3549 Georgia Ave, NW
Thanks to Ian for passing on from Smitty’s:
“Dear Valued Customers,
We hope this message finds you well. We regret to inform you that our restaurant is currently closed due to fire damage incurred on the morning of July 31st. (more…)
Folks started messaging us on Tuesday:
“I heard four loud bangs (explosions?) somewhere in columbia heights/park view/petworth over the last 20 or so minutes.”
“Just heard a 5th one. What the hell is going on?!”
Thanks to PJ for sending from Georgia Ave yesterday.
3634 Georgia Ave, NW
Some of these are harder than others. Temperance Hall became Looking Glass Lounge back in 2007.
Thanks to all who sent us their devastating coming closure message last night: (more…)
This rental is located at 740 Quebec Place, NW. The Craigslist ad says: (more…)
Humane Rescue Alliance has been alerted again.
“Dear PoPville,
Calling attention to a situation that has recently escalated on Georgia avenue.
Neighbors have noticed two dogs left alone on a regular basis overnight at a store on Georgia Ave. Often seeing the dogs sitting alone in the morning with nothing more than one towel to share between the two of them and (more…)
Thanks to Bill for sending from Fish in the Hood (Georgia and Otis Pl, NW): “Hey just picked this up, with some banging Mac and Cheese and candied yams. Bonus: Bill the owner was working! Great to see him back.”
via google maps
Last night just after 9pm readers reported hearing up to 30+ gun shots fired:
“several different types of gun shots heard near Parkview Rec Ctr, anyone else hear ’em?”
A frustrated resident writes this morning:
“There was a shootout on the 600 block of Otis Place NW in Park View yesterday evening. Our neighbors heard what sounded like a semiautomatic weapon going off, moving up the street toward Bruce Monroe Elementary and the Rec Center. Police showed up and closed off Otis and Park Place to traffic while they searched for bullet casings. It’s a miracle no one was hurt.
It’s the second shooting outside the elementary school in the span of a couple of months. The last one in October took place in the middle of the day.
I feel insane because it feels like nobody wants to acknowledge that a major shooting incident happened here. (more…)
From Alert DC: “Alert: Shooting Investigation in the 3300 block of New Hampshire Ave NW.”
Readers reported just after 5pm: “There was just a shooting at the triangle park at New Hampshire & Sherman NW. Tons of MPD on scene, and I can see one person on the ground alive).
Roads closed SB right now at Sherman & Park, and cars coming EB on Park being diverted onto New Hampshire”
“Someone was just shot in the park at Sherman and Park. Park is blocked off at Sherman, south lane of Sherman at Park is blocked. Whole park is taped off as police look for shells/weapons”
3213 Georgia Avenue, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I learned this morning that the extremely beloved, utterly singular neighborhood cafe Heat da Spot was attacked. See below. That our neighborhood is beset with crime is not news, but an attack on such a heartwarming, central community space like this is so craven and heartbreaking.” (more…)