Thanks to Nate for sending: “it appears they are building a playground/net climber at the intersection of New York Ave and Florida Ave. Question for parents: are you actually gonna take your children here to play?”
Dear PoPville
“Dear PoPville:
My son attends Powell Elementary School on Upshur Street in Petworth. In the mornings before school, he and friends play pickup soccer at the Upshur Park soccer field across the street from Powell. Unfortunately, the large net meant to keep balls from going into Upshur Street has been shredded for ages – as a result, every morning I see kids retrieving balls from the middle of Upshur, a busy street with lots of morning commuters. I took the attached picture with the school bus and the ball in the middle of Upshur street one of the several times the ball went into the street THIS MORNING. [Wed.]
After many 311 requests, I reached out to our councilmember’s office and council staff helped us learn that the work order to fix this net was opened in May 2019. (more…)
1800 14th Street, NW
Tom asks:
“can #doimoi or #dc clean the glass, nails in the #bikelane from the November truck 🔥 ? Sorry for the fire – (it was between Halloween and Thanksgiving week) – the remnants are a safety #hazard when we have to 🚲 into traffic to miss them.”
Another sends more photos: (more…)
photo by Wayan Vota
“Dear PoPville,
Wondering if the PoPulace can weigh in on the best car detailing that comes to you?
I’ll take recs on shops where you bring your car in too though, as a backup.”
“Dear PoPville,
HRA is a mess right now. Just the latest example is below. They sent out the email below asking volunteers for help cleaning out dog kennels–something that they typically pay staff to do. Staff have been laid off, and others have left for better paying, less chaotic, jobs elsewhere. The animals are suffering because of it. I’ve flagged this for DC Council, as have others, but it seems like they are just trying to wait it out until Jan 1 when HRA’s contract expires–but these dogs are suffering right. now. I don’t know what to do except send this to someone who can amplify that this is a problem. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
For the second night in a row the master breaker box on the outside of my small condo building has been switched off by someone walking by resulting in a total power outage in my unit. (more…)
photo by Miki Jourdan
“Dear PoPville,
I am hoping the community can help me salvage my husband’s birthday celebration.
I organized a group of friends to all go but through a series of miscommunications, some of us bought tickets for the Dec 7 show and some for the Dec 8 show. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Developers are really trying to ruin this block. Two perfectly good homes are being converted to condos. (more…)
photo by Eric P.
“Dear PoPville,
“any idea of a couple of bars open on thanksgiving for anyone interested in watching football? A shot in the dark but it’s been hard for me to find any answers online. (more…)
photo by Emma K Alexandra
“Dear PoPville,
I was the victim of an unprovoked physical assault this morning shortly after boarding a 10:08am Silver Line train from the Wiehle Reston Station in the direction of Largo. Metro police apprehended the individual but there were approximately 6 ppl in the first car that witnessed the event. (more…)