Ever since CVS closed its store on Columbia Road and opened a new one next to the Safeway (also on Columbia Road) I’ve noticed something peculiar. The lights are always on in the old store. The store’s been closed for weeks!
Adams Morgan
This rental is located at Calvert Street at Cliffbourne, NW:
The Craigslist ad says:
“Beautiful penthouse apartment on Calvert street in Adams Morgan. This apartment features a large private roof deck off the bedroom and surrounded by trees for unbeatable privacy and relaxation. This one bedroom apartment is the entire top floor of a row house on beautiful, tree-lined, quiet and convenient Calvert street. The apartment has exposed brick, multiple windows for plenty of sunlight, claw-foot tub, and all the charm and character one would expect from an Adams Morgan rowhouse, but at the very low price of just $1900/month. Water is included in the rent, and the heat is furnace powered so it is included in the rent as well. The utilities are always under $50/month in the winter and up to $90 at most in the summer.”
Ooh these roofdecks are killing me. Sweet. But does $1900 sound reasonable?
Formerly Angry Inch, Formerly True Story, Formerly Morgan’s, Formerly Draft Pix Now The Leaky Faucet
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Wow, I had high hopes when I wrote the post Formerly Angry Inch, Formerly True Story, Formerly Morgan’s – Now “Draft Pix” Sport Bar back in July ’09. I’ve seen a lot of businesses change over the years but this particular property may have the record. While I wish the Leaky Faucet the best of luck, what’s the over/under?
The Leaky Faucet is located at 2450 18th St, NW.
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Earlier this week I wrote that Leftbank had become a new Eastern European restaurant, Slaviya on 18th St, NW in Adams Morgan. At the time I only saw a brunch menu which didn’t have too many eastern European selections. The folks from Slaviya were kind enough to send me over their dinner menus which have lots of good looking eastern European fare.
You can see their Facebook page here.
Note: 2 Daily Specials are offered each week.
Full Menu continues after the jump. (more…)
I’m not sure what’s going on here but this sign didn’t look good:
Someone’s getting sued but I suppose there may be some tenants in the building as well? Any fans of this place? Anyone know if it’s still open?
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Back in early March we learned that Leftbank was closing its doors at 2424 18th St., NW. We knew that a restaurant was going to take its place but we now know that Slaviya, an Eastern European restaurant has opened up in the space.
I had a chance to chat with one of the new owners over the weekend. In addition to an Eastern European restaurant there will also be live music and DJs. Last night they featured a Bulgarian Folk Singer ($10 cover charge). Next Sat. they will be featuring the uber popular Romanian duo, Morandi, who is regularly #1 on MTV Europe according to co-owner Irena. If you want to see Morandi, it will be $30 in advance and $35 at the door and Morandi will go on at midnight (though you can always just go to the restaurant if you are not interested in the music).
Much of the space looks the same though there have been some slight changes. More photos after the jump including photos of the brunch menu. (more…)
From an email:
“Festivities, program & demos for pet owners,
prospective owners, kids and visitors of all ages
Vendors-services & products, and contests.
May 2, 11am – 5pm (Sunday)
Marie Reed School (18th St NW at Wyoming)
Judged Sport: Dancing w Dogs!
World Canine Freestyle demo
Behavior Modification Techniques;
Tricks of Caring for Older Dogs;
The Dog Whisperer of Maryland:
The Magic Formula for Creating a Well-Behaved Dog”
Agility Demonstration –
11 Contests! (eg best kisser, best trick, biggest, smallest, best costume);
Pet fostering & adoption info w/ WARL;
Tall Tails Storytime;
Barks and Crafts Tent –
create a personalized accessory for a pal
Chalk for Peace (art on pavement)
From an email:
“This Saturday from 11:00am to 3:00pm I will host the opening of a little store featuring some vintage furniture and some clothing. This particular location will be open only every 1st Saturday of each month, and the rest by appointment only. My shop was located in Georgetown, above Nathan’s and many people enjoyed it. I hope this little shop will make more people happy. Welcome to Vintage No 5.the shop is at 2704 Ontario Rd., NW corner of Columbia Rd. in the basement, the sign has not been delivered yet but I will have some decoration in the small yard.”
Here are a couple of photos from yesterday’s event in Adams Morgan at the Marie Reed Center with First Lady Michelle Obama.
From the Sitar Center:
“The First Lady and other Congressional wives worked with Sitar students to complete a seven wall butterfly garden mural designed by Sitar. We were thrilled to have our students involved in creating art to give back to the community, creating an engaging and vibrant space for the students at Marie Reed, and to have been chosen by The Office of First Lady to help execute this project.”
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In real life, hipchickindc is licensed as a real estate broker in the District of Columbia, and as a real estate salesperson in Maryland. Unless specifically noted, neither she nor the company that she is affiliated with represented any of the parties or were directly involved in the transaction reported below. Unless otherwise noted, the source of information is Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS), which is the local multiple listing system. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Featured Properties: 1830 18th St NW (Four Condo Units)
Original List Prices: $753,900.-$847,900.
List Price at Contract: $639,000.-$764,000.
List Date: 09/14/2009
Days on Market: Average for all 4 listings is 114 days
Settled Sales Price for first settled unit: $775,000.
Settlement Date for first settled unit: 04/22/2010
Seller Subsidy for first settled unit: $0.
Bank Owned?: No
Type Of Financing: FHA…Another Super Conforming (last week’s GDoN-R featured one as well). Until the end of this year, the upper limit for FHA loans remains at $729,000. A “Super Conforming” or “Jumbo Conforming” is a loan that is above the conforming loan limit of $417,000. yet below the current upper limit. There are lobbying efforts in place to make the higher limits permanent, which is significant for a high dollar market area like DC. A purchaser in this price range would have to put more than 3.5% down (the typical down payment for FHA loans) in order to not finance more than $729,000.
Original GDoN Post is: here.
Listings for the building are: here.
The original Good Deal or Not (GDoN) post for this new construction building with four condo units appeared back in October 2009, when the original pricing for these units was in place. At that time, the units were priced with a very broad range of $453 per square foot all the way up to $642 per square foot. In December 2009, pricing was reduced 10-15%, which seems to have been a good move. We only have settled sales information for the one unit that recently settled, but it appears that this unit went under contract shortly after the price redux. The settled sales price is $11,000. above list which could mean that either the Purchaser negotiated a parking space into the deal or that there were possibly competing offers. (If it was for a deeded parking space, that’s a helluva deal in this location where deeded spaces can easily sell in the range of $35,000-$50,000.) Two additional units are under contract, and one unit (1669 square feet listed for $639,000) is available. Continues after the jump. (more…)