Columbia Heights

“Dear PoPville,

Thanks to my near-neighbors on Kenyon for their help and for the footage. My boyfriend stopped in from Jersey on Saturday night and parked where he always does on Kenyon between 11th and 13th. We went over around 1:30p today (Sunday) to find it missing. 311 had no record of it being towed, and we had assumed stolen until we knocked on the closest door. They said that two men had crashed a blue van into his car at 7:00a and ran off, totaling it completely, and that cops came and had it towed. It took us hours to track down the car and to get ABC Towing to let us collect his belongings from it. (more…)

Ed. Note: When we posted about the space being dark on August 28th an X follower said her “source” was just there “a few days ago” and LOL’d about the closure. Welp, it’s been dark ever since, including when I walked by Sunday afternoon. Also, phone calls to the store continue to go unanswered.

“Dear PoPville,

Walked by Maman Joon on Irving St @ Columbia Heights and it was dark. (more…)

“Dear PoPville,

I’m sorry I even had to type this or that anyone has to read this but I’m frustrated and not sure what city agency or person I should try next to resolve the below situation.

Yesterday (Thursday) I called 311 to report discarded clothes covered in human waste and more than one pile of said human waste also next to the clothes, as it was in a public space (the bottom step of the stairs that lead from Harvard St NW to the alley between Harvard and Hobart St NW). They are public stairs, between two properties. They don’t lead directly to someone’s home like most of the other stairs on Harvard do. I repeatedly explained this in detail to the 311 employee.

I was told in a follow up email (typos are verbatim): (more…)