Adams Morgan

Huge Fire in Adams Morgan Last Night “same building as 4 Alarm fire from 2007”

By Prince Of Petworth


2600 block of Adams Mill Road, NW

Thanks to all for sending around 8:40pm last night (sorry for the delayed responses, I was at the New Pornographers concert at 9:30 Club.)

DC Fire and EMS reported: “Update 2nd Alarm 2600 block Adams Mill Rd NW. All 28 units in the building are uninhabitable. There are currently 24 occupants who indicate they are displaced.” (more…)

Drama at Marie Reed: “tennis courts prohibiting pickleball” and “Another Pool Closure”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I noticed yesterday that DPR put up signs at the Marie Reed tennis courts prohibiting pickleball. There’s definitely been an uptick in pickleball play at the courts recently, so I guess the tennis players are pushing back. Naturally, when I took this photo there was a dog owner and its dog playing fetch inside the court.”

and another reader writes: (more…)

“The people behind Sharbat are even more special than their unique baked creations and right now they need our help.”

By Prince Of Petworth


Ilhama Safarova, via GoFundMe

Thanks to Daphna for passing on this fundraiser to support Sharbat:

“Sharbat Bakery and Café made an immediate mark on Adams Morgan and all of Washington DC when it opened in the summer of 2020. At the height of the pandemic, it was a sweet ray of hope. A small business owned and operated by women who are recent immigrants to the United States from Azerbaijan.

The people behind Sharbat are even more special than their unique baked creations and right now they need our help.

Ilhama Safarova, the 51-year-old owner of Sharbat began experiencing severe stomach issues in early 2022, but she worked through the at time debilitating pain, focusing on growing the business. Around Thanksgiving, she was admitted to GW Hospital and spent 35 days there before being diagnosed with stage 4 gastric cancer. She’s gone through multiple rounds of chemotherapy and had a complete gastrectomy earlier this month.

Her daughter Shukrana, who came to this country to go to college is currently running Sharbat. It’s a labor of love that gives her mom hope. But it’s not easy and the medical bills are piling up. (more…)

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