Thanks to @benmahlerdc for sending the crazy shot above taken around midnight in Columbia Heights:
“Heard loud thump-car driven up on curb on 13th & Monroe NW. Driver OK I think. Cops on scene.”
Columbia Heights
3700 14th Street, NW
The listing says:
“Real estate with restaurant for sale. Located 1/2 a mile from the Columbia Heights metro and Georgia Petworth metro. Excellent Visibility. Traffic count is over 13,000 vehicles per day. Restaurant has been opened since 1998. Sitting capacity is 48. Liquor license is included. Zoned C-2-A. Vacant side yard. Could be used for additional outdoor seating or building expansion. Check w/ zoning”
It’s going for $650,000. Seems a bit more than the nearby property we looked at yesterday.
3459 14th Street, NW
From the files of ‘and I wanna be a professional football player’ comes word of the Cooper Hardware building for sale on 14th Street between Ogden and Newton Streets, NW. The listing says:
“DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OPPORTUNITY!!!! Corner store front with two upper levels with vacant, needing renovation 2/3 bdrm apts. For showing… contact your agent and prove your qualifications to buy. Building 100% vacant.”
It’s yours for $8,000,000.
Following in the footsteps of Red Derby’s roof deck getting a roof comes El Chucho located at 3313 11th St, NW. DC Eater reports it will be heated as well. I understand the desire to utilize the space year round but I’m anti-roofs for roofs deck. What do you guys think – do you prefer an open roof decks that can only be used in the warmer months or covered roof decks that can be used year round?
2725 13th Street, NW
Dear PoPville,
Plans have been posted on the DC.gov website for 2725 13th Street NW.
They plan on turning the building into four apartments.
Looks like they will destroy the front entrance and the cool original staircase. They will add a basic box to the back and sink a garage below grade.
Overall a shame, I think – this is one of the nicest homes in Columbia Heights.
We looked at 2725 13th St, NW as a good deal or not? post back in July 2012. Kinda reminds me of the great house at 13th and Euclid St, NW that also was split into condos.
3714 14th Street, NW
Dear PoPville,
There is a new Quickcash pawn shop opening on 14th street by Red Derby. A business like this will encourage petty crime as there will be a new place to sell stolen property. Is there a way to keep a business like this from opening?
Thanks to a reader for sending an update about the “upscale grocer” coming to the new Capitol View building at 14th and Belmont St, NW. The reader speculates that it could be David’s Natural Market or The Natural Market. More info as it becomes available.
Decoy and Murals DC paint a wall (or two) from katie cleary on Vimeo.
From Albus Cavus:
“Katie Cleary, a film maker sent us this documentary about DECOY painting 13th st and Park rd NW. Artist Alicia Cosnahan aka DECOY created that mural as a part of MuralsDC Program in Summer 2012. Her website is www.decoyink.com”
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Thanks to a reader for sending word about the new spinning studio at 14th and Florida Ave, NW. From Peloton’s website:
“The word “peloton” refers to the main pack of riders in a road race. There is nothing haphazard about the creation of a peloton – it is intentional and strategic. We have chosen to incorporate peloton into our name because the energy in each class will come from the instructor and from each cyclist alike.”
2217 14th Street NW
Dear PoPville,
I’m writing in for 2 reasons.
1) A public service announcement to help spread the word that Clifton Street is now one-way traffic only going from 13th toward 11. A move that makes eminent good sense given the semi-permanent construction at Cardozo HS. And
2) To encourage other residents who may have also only found out about the change when they were issued a parking ticket for being parked the wrong way on a one-way street to write in to Councilman Graham and complain about the lack of communication from the city on this change to residents in the area.According to my conversation with the construction crews at Cardozo this morning, the one-way signage was posted Tuesday afternoon (2/12). I received a ticket for being parked the wrong way on a one-way street at 7:52am Wednesday morning (2/13). And there were many many other cars in the same boat. This morning when I discovered my ticket (and only narrowly avoided a second citation) there were still several cars parked the way we have parked on Clifton for years–now the wrong way.
As far as I can tell, there was no attempt to inform residents in the area of the change. I even checked with my building management this morning to ask if they had been told. They assured me no attempt had been made to inform them, and by proxy the hundreds of people who live in their buildings immediately on the corner of the affected street, of the change. No email, no posted notice, no warning. Just a ticket.
I appealed my ticket on the DMV website (I’m unhopeful), and also wrote in to Councilman Graham asking that ALL the citations that happened with this unnotified change be overturned. In the end, it’s not a huge fine, but I was pretty indignant about it, so I’m exercising a little catharsis here and inviting others to join me. If several people write in, it might actually make a point.