16th and Mount Pleasant St, NW
Thanks to Terry for passing on from the National Parks Service:
“Due to a delay in contracting the mowing contract for Rock Creek Park managed areas has had a late start. For the remainder of the season the grass will be maintained between 3 and 6 inches.”
How are the District maintained pocket parks looking these days?
Nora sends from Mount Pleasant.
This rental is located at Monroe Street NW near 14th street. The Craigslist ad says:
“$2,850 / 3br – 1100ft2 – 3br rowhome with backyard for July 1! (Columbia Heights/Mount Pleasant) (more…)
As expected these sold out right quick. But they made more!! You can get your online here (they even have tote bags too) from the Mount Pleasant Library Friends: (more…)
This rental is located at 3510 16th St NW near Oak. The Craigslist ad says:
“$2,000 / 1br – 650ft2 – Light filled apartment in Mt Pleasant (Mt Pleasant) (more…)
From Mt. Pleasant Library Friends:
“Hello Friends! We just got some new t-shirts in today! The are inspired by the amazing work the @dcpunkarchive & @dcpl do in our community! (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Why has the city stopped picking up recycling? 311 online has disabled the Missed Recycling request and the city is skipping pick up in our neighborhood for 3 weeks now. These photos are from alley pick area behind 3400 block of Brown st , NW”
“Dear PoPville,
Our DC rowhouses aren’t conducive to “aging in place”. My wife and I are both getting on in years, and we’re becoming a bit unsteady on our legs, needing handrails to manage stairs. For that reason, last fall I bought a couple of nice steel handrails for our front steps, needing merely to be bolted in place.
Permits are required, because our steps are, as is frequently the case, on Public Space (and Mount Pleasant is in a Historic District). I was determined to go through the proper permit process, as an example to my ANC constituents, whom I advise to file for permits, rather than just doing the work and hoping that nobody complains.
I’ve been in Permit Purgatory for more than four months now, (more…)
Thanks to chalk_about for sharing his latest this morning.
We admired some earlier works by Chalk About in Mount Pleasant here.
Thanks to Kellie for sending: “Spotted this guy in Mt. Pleasant today and he stopped long enough for me to use portrait mode!”
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