This rental is located at 1445 Ogden St, NW:


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The listing says:

“Walk into this completely renovated home and you will never want to leave. Units have brand new hardwood flooring while others have perfectly refinished hardwoods. The kitchen has been completely re-done with granite counter tops, tile flooring, built in microwaves and a breakfast bar. If closet space is what you need. . .this home is for you. Rather it’s a studio, one bedroom or two bedrooms. . .we have you covered with plenty of closet space.

Professionally managed by Borger Management featuring — loads of natural sunlight, beautifully manicured landscaping , crispy hardwood flooring, on site laundry facility, walking distance to Columbia Heights metro, a few blocks from major grocery stores, Target, Marshalls, Best Buy, Chipotle, Panda Express, Starbucks, Adams Morgan, Downtown DC and Wisconsin Ave.

Who needs a car with a location like this?

We are located inside the heart of the City!

We offer all utilities paid Except electric, free window treatments, A/C, cable ready, ceiling fans, on duty security, 24 hour emergency maintenance, on site management office, front desk service from 8am — 6pm Monday — Thursday 8am – 5pm Friday.”

This 1 bed/1 bath is going for $1519/Mo.


Lots of folks have been wondering about the status of the Z Burger coming to the Tivoli (remember when this was Mayorga coffee?) in Columbia Heights:

From Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05) via the Columbia Heights Listserv:

There will be one FINAL community meeting with Z Burger in an attempt to resolve the three remaining issues of contention surrounding Z Burger’s sidewalk cafe (NE corner 14th St & Park Rd NW) application to the DDOT Public Space Committee. The issues, in order of concern, are:

1) proposed removal/relocation of an existing granite bench
2) proposed fencing around the seating area
3) number and arrangement of seats

The meeting will be:
Mon. Apr. 23
7pm
Park Triangle Apts., rooftop
1375 Kenyon St NW

Please attend if you can. Your voice is important to helping Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1A – www.anc1a.org – make the best decision when it votes on the application at its Wed. May 9 meeting.

The community’s desired alternative proposal and Z Burger’s best counter (Option 1) are attached for your review.

alt community CAFE PLAN

Z Burger OPTION 1 CAFE PLAN

Ed. Note: Multiple inquiries I’ve made with Z Burger about their status remain unanswered.


Normally I wait a bit longer to judge new restaurants but I’ve been getting so many positive emails I wanted to share the good early word. Maple is located at 3418 11th St, NW next to Columbia Heights Coffee. Their website says:

“Modern American menu with Italian influences. Extensive selection of wine. Craft beers and specialty cocktails.”

You can see their menu here. Any must order items?

Sunday – Wednesday 5 p.m. to midnight
Thursday – Saturday 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Mondays closed


Last week I shared some scuttlebutt from a reader saying that Columbia Heights’ Best Buy was on the list of 50 Best Buys that will close. False alarm, false alarm. Thanks to everyone who sent in links from Best Buy’s PR department. One reader summed it up best:

“Looks like our local Best Buy is in the clear, whether that’s good or bad is up for debate of course.”


Dear PoPville,

I took this picture with my phone around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. It’s at the Giant in Columbia Heights. There was a massive mess in one of the aisles, so big that at least three employees were cleaning it up. It also seemed like an entire set of shelves was removed to help get rid of the mess. Any idea what caused this?

Anyone happen to know what happened?


A couple of weeks ago Best Buy announced it would be closing 50 big box stores around the country in 2013. While the list of stores had not been released a reader shares some scuttlebutt that Columbia Heights’ location in DC USA (14th and Irving St, NW) is on the list.

If accurate, do you think this would be a big loss for the DC USA mall or do you do most of your electronics shopping in Target anyway?

At least DSW is still coming…


A reader sends in the photo at 8:34am and sums up the situation succinctly:

“So, this is happening.”

Ugh. Anyone know what caused the back up? So far no word from WMATA’s twitter feed.

Pablo updates with this great photo:


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