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Helluva run!

By Prince Of Petworth

Ed. Note: You can look back on old commemorative smartrip cards here.

Also note: Tap Ride and Go is now a thing on metro, which may eventually result in the end of these…

Thanks to Morgan for sharing:

“After 11 years, retiring “The Postman” from the 2013/2014 Phillips Collection exhibit.”

If you have a photo of a neat “archeological 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.

NPS Leasing Cool Historic Schoolhouse on MacArthur Boulevard!

By Prince Of Petworth


photo Credit: NPS / Autumn Cook

From the National Park Service:

“The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a long-term competitive lease opportunity for the Conduit Road Schoolhouse, a late 1800s one-room schoolhouse, located at 4954 MacArthur Boulevard NW in Rock Creek Park.

The NPS seeks business proposals addressing how offerors would: (more…)

Indulge us in a little Nostalgia and Help Finalize the Definitive List of Safeway Nicknames Circa 2025

By Prince Of Petworth


Petworth, yes, this is what the Petworth Safeway aka the Smelly or Stinky Safeway, looked like back in the day and my God did it stink (though super nice staff.)

After a friendly debate with her friend, a friend of mine requests that we put together the definitive list of Safeway nicknames. [Ed. Note: Before the internet ruled the earth we used to have to think of fun ways to entertain ourselves and one of those ways was naming Safeways!] Here is what the then definitive list looked like from 2009: (more…)

“Tony Blanco, a former Nationals player tragically passed away in the Dominican Republic after a nightclub ceiling collapsed”

By Prince Of Petworth


via MLB

“Dear PoPville,

Tony Blanco, a former Nationals player (he played 56 games for the Nats, including in the team’s very first game), tragically passed away in the Dominican Republic after a nightclub ceiling collapsed during a concert. Over 220 people lost their lives in the accident.”

From MLB: (more…)

Archeological Finds Vol. 103 – “Whirick & Weller”

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to Nick for sending:

“Dug this up in the back yard, it’s a cast iron rectangle about 16×24. As close as I can tell it says “Whirick & Weller Charlestown WV. Google has nothing about what it might have been.”

Any ideas?

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.

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