Incredible. Thanks to aa for sharing:
“Somehow the signage (or part of it) for the old Cafe Ole has survived at 4000 Wisc NW – as seen in the stairwell of Tenley OneLife Gym lol. Was happy to go down the Ole rabbit hole and learn about Cafe Fili in NE.”
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On the heels of last week’s Columbia Heights trivial pursuit flashback comes this magnificence from Cat:
“My husband bought this DC trivia game about 10 years ago at a yard sale and I just unearthed it.”
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1555 34th Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
Update to “What’s Up w/ Volta Park: Human Remains Left Out in the Open”: “They went over and put tarps on the piles. They also have little yellow flags around them now. (more…)
Community Vigil
“In response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a mother killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we gather to grieve, reflect, and hold one another in community.
Sherman Circle
Thursday, January 8 | 5:30 PM (more…)
From MPD:
“The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is deeply saddened to announce the line of duty death of Officer Terry Bennett after he was struck by a vehicle while assisting a motorist on I-695.
On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at approximately 10:10 p.m., Officer Bennett was assisting a motorist who ran out of gas in the eastbound lanes of I-695 near South Capitol Street. Officer Bennett was struck by a secondary motorist at a high rate of speed. Fellow officers immediately began rendering care and Bennett was transported to a local hospital. Officer Bennett succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. (more…)
Ledo Pizza shared the sad news yesterday: (more…)
14th and Irving Street, NW circa early 2000s
Thanks to R. Prieto for sharing this great old photo with us after we had our Dose of DC History yesterday: (more…)
Photo by angela n.
From the office of Councilmember Charles Allen:
“The following statement is from DC Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6), as the country marks the five-year anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol to prevent the democratic certification of the 2020 US Presidential Election:
“Five years ago today, Ward 6 neighbors, DC residents, and Americans lived through a traumatic attack that shook this country’s very foundations. A mob, rallied by President Trump, attacked the US Capitol to disrupt Congress’ duty to certify the Presidential election results, assaulting the men and women of DC’s Metropolitan Police Department who were the first to answer the call from the US Capitol Police. During the insurrection, more than 100 law enforcement officers were injured, and President Trump notably refused to activate the National Guard. One US Capitol Police officer died from injuries they sustained, and three responding MPD officers and one US Capitol Police officer died by suicide in the months after. The violence placed thousands more in harm’s way. President Trump then granted more than 1,500 pardons to the insurrectionists at the start of his second term. The President’s message is clear: If you support me, the law does not apply to you. (more…)
As PoPville gets ready to celebrate our 20 year anniversary this November, I’m gonna lean into historical posts a bit leading up to the party. It occurred to me that I (and we collectively) have a LOT of institutional knowledge. So why not share it from time to time? But mostly because these are just fun to remember! So a ‘Dose of DC History’ is born.
This trivial pursuit question that we first posted back in 2009 is simply stunning:
“What major U.S. city closed its post office at 14th Street and Irving because rodents were eating the mail, in 1998?”
hahaha Columbia Heights represent!! Yikes.
In another dose of dc history, here’s a little video from our IG that we’ll be doing weekly: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to share a concern about the park across the street, which many of us in the neighborhood love and use regularly. Renovation work started around July 2025 and then stopped pretty abruptly around August. For a while, there was no information about why the work paused, and eventually a rumor started circulating that human remains had been found. Later, the park’s newsletter confirmed that this was true.
Recently, on a day when the park was unexpectedly open and the construction barriers were down, my partner and I walked over to take a look. Near the areas where digging had been happening, we saw piles of dirt with visible human bone fragments mixed in. (more…)