Mount Pleasant

Filming at 18th and Lamont Streets, NW

Thanks to a Mt. P reader for sending the heads up:

“It is for a four part documentary on energy. The first should air around July 3rd. They aren’t sure of the title yet but something about energy or power or future. Probably a combination of the three words. It’s hosted by the guy in red behind the white car named Sanjin. They will have a part about the MtP solar co-op.

And just last week I noted how good the Mt. Pleasant temporary library was looking at 3162 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW. Sadly there was an SUV crash in the alley Tues. afternoon and the library has been closed until the structural damage has been assessed. DC Public Library Spokesman George Williams will let me know when the library is able to re-open.

We learned that the Mt. Pleasant library has closed for extensive renovations and that a temporary library would open up on Mt. Pleasant Street for approximately 17 months. As you can see it is located at 3162 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW near the 7-11.  When I stopped by yesterday it had a nice open layout with multiple computer stations.  The computer stations, around a dozen or so, not seen in the photo below were already nearly full. I think for a temp library this one looks pretty good.

Photo from PoPville flickr user rosiedawn

“Dear PoP,

Last night we were robbed again! Between the hours of 2am – 5am. The thief ripped out a window screen on a back porch and jiggled open an old window that did not have a lock on it (as of this afternoon it does). Our house has an alarm but we do not normally activate it while we are all home. Thankfully the thief only stole a couple of small electronics that were within eye sight and reach.”

and

“Dear PoP,

My roommate was cooking in the kitchen in the back of the house and heard a noise upstairs from her bedroom, which is directly above the kitchen. She didn’t think anything of it and went back to cooking. A little bit later she went to her room and noticed her window (no bars on the window) was open. She then walked down the hallway to talk to another roommate and ask if the landlord was putting our window units in. When she said “No” she walked back to her room and saw someone on the back porch running away. (She has a small porch off her room on the second level, so the person had climbed up to the second floor porch, probably using the neighbors porch which is slightly higher than our back porch, opened the window and then who knows what transpired between the time he opened the window and she saw him). A short chase ensued with the help of a neighbor, but the guy ended up grabbing a bike that he had left on the corner and riding away. The cops were called, and they had seen the bike and were actually in the area looking for someone suspicious.”

Both of these incidents took place in Mt. Pleasant so remember to lock your windows.