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“Dear PoPville,

There’s construction in my neighborhood, and this rolling debris container has been parked for quite sometime – For 2 weeks past the expiration date of their emergency no parking sign. This is in Newton St NW in Mt Pleasant. I’ve tried contacting the Department of Transportation, a few days ago. And it seems nothing has been done.

Parking is tight in my neighborhood and the workers try to block parking overnight every night with trash cans and caution tape. The construction vehicles have Maryland tags, and it appears that they park all day every day with impunity. (Which is interesting because the parking enforcement in my neighborhood is normally very strict, and the street parking only allows 2 hours for non residents.)

I also want to add that I believe that their permit is for 3 spaces but they routinely try to block off 4 to 5 spaces, and it’s unclear from the placement of the signs exactly what 3 spaces they are blocking.”


1910 Park Road Northwest

This rental is located at 1910 Park Road, Northwest. The listing says:

“Located in Historic Mt. Pleasant. Spacious garden Apt w/700 sqft. 8 ft ceilings. Great afternoon sun. Large living-room, eat-in kitchen. Washer/Dryer. Wireless. Off-street parking. Bus lines at corner. Easy walk to Red and Green Metro lines. Minutes from walking/biking/running in Rock Creak Park. Close walk to U St and Adams Morgan. Rent includes all gas. Ideal space for comfortable urban living.”

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You can see more photos here.

This 1 bed/1 bath is going for $1,850/Mo.


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Thanks to Jack for sending:

“The driver of this Capitol Paving dump truck snagged a street tree leaning out over 19th Street in Mount Pleasant. Then, instead of getting out to find out why her truck wasn’t moving, she just stuck it into low gear and let ‘er rip. And down came the Norway Maple at the corner of 19th and Lamont.”


3228 Walbridge Place Northwest

This rental is located at 3228 Walbridge Place, Northwest. The listing says:

“Beautifully renovated basement apartment. Dedicated parking spot. Tile floors throughout. Gorgeous walk in shower. Fireplace. Kitchen has granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. Combination washer/dryer. Rent includes water, internet, phone, cable, and security system. Tenant responsible for electric.”

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You can see more photos here.

This 1 bed/1 bath is going for $1,500/Mo.


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3155 Mt. Pleasant St, NW

One reader tweets us:

Habit in MTP is open. More Tryst than Filter. M-F 7-2, Sa-Su 8-2 Nice people, good tunes, PM lounge coming soon.”

This is the former speakeasy space below Radius next to Purple Patch.  Updates when more info is known on the lounge.  I also peeked inside on Saturday morning:

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Also Purple Patch is now open for brunch

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From MPD:

“In the early morning hours of Sunday May 17th, tires were slashed on numerous vehicles in the Mt. Pleasant Street area. Based on video footage recovered from several buildings, 4D officers and detectives were able to identify a suspect. An arrest warrant was obtained today and 4D officers located the suspect placing him under arrest. The suspect is identified as 19 year-old Walter Portillo of the 1300 block of Kenyon Street, NW.”


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Photo by PoPville flickr user brunofish

“Dear PoPville,

I recently moved to Mt. Pleasant (yay!). We’ve quickly come to realize that on a daily basis, sometimes early in the morning, other times just during a day, a man is walking down the street singing as loud as he can, top of his lungs type of thing, the whole way. He’s usually singing in Spanish, which I speak, but I haven’t been able to make out exactly what it is he’s singing. I’ve heard him at random times of day, 8 am, 5pm, you name it.

I’m all for self expression but he seems keenly apt on making as much noise as possible. He’s not doing anything illegal (as far as I understand) and it’s not like he sits outside of our building yelling all day. I’m more just curious if anyone knows the back story to our neighborhood serenader.”


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