108 Rhode Island Ave, NW near Boundary Stone
Back in January we shared word that Sounds Like El Camino Closed, again, in Bloomingdale. Reopening Again in a few weeks? And reopened they did!
Huzzah. Thanks to Marsha for sending the good news.
For those who have stopped by, has the menu pretty much stayed the same?
Some history on the space: (more…)
Thanks to Fae for sending sending from Bloomingdale: “it definitely caught something. Hopefully a rat!”
If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
Joe sums it up succinctly: “Dog sh*t mountain at 1st and U NW.” (more…)
108 Rhode Island Ave, NW near Boundary Stone
Update from BloomingdaleResident:
“Someone told me over the phone yesterday that they’re under new management and reopening in 1-2 weeks with the same staff and menu.”
Note: El Camino’s original owners opened up here back in October 2014. El Camino closed back in September 2018. The new owners reopened El Camino here back in 2019.
Thanks to Bloomingdale resident, Ryan, for sharing the latest sad news about El Camino closing:
“Our family is truly heartbroken. My daughters are crushed. Marvin and the team always made us feel like family, we’re gonna miss them so very much. 😪. I hope whoever comes in after just does exactly what they were doing!”
Happier days: (more…)
1822 1st Street, NW
Thanks to Allan for sending:
“Guerrilla lego art from the bloomingdale Banksy.”
If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
photo by Taylor
So apparently I missed a lot of action while I was taking my daughter for her check up (all is well.) OK Catching up on what I missed it appears there were two helicopters this morning. One in Bloomingdale/Eckington and one in NoMa/Union Station.
photo by ejp
Readers reported a carjacking and park police helicopter responding to that one.
For the one near Union Station readers reported: “Amtrak power line inspections”
and (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Tuesday night a parade of 8 cars, including DC police, ICE, and FBI, parked in the unit block alley between V and W NW and went through all our trash cans. What made it extra weird was the 5, 25 year old white males in suits who accompanied them.
I heard one of them say to another, “we know they were headed down north cap and went into the alley off W” and they responded “doesn’t help that it’s trash day.” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Wanted to share with you the growing movement to sound the alarm and create community on North Capitol and T Street where Eckington and Bloomingdale neighbors gather every night at 8 PM to make some noise.”
photo by Kevin
From the office of Councilmember Zachary Parker, Ward 5:
“The past few days have been spent in conversation with the developer to address community concerns.
Councilmember Parker takes neighbors’ concerns seriously and is committed to holding Jair Lynch accountable for delivering on community benefits in this vital development. We are especially committed to advocating for neighbors to ensure the development includes a grocer and senior affordable housing, as well as robust retail options and other amenities. For what it is worth, we have found Jair Lynch to be a responsive and fair partner.
Based on the developer’s conversations with our office and the community over the last few days, they are formally submitting an updated PUD modification filing to the Zoning Commission. This revision removes all requested flexibility to convert retail to residential from the application in Parcels 2 and 4, including requested flexibility in the grocer space. While the developer maintains that the flexibility would have provided more long-term certainty given that retail markets are presently unpredictable, they have chosen to remove it based on conversations with our office and neighbors’ concerns and because they have a signed lease with a grocer and are committed to moving forward.
From Jair Lynch: “Should this grocer lease terminate, we are prepared to re-engage with the Zoning Commission and the community to adjust the plan accordingly. Please note, if ‘the back-up scenario’ is necessary, re-engaging with the relevant parties will likely take 12-18 months to reset the project.”
Here are some quick updates on the details: (more…)
