I knew this mural was gonna be sweet but the details so far have blown me away. Check out how they incorporated a crack in the concrete with weeds growing out:
Lots more photos after the jump. (more…)
Pleasant Plains
This rental is located at Columbia Road, NW at Warder Street, NW:
The Craigslist ad says:
“This magnificent basement studio apartment with waterfront view has a kitchenette, washer and dryer, fridge, and full bathroom. The basement has a separate entrance than the rest of the house, and is pretty spacious. Not your typical DC basement apartment. It has a lot of beautiful exposed brick and plenty of space. It would work well for a couple or Howard University students.
One fairly large room. There is off street parking available for an extra $75.00 per month. We’re a half mile to the Columbia Heights Metro (about a 10 minute walk) and close to U Street. We are also less than a five minute walk to Howard University, and a block from Georgia Avenue and major bus lines.”
Does $1050 sound reasonable for this studio basement apartment?
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Back in Feb. ’09 we learned that Everlasting Life, located at 2928 Georgia Ave, NW, had temporarily closed for renovations. While renovations took a little longer than expected a reader sends in word and a few shots of the renovated space looking good:
“They still have a vegan deli, they added a stage, tables, and a bar. They are working on a liquor license.”
This studio is located at 430 Irving St. NW:
The Craigslist ad says:
“Recently renovated studio available September 1, 2010 in a secure building. Apartment features a washer/dryer, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and hardwood floors.”
I’m always excited when I find places sub-$1000. This one looks promising – think $900 sounds reasonable?
Thanks to a reader for sending the heads up about the closing of L & N Thrift , sorry, Super Thrift Store at 1830 14th Street NW. The new location will be 3112 Georgia Ave, NW (by Kenyon).
“Dear PoP,
We’re not sure of the name of the new park on Georgia between Irving and Columbia, but it was hopping tonight and we thought you might like to see the pictures. They closed at 7pm, but the groundskeeper assured us that once they finish all the landscaping, the plan is for it to be open until 9pm.”
I was excited last week when we saw grass going in. But this exceeds my expectations. Hard to believe it looked like this not too long ago. Nice work!
“Dear PoP,
I’m finally feeling excited about the progress of this park… I’d been desperately waiting for some greenspace here!”
This is the old Bruce Monroe School site. You can see some playground equipment in the background as well. Wow, this is wild.
Thanks to all the readers who sent emails about this. I was away from my computer much of the afternoon but I really appreciate all those who sent the heads up. Anyway, you can see that the northbound and southbound signs were changed with Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Plains arrows. Personally I think this is a terrible idea. I actually think signs that simply said east or west would be far more useful. What do you guys think – is the signage gonna help or confuse people?
DCist notes:
“According to Metro spokesperson Ron Holzer, the sign was installed at the request of Councilmember Jim Graham. “He said customers were confused about which exit to use for these two neighborhoods,” said Holzer.”
Also note that the Northbound and Southbound signs still exist by the separate metro entrances:
The great new blog from the Georgia Ave Community Development Task Force first noticed this disturbing trend last week. They noted 3 examples of this graffiti on the 2900 block, 3000 block (pictured above) and 3200 block. I was curious to see this for myself. Fortunately the 2900 block had been painted over, the 3000 block still had it and I didn’t see any on the 3200 block.
Though it does bring up a few questions – first – do you think this is an honest political statement or do you just think that this was done by a provocateur who’s just trying to rile people up?
Second – is it strange that this message would be written in blocks that haven’t really seen any gentrification?
Third, even if it is an honest sentiment, do you think a more severe punishment should be given to those who are caught placing graffiti on our streets in order to deter others?
Finally, also if this is an honest sentiment – do you think there are venues where those who feel this way can properly express their feelings instead of through graffiti like this?
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The Lemon Bowl Deli is located on Georgia Avenue and Irving Street NW. There’s really very little info on google about this deli. I thought we had spoke about it a few years ago but I can’t seem to find it in the archives. The only decent info I found was from a Flickr page by diangela that says:
“The Lemon Bowl Deli has some of the best smoothies, lemonade, and BIG sandwiches.”
And there was this sign on the door:
I wonder how it compares to Ben’s Chili Bowl dog?
But let’s start fresh. Anyone ever get a sandwich here? A smoothie? If so do you recommend a particular type or flavor? I’m wondering if this a hidden gem like the Hitching Post?