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Man Shot on the 4500 block of 9th Street, NW

Published April 10, 2013 at 9:30AM

From MPD:

This morning at approximately 12:30 AM, MPD units received 911 calls for the sounds of gunshots around 8th & Buchanan Streets, NW. Shortly thereafter, MPD units received the report of a shooting in the 4500 block of 9th Street, NW. Units responded and found an adult male suffering from non life-threatening gunshot wounds. The individual was transported to a local area hospital for treatment.

Fourth District detectives are investigating the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-888-919-CRIM[E] (1-888-919-2746) or 202-727-9099.

Ed. Note: Yesterday afternoon there were shots fired around 1pm on the 500 block of Buchanan St, NW.

Six Years Ago… 3910 Georgia Ave was an Abandoned Warehouse

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 9, 2013 at 4:00PM

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Today 3910 Georgia Ave, NW are apartments and a medical clinic.

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Shots Fired around 1pm on the 500 Block of Buchanan St, NW

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 9, 2013 at 2:37PM

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A reader sends word of a shooting around 2pm on the 500 Block of Buchanan St, NW. MPD is on the scene and Buchanan is blocked off between Illinois and 5th. At this point it is not clear if anyone was hit but the report is of hearing multiple shots fired.

UPDATE from MPD:

“Just before 1pm, units responded for a sounds of gunshots call in the area of 5th and Buchanan Sts NW. Units located a vehicle in the area with a window shot out. No injured victims nor complainant were located.”

Goins Building, Future Farenheit Condos, Loses a Level in Petworth

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 8, 2013 at 10:02PM

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In late Feb. we learned the Farenheit condos were coming to the “Goins building” located at the corner of Georgia and Shepherd St, NW. Thanks to those who sent emails about the demo taking place.

Though, I’m saddened nobody salvaged the sign:

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The Ducks Make it to Petworth

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 7, 2013 at 10:02PM

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Well, they’ve been here a few months but I finally remembered to snap a photo. From Kansas Ave behind the YES! Organic Market.

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Washington Pizza Adds Indian and Pakistani Cuisine – Opens Monday in Columbia Heights

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 5, 2013 at 10:30AM

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1353 Randolph Street, NW

Thanks to a reader for sending word of the changes at Washington Pizza located at 14th and Randolph St, NW. They hear:

“Seems it is owned by a former co-owner at Salt ‘N Pepper Grill on Georgia Ave which is SO exciting if they have the same quality of food! Opens Monday.”

Progress at Petworth Flats Coming to 7th and Varnum St, NW

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 3, 2013 at 10:05PM

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Lots of progress at the Petworth Flats coming to 4226 7th St, NW. It will be 1 and 2 bedroom condos. The building had been boarded up since Oct. 2009.

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Here’s how it looked in 2010:

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Six Years Ago… There was no building above the Petworth Metro

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 3, 2013 at 4:00PM

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Hard to believe the Petworth metro at Georgia and New Hampshire Ave, NW looked like this only 6 years ago.

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Golden Heart Yoga Broken Into and Vandalized Twice Over the Weekend

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 25, 2013 at 1:30PM | Updated March 25, 2013 at 4:14PM

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4804 Georgia Ave, NW

From an email:

We want to alert you to the fact that Golden Heart Yoga DC was robbed TWICE this past weekend. The first break-in included some pretty serious vandalism, and then they came back 24 hours later to finish the job. This is particularly hard for us since both of us owners live within a few blocks of the studio, and seeing this type of violence and negativity in our neighborhood is heartbreaking for us.

First, we want to thank our incredible community of students and teachers, who spent much of Saturday helping us clean up, and then on Sunday pulled together to keep classes going–even at one neighbor’s house while the police were on site!

Unfortunately, we have been stripped pretty bare. They not only took our computer, sound system, and other electronics, but they even walked off with our soap, cleaning supplies and toilet paper!

We are still up and running, but we’re asking if any of our neighbors might have any of the following they can donate or lend to us while we get our feet back on the ground:

computer
scanner
ipod player
ipod or shuffle (can be old–this just is for our ambient music)

We welcome you into class, sending hope that the great officers from 4D who we’ve been working with can find the guys who have done this.

There may be some temporary schedule changes in the coming week, so please make sure to keep an eye on our website.

Again, we are so incredibly thankful to have such an awesome community, and many thanks to those who have already brought over cleaning supplies to help us out!!

Please continue to support your neighborhood yoga studio here in Petworth. We are hosting a pot-luck community dinner on Wednesday, April 3 at 7 pm and we look forward to seeing you there.

Namaste,
Julie and Elizabeth
ghydc(at)goldenheartyoga.com

Dear PoPville – Why is Park Place Retail Still Vacant?

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 25, 2013 at 11:30AM

Dear PoPville,

What is the deal with vacant retail space at park place? It seems the Donatellis, who I understand received considerable tax breaks for developing park place, are now appearing a bit too greedy. I would be interested in hearing their side of the story about why they haven’t managed to place tenants in two prime end unit retail spaces, as well as from prospective retails tenants (over past years i have seen some checking it out) about why they haven’t pursued. What is informing the logic here and what say or pressure can our community apply to move the process along?

From Donatelli Development:

We continue to work with our equity partner, Canyon Johnson. Our hope is to have total control of the property as soon as possible.

Until then, we’ve asked them to approve a listing agreement for a well-known retail brokerage company to market the empty space at Park Place.

We want to get the best retail mix for the neighborhood. Hopefully, with the Safeway crane and brokers working the space we can get leases signed and build-out started sooner than later.