“Dear PoPville,
1800 block of Biltmore St, NW at noon, third district commander Jim Boteler made the actual arrest of an individual doing smash and grabs out of cars with a side of physical assault. The commander noticed that he had a bag in which there was a clearly visible gun, arrested the man and K9 found the gun Thrown away down the street.“
Thanks to Mary for sending earlier this morning “on Rhode Island by Connecticut.”
Thanks to Ana for sending Sunday around 2:25pm at Connecticut and Kalorama.
“Dear PoPville,
2151 California St., formerly the oddly named The Amelia & Paul, as of yesterday has changed it’s name to the equally odd The Bobbi”
This rental is located at 2001 Kalorama RD NW. The Craigslist ad says: (more…)
The memorial is on Sheridan Circle near Embassy Row and Massachusetts Ave, NW. From Wikipedia:
“On September 21, 1976, Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt were killed by a car bomb in the circle. Letelier had been foreign minister in the ousted Allende government of Chile. (more…)
1875 Connecticut Ave, NW
Office Depot opened here back in 2013. A worker tells me that their last month will likely be late September. (more…)
photo by Lorie Shaull
“Dear PoPville,
I just moved to Kalorama and there is a man who has a megaphone rigged up on 23rd and Bancroft every day and I see him at 6:45 AM when I go to work and 7 PM when I return blasting what sounds like (more…)
This rental is located at 2000 Connecticut Ave NW near California Street NW. The Craigslist ad says: (more…)
“Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1886-1987, Oil on canvas, 23.5 x 28.5 in. (59.6 x 72.3), Acquired 1925, The Phillips Collection”
From a press release:
“The Phillips Collection has been awarded Bank of America’s 2023 Art Conservation Project Grant for the conservation of two paintings by the influential French artist Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Seminal to the permanent collection of America’s first museum of modern art, Cézanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire (1886-1887) and Self-Portrait (1878-1880)—which are in constant demand for exhibitions and loans—are receiving extensive treatment for the first time in forty-five years. Their conservation will transform the appearance of the two compositions, revealing their strength currently obscured by deteriorated varnishes, while also affording scholars the opportunity to examine the artist’s process in the process. (more…)