photo by Samuel Breslow

“Dear PoPville,

URGENT. city center removing front desk position, replacing with amazon lockers. our beloved staff FIRED with one day notice . HAVE YOU HEAR ABOUT IT? they already started construction. they are putting everyone in danger by replacing a front desk with a camera . PLEASE HELP.”

Samuel Breslow reported yesterday: (more…)


“Dear PoPville,

We’re fundraising and holding an event/walk to raise money for my daughter Phoebe’s rare disease (SYNGAP1-Related Disorder).

You can read a profile I wrote about Phoebe on the SynGAP Research Fund site here.

You can also read about the Phoebe’s Fight fundraiser on the Sprint for Syngap site here.”



photo by Eric P.

“Dear PoPville,

Last fall, I was at The Wydown on H Street NE, and my bike lock broke. I propped up the lock, but when another rider locked up their bike next to me, the ruse was exposed and the pieces fell apart on the street. The rider came into Wydown, apologized (he didn’t need to!), and mentioned that he could run home and grab a spare bike lock for me. He VERY kindly did so. (more…)


“Dear PoPville,

I live in LeDroit Park and I’ve been hearing like a weird alarm all night. Sounds like it’s coming from like maybe 7th and T? It might actually be coming from over by Howard? Is anyone else hearing this? Am I going crazy??”


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