Thanks to J. for sending from his renovation in Tenleytown. (more…)
History
“Dear PoPville,
Cleaning up my house, I found these treasures in my bowl of vintage matches. (more…)
Following the news of Bistro Du Coin’s 22nd birthday, Flavio reminds us that yesterday was the 9:30 Club’s 42 birthday!!
“Thank you to everyone who has ever been to a show at the special place we get to call home”
A closer look at that new building going up behind them: (more…)
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Update: OP has called 911.
“The police have come and gone. They said that it definitely was an old projectile. A specialist came and x-rayed it to see if there was anything inside the pipe, but it was empty and not live. So, thank goodness that all is well and safe! Thanks to you and everyone who commented!
Unfortunately, I don’t have any insight into how it got there, just seemingly discarded, not even buried, under the porch. I have lived here for 3 years and the prior owners would be in their 80s, but I don’t know anything about them. It could be a “souvenir” that a vet brought back (the police said they find a lot of grenades). But one cop who is about to retire after 28 years on the force said he’s never seen anything like this before!”
“Dear PoPville,
I found this thing that looks like either some kind of lawn ornament or a missile! I found it only slightly buried underneath my front porch in the Kingman Park neighborhood. I have no idea what it is! It’s fairly heavy and made of metal. One of the pics has my hand in it for scale.” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I found this metal object (with quarter for scale) in my backyard when planting a scrub – Logan Circle area. It is the original shape and the second picture shows 2 openings where it connected to something. Any guesses are welcome!” (more…)
Eliezer “Chef Ziggy” Albino Segui
“Dear PoPville,
I believe you posted the original GoFundMe campaign and story on PoPville. All very sad. No cause of death provided.”
The sad update:
“It is with a very heavy heart that I deliver news of Eliezer “Chef Ziggy” Albino Segui’s passing last week. He will be sorely missed by his community. (more…)
Thanks to ss for sharing from U Street: “When we dug out the basement of our 1890 rowhome, the crew unearthed an old mason jar, completely intact, that was under the old cement slab. According to the markings on the bottom of the jar, it was created in Harpers Ferry, WV in the 1920s, if I recall correctly. We cleaned it off and still have it. I wish I would have thought about burying something before the poured the new foundation.
It really is remarkable that this thing survived the jackhammering of the cement slab and dig out. Glad the workers saved it too.”
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
Thanks to Patricia for sending: “Opened up walls in our former sleeping porch in Manor Park. Row house was built in 1929. Fairfax Farms Dairy milk bottle found in the insulation. (more…)
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
Thanks to Will for sharing from his dad: “from the Hahn shoe store on Pennsylvania ave I was told.” (more…)
Tilden and Reno Road, NW
Adieu Melvin Hazen, nobody will miss you.
In February 2021 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton educated:
“Hazen began his career in the D.C. government as a surveyor in 1889 and rose through the ranks to become President of the three-member Board of Commissioners, a role he held from 1933 until his death, in 1941. Over the 51 years of his career, he held considerable influence and power over the development of D.C., and chose to wield this power by implementing a drastic urban planning strategy in Northwest D.C. that promoted segregation, prioritized all-white communities and marginalized African-American residents. (more…)