This rental is located at 11th and Lamont St, NW:
The listing says:
“Amazing 2 level condo walking distance to everything, shops, bars, restaurants, bus and Metro. Brand new bathroom, freshly painted and polished ready for you to move right in.”
You can see more photos here.
This 2 bed/1 bath is going for $2,700/Mo.
Photo via DCPL Commons
Thanks to pablo.raw for the tip. From DCPL:
“Meridian Hill Park in northwest DC was constructed between 1914 thru 1936. The landscaping was done by George Burnap (ca 1930)”
Very cool!
“Dear PoPville,
Do we know what’s going in next door to Petco and IHoP in Columbia Heights? Lots of work being done recently.”
This has to be – Five Below, “leading retailer of trend-right, extreme-value merchandise to the teen and pre-teen market – all for $1.00 to $5.00″.
3415 11th Street, NW
Speaking of the Coupe. Back in August we learned that they were looking to add a sidewalk cafe along 11th Street. They got it:
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to bring an alarming crime to your attention. Yesterday (9/23) my nanny’s son — a sixth grader — was held up at knifepoint at about 4 PM at 13th and Kenyon street in Columbia Heights (this is second-hand according to the victim’s mother, her son is a grounded, solid kid not prone to exaggeration or getting into trouble). The perp was a man in his probably twenties, he evidently made off with an iPhone from one of the eleven year old victims.
The kids called MPD and reported the incident, but I haven’t seen much about the crime online, which is very alarming to me: eleven year-old kids were stuck up with a visible weapon in broad daylight half a block away from the entrance to Tubman Elementary.
All I can find from MPD is a Tweet which matches some, but not all, of the details:
“Robbery Knife at 14th & Irving St NW. LOF a H/M, 116-20 yoa, 5’5”, gray hat, gray/white shirt.”
Hopefully some more information will bubble up on this, in the meantime I imagine other parents in the area should definitely know about it.”
3548 14th Street, NW
From an email:
“For at least this weekend and next, donut holes are good for you. And good for penguins. And the Penguin Counters. A three-fer! Count yourself in!
Antarctic penguins are the region’s “canaries in the coal mine.” And for almost 20-years, Ron Naveen, a modern-day Dr. Dolittle, has been counting them, studying the health of three penguin species and their colonies. His work, the Antarctic Site Inventory, has helped instruct polar policies and research of countless scientists and members of the Antarctic Treaty Organization.
World-renown Besthesda-based film documentarians, Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon, recently followed Ron Naveen and his Penguin Counters to the Antarctic, producing more than 70-hours of footage on their work and the amazing animals, sights and sounds of the Antarctic. Now it is time to take the footage and create a movie to tell this important story.
The Penguin Counters Movie is a labor of love, not money. To continue their work, Peter and Harriet have set up a Kickstarter Campaign to raise the funds necessary to put the movie together and submit it to film festivals worldwide. October 10th is the final day for donations. As with all Kickstarter campaigns, it is all or nothing.
The Pinch [3548 14th Street, NW] is very pleased to join this effort to help ensure the Penguin Counters story is told. The weekends of September 28th/29th and October 5th/6th, The Pinch will donate $5 for every order of donut holes to the Penguin Counters kickstarter campaign.”
“Dear PoPville,
There is a crazed raccoon in the neighborhood that killed my neighbor’s cat on their back porch (9/20/13). DC Animal Control was contacted but I don’t know if a trap has been installed near their house. People should be on the lookout and think twice before leaving a pet outdoors and unsupervised.”
1454 Park Road, NW
Bravo! Salon/Spa is located at 1454 Park Road, NW above Laughing Hyena Tattoos in Columbia Heights.
Thanks to a reader for sending:
“Love that someone did their rehearsal dinner at Wonderland!”
“Dear PoPville,
I’ve often wondered about the large blue house with the barbed wire fence at the corner of Monroe and Holmead. It’s an odd place. For example, my wife walked by the other morning and heard a man snoring very loudly out on the lawn. That said, it’s always seemed harmless enough.
This morning, around 7:30 am, I passed by and saw 4-5 guys in U.S. Marshal shirts and gear surrounding the place. I didn’t stop and stare, but I saw and heard one of the Marshals banging loudly on the door.
Any idea what was going on? And, more generally, does anyone know the story on that house?”