823 Upshur Street, NW
Town & Country closed for renovations in January and reopened on Monday:
Best part – bulletproof glass is gone:
Petworth
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From MPD at 4:45pm:
“Members are currently investigating the sound of gun shots at 9th and Emerson St. N.W. Shell casings have been found. There are no reported injuries, victims, or property damage. There is no lookout.”
A reader reports Sunday afternoon:
“Luckily, it doesn’t seem to be much damage to the rec building, but a close call for sure. Amazing how little the roots were on this pretty old/big tree.”
4201 Georgia Ave NW at Upshur Street
More interesting stuff happening at the soon to open Slim’s Diner building. Owner Paul Ruppert announced this morning:
“Hello people! We’re launching a new project with Trey Graham – Dinner & Conversation on the Third Floor, every-other-month. First guest – Michael W. Twitty.
Get your tickets here:
Spring is in the air, and it’s time for an adventure at the dinner table. I’m Trey Graham, a D.C.-based culture critic, inviting you to join me for an evening of Southern hospitality and stimulating conversation with noted foodways blogger Michael Twitty — aka The Antebellum Chef. (more…)
3628 Georgia Ave, NW
From an email:
“DC Reynolds 4 year anniversary party is this Saturday.
Nappy Riddem is playing from 6-9pm. Brau Tapwagon is teaming up with Hardywood from Richmond from 4pm-12pm. Of course we’ll be doing BOGO from 5-9. Here is the lineup of beers:
Brau – Citizen, Corruption, Heurich Lager, Alpha Domina Mellis (nitro), Wings of Armageddon (nitro).
Hardywood – Singel, Pils, Great Return, Sidamo coffee stout, raspberry stout.”
“Dear PoPville,
Thanks so much for your coverage of the freedge so far. We’ve made a few additions and finally plugged it in last night (someone took an onion already!).
We’re currently on the lookout for a local artist who would be interested in painting one of the sides of the freedge box– think mini-mural style. Maybe one of your readers can point us in the right direction?
Cheers,
Eric ([email protected])”
“Dear PoPville,
I was walking home from the grocery store and crossing Randolph when a blue Altima made a full at full speed almost hitting into me. I put my hand on the car out of instinct when you are about to be hit. They were so pissed I touched there car. They went into the Wendy’s turned around and chased me down with their car. There were 5 people in the car. I ran towards the metro because I saw police there earlier. No police were outside so I ran into the station.
2 of the girls jumped out of the car and ran down into the metro station after me. I was banging on the booth asking for help. The metro attendant took his time and called the police. He did not offer me refuge in the booth. Instead only let me on the other side of the turnstiles where the girls then took a full box of bus schedules that was left on the floor and slammed it against my head. The other metro lady found this funny and laughed. The metro janitor also laughed saying should I clean this up or is this evidence. The metro police came 15 to 20 mins after being called followed by the dc police.
I had a partial license plate, car type and color. Both the girls were caught on camera. They said “I Guess we can request footage” No one asked me one if I was okay. Metros safety push is a joke. I have never felt more unsafe. I want to get word out of what happened so no one else makes the mistake of thinking of going to metro as a safe haven like I did. Assault to them seems to be funny.”
From the Mayor’s Office:
“When: Saturday, April 9, 2016 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: Raymond Recreation Center – 3725 10th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20010
The Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development invites you to an OurRFP Public Workshop for an interactive discussion of community goals in redeveloping a District-owned site located at 1125 Spring Road, NW. The District will present a thorough analysis of the site and surrounding neighborhood. Then, you will be invited to share your thoughts on the redevelopment of the site. Your feedback will be combined with citywide objectives to create OurRFP. For more information, please visit dmped.dc.gov or contact Tsega Bekele at [email protected] or 202-727-6365. RSVP in advance at 1125SpringRoadOurRFP.eventbrite.com
1125 Spring Road, NW, is an exciting opportunity to redevelop a 3.3 acre site within blocks of a Metro stop. The property includes the former Hebrew Home for the Aged, a historically designated building, and the former Paul Robeson School for Growth and Redevelopment.
DMPED’s page on the 1125 Spring Road project (with links to past presentations and flyers, and to the minutes from 6/7/14 public hearing): http://dmped.dc.gov/page/dgs-
Flyer from the March announcement that the 1125 Spring Road site would go through the OurRPF process:
1125 Spring Road, NW
“Dear PoPville,
This house at 431 Quincy St NW is an abandoned property, purchased by a developer, gutted, and received a stop-work order for an illegal pop-up.
There has been no work on the house for over a year. The blue construction tarp at the top of the building ripped and has been littering the entire block for months. Strips of blue plastic tarp are entangled in bushes, gardens, and trees. I have found bits on my porch and inside my house. It is everywhere, and it continues down the block and around the corner onto Rock Creek Church Road (see my attached pictures). No doubt, the plastic is making its way into the Anacostia. There are also mounds of excavated debris that wash across the sidewalk with every rain.
A vacancy notice is posted on the property, but it is not currently listed on the city’s vacant property list or the blighted property list. The completely gutted house is listed for sale on Redfin as a 6 bedroom, 4 bath house with gourmet kitchen for $750,000.
We’ve contacted our Council Member (Brandon Todd) and DCRA about the property and have received emails that DCRA would deliver a notice to abate the construction debris, but we’ve seen no movement on the property while the problem continues to worsen. I’ve even written back and forth with the listing agent at Re/Max to no avail.
At a minimum, the owners need to clean up the mess created by the construction debris.”
Yesterday on the Petworth Listserv a neighbor wrote: (more…)
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3628 Georgia Ave, NW
“To the best of our knowledge, the first Nitro draft cocktails on Georgia Ave. Spicy Margarita and a Sinnerling Sling now on tap.”
Repeat, Nitro draft cocktails!!! Oh my God that’s some funky shit. Better of the best, best believe they’re the baddest.
via DC Reynolds