2204 18th Street, NW
Yerevan Market & Cafe opened over the summer in the former Adams Morgan Ethiopian Restaurant and Cafe space. What’s the early word?
Check out their menu here.
They’ve recently applied for a liquor license which says: (more…)
Adams Morgan
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2438 18th Street, NW
UPDATE: Thanks to a reader for sending in the new signage at Donburi – Mokinbird Smoked Chicken.
STAY TUNED.
Donburi first opened here back in 2013. Stay tuned for an exact reopening date but it should be real soon. You can see their menu here.
The tech: (more…)
Last week we shared the disturbing news that someone had lit the front entry to the recently opened D Light Cafe on fire. They are close to their fundraising goal, let’s get them there all the way. (more…)
photo by Diane Krauthamer
“Dear PoPville,
I just wanted to let you know about a scam that (I am ashamed to say) I fell for on the corner of Corcoran and 17th NW yesterday near Dupont Circle. (more…)
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3:22pm 1600 block Columbia Rd NW photo by Brennan
DC Fire & EMS reported around 3:30pm: “Working Fire 1600 block Columbia Rd NW. Fire top floor 8 story apartment building. 1 burn victim & 2nd injured individual. Fire knocked down. Checking for extension.”
“Update working Fire 1600 block Columbia Rd NW. 1 adult burn victim being transported with serious injuries. #DCsBravest have the fire under control. Investigators on scene.” (more…)
photo by DCbmyers
“Dear PoPville,
Writing to send out some thanks into the world to a bicyclist who helped un-strand me from Adams Morgan Sunday morning! Something about the cold made my bike lock jam while I was out and about Saturday night, and upon returning to try to rescue it on Sunday morning I still couldn’t get the lock to budge, after which my phone promptly died. (more…)
Thanks to Ken for sending from Adams Morgan.
Ed. Note: yesterday we posted about another memorial event to be held on Saturday.
From a press release:
“One hundred years ago, on January 28, 1922, the worst peacetime single-day loss of life in the history of the District of Columbia occurred when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapsed under the weight of a record 28 inches of snow, killing 98 people.
A century later, on January 28, 2022, we will commemorate the disaster and remember the victims.
The Commemoration
When: Friday January 28, 2022 at 6PM
Where: The public plaza at 1801 Adams Mill Road, NW (near the bulletin board kiosk so we can look to the opposite corner where the Knickerbocker once stood)
What: The history of the theater and the snowstorm will be outlined. In a powerful gesture, for the first time in perhaps a century, the names of the tragedy’s 98 victims will be read aloud, and their stories will be discussed. Hand-held candles will be available to light and remember the victims.
On the night of the 28th, the feature film was a comedy, “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford.” Among the 300 individuals in attendance was the Washington Post’s drama columnist, John Jay Daly. Transformed into a breaking-news reporter, his breathless 5,000-word description of the day’s events captured every bit of the disaster’s tragedy and emotion.
“With a roar, mighty as the crack of doom, the massive roof of the Knickerbocker broke loose from its steel moorings and crashed down upon the heads of those in the balcony. Under the weight of the fallen roof, the balcony gave way. Most of the audience was entombed. It was as sudden as the turning off of an electric light.”
“If possible, it was worse than hell. […] Prayers ascended from the lips of sordid sinners. Brave hearts railed at their own helplessness of the power stripped from them to do even one act of mercy. Weak men suddenly turned into giants, hoping to lift the rafters of a fallen temple of mirth and free the stricken beneath.“
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2475 18th Street, NW
Update: Thanks to all who shared D Light’s fundraiser.
A reader reports: “Fire outside of D Light bakery in Adams Morgan. Fire on exterior of new bakery. Closed today.”
DC Fire and EMS reported around 5:30am: “Update Box Alarm 2400 block 18th St NW. Corrected size up is 3 story mixed occupancy structure. #DCsBravest confined and extinguished fire on the exterior. No injuries. Investigators requested.” (more…)
Thanks to Nancy for sending “photographs taken after the disaster at 18th & Columbia by neighborhood news photographer at the time Hugh Miller”
From a press release:
“Neighbors for the Knickerbocker Memorial in Adams Morgan Commemorate Lives Lost and Changed Forever 100 Years Ago by Collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre Under 28′ of Snow
98 Lives Lost, 130 Injured, in the Most Deadly Single Incident in DC History.
Neighbors for the Knickerbocker Memorial in Adams Morgan will commemorate lives lost and changed forever 100 years ago by collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre roof under 28 feet of snow. At the public gathering a sculpture will be dedicated by local artist Cesar Maxit to the 98 people who died, 133 injured and to first responders to what remains the deadliest single incident in DC’s history. (more…)