1200 N Street Northwest

This rental is located at 1200 N Street, Northwest:

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The listing says:

“Perfect location, Conveniently located near 3 Metro stops, shopping restaurants, Verizon Center and more. Renovated kitchen with granite and stainless. Upgraded baths with ceramic tile. Sparkling wood floors through out. Large balcony. Be a part of the hip crown and just move. Text for rent special code. Free garage parking for 1 year.”

You can see more photos here.

This 2 bed/2 bath is going for $3,000/Mo.


1325 13th Street Northwest

This rental is located at 1325 13th Street, Northwest:

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The listing says:

“Rare opportunity! Gorgeous 2-level townhouse with a garage parking space at The Iowa. Hardwoods throughout, updated kitchen and baths, spacious balcony overlooking scenic courtyard. Ideal location within short walking distance of everything Logan Circle has to offer. Rent will increase to $4,250.00 with pet, OWC dogs only on a case-by case basis. Call for lb combo.”

You can see more photos here.

This 3 bed/2.5 bath is going for $4,200/Mo.


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1612 14th Street, NW

From an email:

Dueling Dog Basket: Every Sunday throughout football season, there will be a friendly competition for “top dog” at Black Jack. Guests can order a “dueling dog basket” for $10, featuring two all natural beef hot dogs, one topped with gumbo and crispy fried onions, and the other toped with étouffée and crispy fried crawfish. Guests who vote for their favorite will be entered to win a $25 bar tab. A winner will be announced each week.

Buckets of Canned Beer: A rotating selection of four canned beers for $10 will be available. Every Sunday Bar Manager E Jay Apaga will pick his favorites to feature.

All Day Sunday Happy Hour: This Sunday tradition continues with half price draft beers, half price pizzas, half price Dive Burgers, half price Addie’s Mussels, and $5 Red/White/Sparkling wine from open to close.

Redskins Hours: During football season Black Jack’s Sunday hours will follow the Redskins schedule. They will open early for any Redskins games that begin before their normal opening time of 3pm on Sundays, and will broadcast every Redskins game with sound over the speakers.”


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“Dear PoPville,

At the ANC 2F (Logan Circle) meeting on Wednesday (Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW), we are going to start the meeting early, at 6:30, to address the recent gun violence in our neighborhood and the city’s plan to address continuing criminal activity in the area. Councilman Jack Evans, MPD Chief Lanier, and 3D Commander Kishter will all be there.”


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1622 14th Street, NW

A few weeks ago we noted that the Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar coming to the former BodySmith Gym space next to Miss Pixie’s was looking awesome. And now it’s ready to open. The place looks incredible. I stopped by yesterday while staff was being trained and was told they would quietly open up one day this week.

They’ve added an incredible new outdoor dining area:

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A reader sends in the photos and writes at 7:15pm:

“It’s the abdo/McWilliams Ballard property – about 8 trucks have responded – some in alley behind Logan hardware but that building seems fine”

This is on 14th Street, NW just north of Rhode Island Ave.

@IAFF36 reports:

“Working Fire: 1404 14th At NW – Fire now under control – 1 FF transported to hospital with injuries”

MPD reports at 8:05pm:

“DCFEMS has knocked down a fire on the 2nd Flr. of 1404 14th St. NW. 14th St. NW is OPEN from R.I. Ave to P St. NW.”

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1333 14th Street, NW

Last week we learned a a new coffee shop (with cocktails) was coming to Logan Circle. They’ve now applied for a liquor license and it reveals an interesting detail – Roof deck summer garden:

“New Tavern. Pastry shop/coffee house serving small plates. Sidewalk Café and Roof deck Summer Garden. Occupancy load is 160.”

Hours will be Sunday through Saturday 7 am – 2 am.

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“Dear PoPville,

Where is Le Diplomat parking all of the cars they valet? The can’t even find reasonable parking for their delivery trucks and frequently block the driveway behind the restaurant (see Pic above).

I’ve noticed a large decrease in parking in the neighborhood since they have opened. What are the rules for valet companies? Do they need to have designated parking to run a valet stand or is it typical for them to use on street parking?

On a side note (and I can’t prove it) I’ve seen an increase in orange cones in parking spaces in the evening where no construction or maintenance is being performed (coincidence?).”


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11th and Rhode Island Ave, NW

“Dear PoPville,

While we usually try to stay out of the blogosphere commentary, I felt compelled to simply clarify the facts and circumstances of our project and the vision we are trying to execute.  Also, I would like everyone reading to understand that we are local residents and tenants as well.  The majority of our team (including the owners) live within blocks of this site and our corporate offices are located literally across the street.  We have completed 3 projects in the neighborhood in the last 2 years and fully embrace and appreciate the balance of great design, appropriate scale and community impacts – which I believe our previous approval processes represent well – we always attempt to garner as much neighborhood feedback as possible.  The bottom line is that in these relatively tight urban sites, the 50 year old zoning regulations are not always contemplative (that would be impossible) of every possible building design or scope that makes a project both physically and financially viable.  And while I wish our requested variances were giving us some sort of financial windfall, they are not.  We are simply trying to develop a high–quality neighborhood asset that is financially viable and works within the unique site constraints, shape and environmental issues that exist there today.
REQUEST:  WE INVITE ALL SUPPORTERS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TO PLEASE JOIN US AT THE ANC PRESENTATION.  TONIGHT AT 7PM.
Below is a summary of the questions looming by the community, which hopefully at least provide some factual clarification as to our plans: (more…)

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11th and Rhode Island Ave, NW

“Dear PoPville,

The building is slated to be built literally in my backyard on the east side of Logan Circle. My neighbors and I are all very receptive to the development — any neighbor will be better than Diamond Cab — but it seems like every zoning variance the developer is requesting is simply to make more money and increase density, squeezing an extra 10% – 20% of space and efficiency at the loss of neighborhood parking, permeable ground cover, etc.

Zoning regulations exist for a reason, and neighbors have come to a consensus that they should enforced.

There are also environmental concerns related to the developer’s desire to not fully remediate the contaminated soils here (the site has had ~9 underground tanks on it over the years). The developer basically says that it would be an undue burden to remove these soils, and the deeper they dig, the more contamination they expect to find. It seems to me that the if a developer knows they’re purchasing a contaminated site, then they really ought to plan to clean it up, especially if they’re planning on creating below-grade residences. The local ANC and DC agencies should look out for the public good in making sure a structure than may stand for 5 or more decades is not built on soil that is known to contain volatile gasoline and diesel residues.

This event / hearing is on Wednesday night at 7pm at the Washington Plaza and we’d encourage all interested neighbors and community members to attend.”

From momsinlogancircle:

I wanted to let fellow neighbors and parents know about plans to develop the Diamond Cab property on the corner of 11th and Rhode Island Ave. The developer, CAS Riegler, is proposing to build a 4+ story building with 40-50 condo units. They are requesting an area variance for 13 parking spaces as opposed to the 20-25 that are legally required, which will make parking extremely difficult in that vicinity. In addition, the building will have 2 retail stores adding to the parking burden. There are additional area variances and special exceptions the developer is requesting.

If you are concerned about parking in Logan and the precedence this will set for other developments in the area please attend the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2F, Community Development Committee (CDC) Meeting on Wednesday, September 25 at 7PM at the Washington Plaza Hotel (10 Thomas Circle).

Rendering of proposed bldg at 1101 Rhode Island


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