Photo by @PuckBuddys
Thanks to everyone who’s been tweeting about the massive security presence at the Taylor’s on 14th and T St, NW. Anyone know who’s inside? The President?
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Logan Circle
1412 14th St, NW
From an email:
Lori Graham Design and Contemporary Wing [1412 14th St, NW] have finally torn down the paper and put out their signs!
Doors will be open to the public this Saturday at noon for the launch of the space’s first art exhibition presented by Contemporary Wing.
Contemporary Wing’s first exhibition in its new permanent home on 14th Street is Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi’s I’M COMING HOME. Doors will first be open to the public this Saturday, May 12 at noon (reception from 6pm to 8pm). Ilchi’s paintings explore the duality of her cultural identity as an Iranian–American. The new series reflects her ongoing interest in the fusion of visual codes of Western abstraction and traditional Persian Art, with an emphasis on the “Tazhib,” the Persian tradition of illumination the spoken word. The resulting synthesis evokes allegories of intrusion and invasion, referencing the historical and contemporary sociopolitical conflicts.
Lori Graham Design will host the grand opening of its furniture décor showroom – 1412- at the end of June, once Ilchi’s exhibition concludes.
1324 14th St, NW
Back in March we looked at the rendering for Lionel Lofts coming to 1324 14th St, NW in Logan Circle. In the rendering there was a generic bistro in the retail space. Now we know what that bistro will really be – B Too from the owner of Belga on Barracks Row. The Washington Post reports:
The ground floor of the 150-seat restaurant, a former locksmith shop, will feature a waffle bar and breakfast by day and frites served through a window at night.
The owner of B Too is aiming for a launch date of 12-12-12.
Awesome!!!
1418 12th St, NW
Pizzoli’s Pizzeria is located at 1418 12th St, NW just south of Logan Circle. Their new outdoor patio looks great:
Thanks to a reader for sending the photo of the Before I Die art project from 14th and Q St NW (the coming soon Parc Deux.) From their Web site:
It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget what really matters to you. With help from old and new friends, Candy turned the side of an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans into a giant chalkboard where residents can write on the wall and remember what is important to them. Before I Die is a public art project that invites people to reflect on their lives and share their personal aspirations in public space. Painted with chalkboard paint and stenciled with the sentence “Before I die I want to _______”, the wall becomes an enlightening way to understand your neighbors and discover what matters most to the people around you. It creates a public space for contemplation and reminds us why we want to be alive in the world today. It’s a question that changed Candy after she lost someone she loved very much, and she believes the design of our public spaces can better reflect what matters to us as a community and as individuals. This was the basis for her graduate thesis.
The responses have ranged from the funny and creative to the thoughtful and heartbreaking: Before I die I want to… sing for millions, see my daughter graduate, eat a salad with an alien, straddle the International Date Line, see the leaves change many times, be someone’s cavalry, cook a souffle, hold her one more time, help numerous children, see what I’m like as an old man, tell my mother I love her, make peace with Ohio, abandon all insecurities, be completely myself… The project was featured in Oprah Magazine and NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams, and The Atlantic called it “one of the most creative community projects ever.”
After receiving many requests from people around the world, she and her Civic Center colleagues created a new project site and a Before I Die Toolkit to help you create a wall with your community! Thanks to your passion, this wall is turning into a global participatory art project and expanding to cities around the world, including Amsterdam, Portsmouth, Querétaro, Almaty, San Diego, Lisbon, Brooklyn, London, and beyond. You can also take a piece of the dream home with you with a limited edition painting and submit your dreams on the project site. The project is growing every day and together we can make public spaces that encourage us to reflect and lead better lives. Visit beforeidie.cc for more.
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Dear PoPville,
I am writing you this email because I feel the need to share an incident that happened to my friends and I, last Friday. On April 27, 2012 my two girlfriends and I decided to go out and have drinks at Pearl Dive which is located at 14th and Q. I took the bus from Burleith where I live and headed to Dupont Circle to meet up with them and walk over together. It was 9:15PM when I met up with my friends. We decided to walk on Q street heading towards 14 street. After we passed 15th and Q, in the middle of the block (right where there is a bike store) we were attacked by two guys. They were nicely dressed and didn’t look like muggers. I was walking one step forward and when I heard the noise behind me, I turned. The first guy had grabbed both of my girlfriends, yelling “give it to me” referring to my friend’s cellphone. Initially, all three of us thought that he was most probably harassing us and not robbing us. The minute I turned and got engaged to the whole incident, a second guy showed up, who started dragging my friend to the ground in order to get her phone. In the meantime, I was fighting with the guy, who saw that I had a purse passed through my chest to the side. The fact, that I resisted really changed his whole behavior. He held me from my scarf and forced me to the ground where he continuously kicked me in order to get my purse. I kept yelling for help, which infuriated him and made him kick my head and face multiple times. To be honest, I wasn’t even physically able to give him my purse because of the level of violence he was forcing upon me. In the end of course, he took my whole purse and they both flew away through an alley.
I am sure that there are numerous events like ours every day in the streets of DC, however I felt that there were a few things that differ in our situation. I need to point out that we were three girls walking all together and I wasn’t by myself. We were walking in a “good” area of DC right between Dupont and Logan Circle, early at night; it was 9:25PM when it happened. We took Q street, which has a lot of restaurants and people were sitting outside that night. Finally, the violence these two men exerted on us was brutal. Unfortunately, even though the whole incident lasted almost a minute which is a long time for this kind of situations, no one came to our rescue. There were some people that saw us from their houses but did not intervene; and a taxi that was on Q saw my third friend in the middle of the street asking for help but he stopped 30 feet away waiting for the incident to end, and then continued its trip. I would never blame the woman that saw us through her window and called the police, why she didn’t come out. I understand the fear and hesitation. However, being in this position now, I feel that as citizens we need to intervene more. When this kind of events happen, open your door, yell police, somehow contribute so the muggers might run away. As for the taxi driver, he could have easily honked but he didn’t even stop to check how we were doing after the two guys had already left. Again, I want to be understanding but at the same time there is a reason these two, had the nerves to attack three women at 9:30PM in a very central area of DC.
The police told us that unfortunately there is an increase in crime lately and thieves target especially women with cellphones. This is exactly what attracted these two men initially. My friend was emailing at that point with her blackberry when the first guy attacked us and demanded her phone.
I live in DC for 4 years now and this has never happened to me before. I always felt very safe, especially in places like Dupont. I just wanted to share this story because I feel my fellow DC residents need to be more alert and prepared. I don’t want to say that I don’t feel safe anymore but definitely my perception of my surroundings has changed. I bought a panic button and the police informed us that a pepper spray is legal in DC as long as you report it to the police station. I don’t use my phone while walking and I am definitely not taking streets that have alleys or are kinda dark. These two guys were definitely waiting at that alley and chose to attack when no one else was at that block.
I hope that you might be able to share our story or talk about this kind of events. I think it is important that DC people are more aware of what is going on around us.
From MPD:
“The Third District is investigating a shooting which occurred in the 1400 block of R Street, NW, at approximately 10:15 PM.”
DCPoliceDept tweeted:
“1400 blk of R St NW / A/M shot in the leg conscious and breathing L/O for (2) B/M’s (1) wearing a gray shirt (2) wht shirt, blue jeans”
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1320 14th St, NW
A couple of weeks ago we learned a bit about The Pig’s menu coming to 1320 14th St, NW in Logan Circle May 14th. I see now that the full menu is posted on the storefront. There was a bit of a glare but I think you can still see:
Continues after the jump. (more…)
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1121 14th St, NW
Great news for fans of Chix DC – they’re opening a 2nd restaurant at 1121 14th St, NW just south of Thomas Circle. The first Chix is located at 2019 11th St, NW just north of U Street.
You can see their menu here. For those not familiar:
“chix is committed to providing natural, healthy, delicious, affordable, quick latin-flavored meals in a casual environment.”
We’ve previously judged the original location here.
The second location at 1121 14th St, NW will be a bit bigger at 2200 square feet. And if all goes according to plan they’ll be open by late Sept./early Oct. 2012.
2019 11th St, NW
When completed, this new building’s retail space will be home to Bakehouse:
“Our menu will consist of house-made baked goods and high quality coffees and teas. We’ll serve updated classics with modern flavor profiles.”
