Fort Totten

Dear PoPville – Frightening Break-in Yesterday in Ft. Totten

By Prince Of Petworth


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Dear PoPville,

Yesterday around 10 am on the 5100 block of N Capitol St, NW my wife was giving our 8 month old a bath when someone rang the door bell 3 times, she disregarded it thinking it was a voter visit or Jehova’s witnesses. While she was upstairs someone opened our screen door in the front of the house and jumped through the window, grabbed the keys off of the kitchen counter and attempted to steal the car parked out back. Luckily the person wasn’t successful because it didn’t seem like they knew how to drive a stick. They backed the car out in the alley, could get it going and fled.

My wife didn’t realize what happened until she came downstairs and saw the back door open and the car out of its spot and in the alley. The police came and fingerprints were taken.

Terrifying.

Memorial Park Project RFP for the 2009 Metro Red Line train crash

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo of Red Line Metro Collision June 22, 2009 by @technosailor

From the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities:

The purpose of this RFP is to commission an artist, landscape architect, or design team to develop an artistic concept for a memorial park and to fabricate the artistic elements to be included in a permanent memorial. The memorial is intended to honor the remembrance of the nine victims, first respondents and others whose lives were altered by the 2009 D.C. Metrorail Red Line train collision. The selected artist, landscape architect, or design team will work in collaboration with the District Department of General Services (DGS) to install all artistic elements of the permanent memorial park.

The memorial park should allow for meditation, remembrance, reflection, hope and renewal. Accommodations are inclusive of an entrance marker, public artwork, seating, play area, pedestrian walk way, landscaping and solar lighting etc. along with other environmentally sustainable features.

The memorial will be located within the existing park land area, just beyond the corner of South Dakota and New Hampshire Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20011

ELIGIBILITY
This commission is open to Artists, Architects/Landscape Architects, and Design Professional teams. All members of the team must be practicing, professionals residing in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area.

BUDGET
The design and artwork fabrication budget is $200,000, which must include the site specific design honorarium (awarded to three semi-finalists), artists’ fees, and costs associated with the design, fabrication, transportation, insurance and documentation of the artwork.

Tues. Afternoon Rental Option – Ft. Totten

By Prince Of Petworth

This rental is located at 90 Webster St, NE:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“Small, 1-bedroom apartment in NE DC (a 10-min walk to the Brookland/CUA or Fort Totten Metro stations [red line]). The apartment is sized 430-450 SF, and it has great amenities (stainless steel fridge/dishwasher/stove/microwave, hardwood floors, washer/dryer in unit, marble tile in bathroom, jacuzzi tub, ADT security system provided by the landlord, ample off street parking. Owner may also be able to offer some basement storage. The unit is located on the first floor. Asking $1150/mo. Security Deposit equal to 1 month’s rent. Tenant is responsible for electric and cable (apartment is cable-ready). Very convenient to Catholic, Trinity, and Howard U, as well as access to downtown DC.

*****Can be offered furnished or unfurnished.”

$1150 sound right for this 1 bedroom?

Mon. Afternoon Rental Option – Petworth/Ft. Totten (reader request)

By Prince Of Petworth

This rental is located at 4925 First St. NW:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“This home is conveniently located close to shopping and within a 10 minute walk to the Fort Totten Metro. The home features:

– Brand New Appliances including a DISHWASHER
– Recently renovated Kitchen featuring a mosaic tile backsplash
– Gleaming “Hardwood” Floors
– Sunroom
– Close to Metro and major bus routes
– Across from well maintained single-family housing
– Deposit Required
– $30 Application Fee

Bedrooms: 1 Plus Sunroom
Bathrooms: 1 Full
Located on Floor #: 2nd
Floors in Bldg: 2
Square Footage: 700
Parking Spaces: On Street
Pets Allowed: Cats”

Does $855 sound reasonable for this 1br + Sunroom?

Weekend Crime Report – Good news Bad news edition

By Prince Of Petworth


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From MPD around 6:30pm Sat. evening:

“A short time ago there was a robbery at 5th Street and O Street, NW. A homeless victim was shot in the neck and received non-life threatening injuries. Officers deployed in the area made one arrest and recovered the handgun used in the offense.”


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From MPD around 6:50pm Sat. evening:

“At about 6:50 pm, a radio run was dispatched to Fourth District units for “The sounds of gunshots” in the area behind the 5000 block of 1st St., NW. Officers Burggraf & Gelsomino were the first to arrive in the area, assisted by other Fourth District officers. They canvassed the cemetery that abuts the dispatched location on foot. They located a male adult subject walking in the cemetery which is closed after dark. The officers’ ensuing investigation led to the recovery of two hand guns. The subject admitted to firing off a round in the cemetery. He was placed under arrest & charged with Carrying a Pistol without a License. Great job by the officers in doing a very thorough investigation resulting in the removal of this dangerous felon from our neighborhood!”


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And more good news regarding one of the attacks from the 1300 block of Pennsylvania Ave, SE. From MPD Sunday morning:

“This morning a juvenile suspect was arrested for the assault of a female last week that occurred in the 1300blk of PA Ave SE

The victim sustained a fractured jaw as a result of this apparent unprovoked attack.

First District Detectives worked this case tirelessly and received help from our community until we were able to identify the juvenile suspect. He was arrested this morning at his residence without incident.

As this is a juvenile no additional information can be released.”

Mon. Afternoon Rental Option – Ft. Totten (Owner Request)

By Prince Of Petworth

This rental is located at 1st Place NE at Webster St NE:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“Renting a 1 bedroom/1 bath apartment in the Brookland Neighborhood.

Apartment details (see below)

• Wonderful one-bedroom, one bath apartment in a garden condo community is available for rent as early as November 1.
• Located few blocks from Catholic University and H8 bus stop which takes you to Brookland-CUA Metro & Rhode Island Metro (RED LINE)
• Near the Brookland(RED LINE) and Fort Totten Metro( RED/GREEN LINE) Stations
• Completely renovated new appliances including: stainless steel refrigerator, central a/c, dish washer, microwave oven, secure keyless entry system
• Huge bedroom with lots of closet space and carpeted floors
* Spacious carpeted living area w/ an open floor plan
• Great access to natural light
* On site laundry facilities”

From the map this looks more like Ft. Totten than Brookland though Brookland isn’t too far away. Does $1100 sound reasonable for this 1 bedroom?

Fri. Afternoon Rental Option – Ft. Totten (Reader Request)

By Prince Of Petworth

This complex is located at 5210 3rd St, NE:


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The Craigslist ad says:

Prices range from $1200 for a studio to $1870 for a 2 bedroom. You can find more details on their Web site here.

The reader writes:

“Have you heard anything about the Fort Totten Station apartments? I am wondering if any of your readers have any thoughts on the complex… I do think their actual prices were a bit more inflated then what they are advertising on CL. I was looking at one of their 1 BR + Den and it was $1700.”

Anyone familiar with this complex? What do you guys think – do those prices sound reasonable?

Development News for North Country – Fort Totten

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by norbert.

Thanks to a number of readers for sending these updates. First for Ft. Totten from the Washington Post:

“The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation received final approval Monday night from the D.C. Zoning Commission to move forward with its plans to transform the landscape of a Northeast Washington neighborhood by building a multimillion-dollar, transit-oriented development in Fort Totten.

The foundation plans to build Art Place and Shops at Fort Totten — a project that will include housing, a grocery store, a children’s museum, a senior center, and cultural and arts space — on 17 acres it owns between the Fort Totten Metro station and South Dakota Avenue NE.”

And for Walter Reed from the Washington Business Journal:

“In the first solicitation, Fenty’s economic development team, headed by Deputy Mayor Valerie Santos, is seeking a consultant to help create a master plan for the site, including transportation, landscape architecture and historic preservation services.

Separately, the city is seeking a real estate development firm to provide a financial and technical analysis of redevelopment potential for the site. Both solicitations were issued Dec. 8 with a deadline of Jan. 8, 2010 and much of the work is expected to be done by the fall of 2010.”

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