish our neighborhood for people putting household trash in public cans by removing the cans themselves. (more…)
Stephanie writes: “Really terrible high pitched noise coming from 21 Dupont Circle- it seems like a noise to deter folks from sleeping on the stairs but it’s making Dupont circle horrifyingly painful to walk through”
Others noticing this?
via google maps
“Dear PoPville,
My close friends and several family members were all walking from my apt on H ST NE, north towards Union Market, to cap off a great weekend of celebrating my doctoral graduation. Sadly, as we were about to cross Florida Ave, these 2 or 3 teens with a gun robbed two in my large group of their belongings. This is ridiculous to say the least that these teens did it in broad daylight, in front of children and several homeowners just enjoying their front lawn. 1:00 PM on a sunny Sunday. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I’m genuinely curious what the laws are around leaving your car parked for an extended period of time in an area where there are no clear signs limiting it.
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“Dear PoPville,
We use a Verizon phone line for our condo’s call box, and for whatever reason they charge us as much as $11 for a local call, but only $0.54 for a long distance call, which is just wild, but I can’t seem to find a another good company that provides (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Columbia road NW (near 18th and Biltmore) have been under construction for what seems like months. Does anyone knows when this project might finally end and what is actually going on? (more…)
“Looks like Francis pool is ready to open next weekend!”
“Dear PoPville,
Do you know when the public pools are opening??”
From DPR:
“2023 Outdoor Pool Opening Hours: (more…)