“Dear PoPville,
Any advice for now to contact the developers for the new Wardman Park location in Woodley Park? I live along Harvard St NW in Columbia Heights and for weeks now, day after day all we hear are the deafening sounds of large dump trucks, cement trucks, and garbage trucks roaring up the street, all of which are coming from the Wardman Park redevelopment in Woodley Park. (more…)
photo by Jeff Vincent
“Dear PoPville,
My problem is figuring out how to hang, safely, window boxes on a brick apartment building that the landlord doesn’t allow drilling holes. Understand an owner not wanting amateurs making permanent changes to the building.
But it would be really great to be able to inexpensively grow my own greens, peas, herbs, etc. And it is possible to grow an urban abundance amazing in a small space with just a little sunshine, “Micro gardening,”
Apparently (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Stand near Milkbar on 15th St and you’ll hear a loud beep every 45 seconds. It’s from an alarm to the left of Milkbar’s “1525” sign above their entrance. It flashes red as it beeps. (more…)
photo by Jeff Vincent
“Dear PoPville,
Since MetroHero shutdown back in July, I was wondering what the people say is the next best Metro app.
I’ve used CityMapper, and it’s ok, but wanted to know what other metro location alternatives people are using and what the pros/cons are. (more…)
photo by Lorie Shaull
“Dear PoPville,
Where can you get a haircut in this city for under $100? I have medium-length hair, and want a small hair trim to clean up dead ends, but all places cost $95+!! Any recommendations for almost any area?”
“Dear PoPville,
A homeowner moved their emergency parking signs around my car overnight, and then called MPD to have me ticketed and towed the next morning to make room for their dumpster. Parking adjudication already overturned the ticket, (more…)
From a press release:
“Community leaders are gathering Saturday, Sept. 23rd to launch a campaign for Ridgecrest Condominiums in Washington, DC’s Ward 7. It was condemned last year and the low-income owners were issued an order to vacate due to the unsafe conditions. However, many of them are still unmoved.
Instead, the Ridgecrest residents continue to appeal to their Condominium Association and have resorted to fundraising above the cost of the condo fees they already pay, in order to contract the needed repairs themselves. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
During the blazing summer heat we didn’t use our balcony and we put a tarp over the outdoor chairs. Well some enterprising pigeon found a way underneath and built their own pigeon coop, apparently giving birth to new members of the family. (more…)
2601 Sherman Avenue, NW
“Dear PoPville,
It looks like a new indoor plant store will be opening in Pleasant Plains on the corner of Euclid and Sherman. This space was previously City Corner Market. Signage for Cap and Stem went up this week and they seem to be making good progress on the interior, however, I wasn’t able to tune into on an opening date.
As an update, I walked past the store front again this morning and I think they may actually sell mushrooms? Not entirely clear…”
Another reader asks: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I walked out of our row house yesterday in Kingman Park and found this huge rack of keys in the grass beside our driveway. The keys being there in the first place is somewhat strange because it would require someone walking about 10-15 feet into my yard and I haven’t had anyone over recently and the water meter is in the front of the house. Maybe someone tossed them into the yard from the alley, (more…)