Dear PoPville

Good People Alert: “Doubles Shout-out for Kindness & Compassion”

By Prince Of Petworth


3118 Georgia Ave, NW

“Dear PoPville,

I’ve been meaning to reach out about the unique acts of kindness l regularly see from the Doubles staff. Doubles is an important community hub, and many of us rely on it as a place to work and socialize. Many others rely on it as a place for basic needs like restroom use, a place to get free pastries and water, a phone to use, or a place to warm up or cool down.

I can’t think of many businesses that even let non-paying customers use their restrooms, and the Doubles baristas are often called upon to do much more. I have regularly seen this staff step up and do everything from de-escalation, to giving of their own resources to help out an unhoused community member, to administering narcan in an emergency. All while running a very good and very busy coffee shop that often has many as 100 seated customers alone. (more…)

“anyone else losing their minds with the motorcade sirens every 5mn?”

By Prince Of Petworth


“A person with a cockatoo on their shoulder gives the middle finger to a motorcade of some sort.”

“Dear PoPville,

Is anyone else in Dupont and AdMo completely losing their minds with the motorcade sirens every 5mn? This really has to stop. There’s no good reason to have 60 sirens blaring to escort one empty bus to pick up people at DCA for Police Week.”

Bike Commuter frustration over dockless E-“Bikes and scooters”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I am a daily bike commuter in DC and am frequently cycling around e-bikes and e-scooters that are littered across bike lanes and congesting bike rack areas. This past week, this (pictures) concerned me on Constitution Ave NW. There are so many e-bikes and scooters that it would impair a wheelchair from accessing this sidewalk, an ADA violation. (more…)

“Landlords claim that they cannot turn on the “forced air” to cold, because of DC law. Unfortunately they’re right.”

By Prince Of Petworth

Justin writes on Friday:

“y’all doing the annual DC has shitty A/C laws for old buildings?

Every year, when it gets into the 80° range in April, apartment complexes in DC refuse to switch over the air from hot to cold.

Landlords claim that they cannot turn on the “forced air” to cold, because of DC law.

Unfortunately they’re right.”

Looking for a Lost Gold Ring

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Emma K Alexandra

“Dear PoPville,

I lost a gold ring sometime Monday (4/21) or Tuesday (4/22). Possible locations are Gallery Place, Dupont Circle, and Cleveland Park metro stations, Dacha Beer Garden at 7th & Q St,, Q St. NW between 7th St. and Connecticut, and Porter St. between Connecticut and 34th St. It’s gold with a distinctive shape. It has a lot of sentimental value.”

Please send on any info to me via email at [email protected] and I’ll pass on to OP.

“I have paid $9,000 in ‘air conditioning unit fees’ ($150/month) that other residents are not charged”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I have been a resident of Highview and Castle Manor in Columbia Heights for since May 2020. I learned last week that I have paid $9,000 in “air conditioning unit fees” ($150/month) that other residents are not charged (of 8 I’ve spoken to, none of them pay it). These two ancient AC units don’t run during winter have had no maintenance, and cost less than $250 brand new. It’s completely unreasonable to expect this to come out to $9,000 over the course of five years. (more…)

Looking for Sentimental Bench taken after Petworth Porchfest and Lost Earring at the Wharf

By Prince Of Petworth

Should you have any info please email at [email protected] and I’ll pass on to OP. THanks!

“Dear PoPville,

My husband and I put a bench down next to the sidewalk at 4711 4th Street for Porchfest, so folks could sit while they watched the bands, and we hadn’t yet brought it back up to the porch. (Stupid, I know.) Sometime between last night and this morning, it went missing. Probably someone assumed we were giving it away. But the iron part is a headboard that my Grandpa made for the twin bed I slept in for 18 years, and my Dad, who now has ALS and is mostly paralyzed, made it into this bench for me. It was the last thing he ever made, so it’s really important to me.”

Also: “Long Shot – Lost Earring at the Wharf (more…)

“the 6-year anniversary of the work order to fix the torn net approaches”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

As the 6-year anniversary of the work order to fix the torn net approaches, DPR has continued to refuse to address this dangerous situation. I am attaching DGS Oversight Hearing Testimony (PDF) I submitted at a February oversight hearing. Having received no response to my questions, last week I contacted the Office of Risk Management. Less than 24 hours later, the Tort Liability Program Administrator and Assistant Deputy General Counsel in the Office of Risk Management responded (this is a direct quote with names omitted):

“I learned about this issue late in the day yesterday…[names omitted]…We all agree this is a safety issue that must be repaired.”

Unfortunately, (more…)

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