courtesy Shaw Augment VR Arcade
From an email:
“Here’s an update on the Shaw Augment Virtual Reality Arcade:
New winter content including Skiing, Boxing, and multiplayer
Augment VR Arcade expands to Saturdays from just Wednesday and Thursday
Looking at permanent locations for 7 days a week day and night of fun
New hours:
Wednesdays 4pm – midnight
Thursdays 4pm – midnight
Saturday noon – 8pm”
645 Florida Ave, NW
courtesy Seylou
From SEYLOU:
“Haven’t been able to make it here before 4pm on the weekdays?
We are now staying open until 6pm Wednesday through Friday.
Hours
Wed-Fri : 8am-6pm
Sat-Sun : 8am-4pm
Bread is hot out of the oven at 1pm Wed-Sun.”
926 N Street, NW
Thanks to all who passed on the sad word from Thally:
“Friends, Thally Restaurant has been sold. Our last day will be this Saturday February 3rd. We have loved serving the great community of Shaw and look forward to another location sometime in the near future.”
Thally opened up to very positive reviews back in August 2013.
Thally’s closure follows word this week of these other cosures Bold Bite on 19th Street, Pier 2934 in Georgetown, French Quarter Brasserie (Shaw Bijou’s replacement) in Shaw, Greenberry’s downtown and Drift on 7th in Shaw.
1819 7th Street, NW via Drift on 7th
Thanks to Danny for passing on from Drift on 7th née Fishnet:
“GONE FISHING! It’s been a great run, but the time has come for our little restaurant to Drift off into the sunset. To all of our many friends we say THANKS! Serving you has been our absolute pleasure! Your friends at Drift on 7th”
Thanks to Oliver for sending:
“French Quarter Brasserie that opened in Shaw Bijou’s space already closed.”
Updates when we learn what becomes of the space.
9th and Q Street, NW
This the alley mural that had the George W. Bush mural back in the day. [Textdoc can you find the George W. mural in the archives?]
And here’s the one from the side of 600 T St, NW by artlife999:
2012 9th Street, NW
My calculation was off last time – Ian and Eric Hilton + Joe Reza + Ali Chebinou = Gaslight Tavern. Opening Monday at 5pm. Just a taste:
Photo by Daniel Swartz courtesy Gaslight
looking north towards 9:30 Club
looking south towards U Street
Good Deal or Not Revisited (GDoN-R) is a weekly post that reviews the settled sales data of a recent individual real estate transaction in the District of Columbia. Each post is intended as a case study and a snapshot of the real estate market at a particular moment in time. GDoN-R generally posts on Friday in the late morning.
GDoN-R has been written exclusively for PoPville since 2009 by Suzanne Des Marais. Suzanne is a practicing Realtor with Compass. 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 and/or Smartcharts by Showingtime. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Featured Property: 1815 9th Street, NW
Legal Subdivision: Old City #2
Advertised Subdivision per Listing: U Street-Shaw
Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 2.5 Parking: Note in listing: “Other” Ownership: Fee Simple
House Square Footage per Tax Record: 1746
Original List Price: $775,000. List Price at Contract: $775,000.
List Date: 12/15/2017 Days on Market: 6
Settled Sales Price: $781,219.
Seller Subsidy: $0.
Settlement Date: 1/9/2018
Transaction type: Standard
Original GDoN post can be seen: here.
The original listing can be seen here: here.
This week’s subject property is a small scale rowhome with a burgundy bathroom, near the Shaw/Howard University Metro.
Inventory of active listings in this neighborhood is notoriously tight, with consistently about 1.3 months worth of supply (the amount of time it would take based upon the current pace of the market to absorb the current amount of inventory). With six months of inventory considered a balanced market, this limited supply generally works in favor of sellers.
Demand does not appear to be waning, as the 20001 zip code saw more than a 14% increase in the number of homes sold in 2017 versus 2016. District-wide, the number of units sold increased by 8.56% in 2017 compared to 2016. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Here’s a video showing a team of guys stealing a bag from a car parked in Shaw. This happened Monday around 3:40pm. Hopefully MPD has asked that bike share company for the account information used to rent the bike.”
Of course it seems possible…: “Here is a dockless bike share seen last night outside safeway on the Hill. This guy must have really wanted it to bother spray painting it like that. He forgot the back of the seat though.”
1924 8th Street, NW
Thanks to a reader for sending word. Frank & Oak closed at The Shay back in November. Hair Salon coming:
