This rental is located at 2901 18th Street, NW. The Craigslist ad says:
“$1649 / 1br – 710ft2 – Shopping, Dining &Entertainment Within Steps & Easy access to downtown Read More
1763 Lanier Place, NW
Thanks to Tali and Kevin for sending: “1905 water pump by the Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights fire station. Hard to imagine fighting fires with this horse drawn carriage back in the day!” Read More
Stephanie asks:
“I have a mystery only you can solve. Why is this taped to the (imo amazing) vacant house at 2800 Adams Mill?”
I don’t know. I saw this in Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights, I believe this is in front of a Bed and Breakfast which is even stranger, anyway I have some thoughts. Dear God do I have some thoughts. But in the interim – caption contest – go!!
Photo by PoPville flickr user Bekah Richards
“Dear PoPville,
Tuesday evening (3/27) around 8:30pm, I was walking NW on Adams Mill Road toward the zoo, on the west side of the street. I noticed four young men come out of Walter Pierce Park behind me and follow me. Since it was not particularly late, I wasn’t concerned at first, but looking back, I noticed that they all wore parka hoodies and had the hoods pulled up over their heads, and they weren’t speaking. The street was getting darker as I walked down the hill past Ontario Road, and I decided against putting my earbuds in so I could focus on what was happening behind me, as it appeared they were walking quickly, catching up to me. Read More
Fabiana sent the photo above and asked: “This is 14 St NW between Randolph and Shepherd. What happened?”
Amber replied: “Spoke to officer and they are executing a search warrant.”
3925 14th Street, NW
Steve reported around 10pm:
“Astrid pool hall was just raided. The FBI swat team ran through and there are about 10 old guys handcuffed out front. It looked like only one or two were arrested.”
via google maps
Harry reported shots fired in Truxton Circle around 11pm:
“Not seeing this yet on the MPD twitter, but last night around 11pm I heard about 7-10 gunshots in the 200 block of Q Street, NW. MPD arrived promptly, swept the area, found casings through the street.“
And Benjamin passes on from Adams Morgan around 10pm:
I was robbed at gunpoint tonight while taking a walk near the Walter Pierce Park in NW DC. Just got done dealing with the police. Grateful to be alive.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 17, 2018
MPD reported:
“Alert: Robbery (Gun) at 2213 hrs in the 1800 block of Ontario Pl NW. Lookout for a B/M, 6’4″ with facial hair, black clothing, black bandanna, armed with a handgun.”
The following was written by PoPville contributor David McAuley, founder of Short Articles about Long Meetings.
via Office of Zoning files
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1C/Adams Morgan, at its regularly-scheduled meeting on May 2, voted unanimously to oppose an attempt to increase the height of a residential building at 1766 Lanier Place NW. The proposed expansion requires the developers to get zoning relief, which is what brought the matter before the ANC.
The property is in an area which was “downzoned” in 2016, after residents successfully persuaded the DC Zoning Commission to change the area’s zoning designation (today called “RF-1”) so that buildings were limited to three stories of no more than 35 feet total. Read More
Thanks to Kate for sending this awesome Library bench outside Joseph’s House on Lanier Place.
Steve writes:
“Just a timely reminder that the holiday porch bandits are in full swing!
If anyone can ID this guy helping himself to our package on Lanier, we would love to share any info with the police!”
Photo by PoPville flickr user nevermindtheend
“Dear PoPville,
I’m wondering if you might be able to help me right a wrong in my neighborhood that has proven difficult to address. We park on the street in Lanier heights, which is nestled between Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights and mount Pleasant. It can be a pain depending on when you are looking for a spot. (As an illustration: a couple weeks ago my wife had a spot stolen from her by some guy who then verbally berated her for being angry that he had stolen the spot she waited 10 minutes for. It took her 20 mins to find another spot)
There is a large parking spot outside of an apartment building called the Chalfonte. The spot in question is on the south side of Harvard where it intersects with Argonne Place, and is big enough to fit a small car and a smart car, a REALLY big car, or a big-ish car like a Jeep SUV and a motorcycle.
The issue is that I’ve noticed over the last few weeks that it is ALWAYS the same black jeep and the same motorcycle parked there. Read More
