Wow, there are tons of plans in the works. The question as always is when they will begin. You can see the locations and renderings here. I’ll be sure to update as these projects move along.
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Mount Vernon Squangle
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Photo courtesy of The Triangle Blog
“Dear PoP,
Has anyone tried these guys out?
The rig is pretty impressive, but more importantly what about the food? Would love to know who has the best BBQ here in the city. I live in the Bloomingdale neighborhood and it would rock to have a BBQ place close by. There is a BBQ place on RI Ave by the Getty Station but really doesn’t look like it does any business…nor does it look sanitary. Would love to hear what people have to say.”
Wow, this looks pretty cool. Mt. Vernon Triangle blog wrote about it here. It is located on the corner of 6th 4th and New York Ave, NW. DC Pit BBQ is Georgia based but features Kansas City Style BBQ. Anyone give them a try yet?
Ed. Note: We’ve previously discussed BBQ spots here, and here and here and here.
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Thanks to a reader for sending:
“Have you seen the new “art” outside the city vista busboys (5th and K Street, NW). Not a fan of the form, but I am going to drunk climb all over that.”
It certainly is interesting. I’ll have to go back and take some daytime photos. But from the reader’s photo, what do you guys think – thumbs up or down?
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Back in September a reader mentioned some new art going up at the Convention Center. In addition to M St. there is also art on L as well where I found this one. It put a big smile on my face.
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Back in June I mentioned that Taylor’s was opening up a second location in the Mt. Vernon Triangle neighborhood (485 K St., NW in the City Vista building). Tuesday evening they had a pre-opening for bloggers/media etc. This spot opens to the public on Friday at 11am. I asked about their delivery radius but they weren’t 100% certain yet. They may deliver as far as Logan Circle and areas of Dupont. More on the delivery radius when it becomes finalized. As I said before, the folks who live nearby are supremely lucky to get this addition.
I am happy to report that the sandwiches were as delicious as they are at their original H Street, NE location. I always get one of the prosciutto sandwiches. This one had prosciutto, provolone, roasted red peppers and lettuce:
The store looks great too, it had a very similar feel and look to the original store. I thought the lights were the coolest part:
More photos after the jump. (more…)
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In real life, hipchickindc is licensed as a real estate broker in the District of Columbia and Virginia, and as a real estate salesperson in Maryland. Unless specifically noted, neither she nor the company that she is affiliated with represented any of the parties or were directly involved in the transaction reported below. Unless otherwise noted, the source of information is Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS), which is the local multiple listing system. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Featured Property: 433 M St NW
Original List Price: $1,099,000.
List Price at Contract: $999,000.
List Date: 05/04/2009
Days on Market: 101 days (there is a withdrawn listing that was on for 33 days and then the most recent listing for 68 days. Typically, the total listing time will show under the tag DOM-Prop unless there has been a 90 day break between listings. For some reason, the time that the withdrawn listing was on the market did not register in the total).
Settled Sales Price: $965,000.
Settlement Date: 09/30/2009
Seller Subsidy: $0.
Bank Owned?: No
Type Of Financing: Conventional with $315,000. down payment.
Original GDoN Post is: Here.
Virtual Tour is: Here.
Recent Listing is: Here.
The Good Deal or Not (GDoN) post for this property was published back when the property was offered for sale at over $1,000,000. It ended up settling for over $100,000. less than the original list price, but still well north of $900,000. The location and price made for some good heated GDoN discussion.
CABHF commented that “The 400 block of M is my favorite street in the whole city.” From an architectural perspective, this is also one of my favorite blocks. There are some truly lovely and unique properties and interesting history, as well. I recently brokered the acquisition of 444 M St NW, which is currently under construction and will soon re-emerge as M Street Flats.
Someone noted that “The property was bought for $80k (you read that right) back in ’02…”, which is not quite accurate. Tax records indicate what appears to be a transfer among owners, so more likely one owner bought out the other. In 1995, the property was purchased for $180,000.
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“Dear PoP,
I wanted to let you know about some new artwork in the display cases outside the Convention Center at Mt. Vernon Square. The cases are under the Convention Center bridge, which I pass everyday walking from the metro to work. They’ve been empty forever, it’s great to seem them put to use, and there are some really interesting pieces. I especially like the DC street map done in yarn and pins. If you’re down that way you should check it out.”
More photos after the jump. (more…)
You can see previous PoPtrekker episodes here. This remains a joint Prince of Petworth/ Intangible Arts production. If you have a suggestion for a future PoPtrekker please email me directly.
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Speaking of Japanese restaurants, Kushi Izakaya will be located at 465 K Street, NW near the Bus Boys & Poets in the City Vista building. It looks like it’s going to be a pretty big space. I’m looking forward to checking it out. It looks like work hasn’t yet begun constructing the space so I’m not sure what the time frame on the opening is but I’ll be sure to update when it does.
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A new tavern called “Wired” is coming to 1015 1/2 7th Street, NW. The liquor application says, “New tavern offering snacks such as chips and cheese, live jazz music, DJ, karaoke and dancing. Occupancy load is 350”. Sounds pretty interesting.
And a bit further south at 406 7th Street, NW, Apartment Zero furniture store is moving. Their Web site says:
“Going forward, Apartment Zero will focus its resources on residential and commercial interior design, plus a dedicated office for contract sales to the trade (architects and interior designers). Apartment Zero will also be launching its e-commerce site offering a much larger and more exclusive range of products to a national audience in addition to the Washington DC area.
It has been our pleasure to serve you! We look forward to expanding our relationship with you now and in the future …. and who knows, perhaps you’ll see another retail concept pop up very soon.”
