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About the Massive Police Presence, Traffic and Street Closures You’re Going to ask about Tomorrow-Tuesday

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Beau Finley

A preemptive answer to why is there so much traffic and/or such a heavy police presence at the Convention Center.

From MPD:

“From Friday, March 22, 2019 through Tuesday, March 26, 2019, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be several street closures and parking restrictions the public and motorists should take into consideration.

The following streets will be CLOSED from 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2019, to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday March 26, 2019: (more…)

Fear Not Ivy & Coney is NOT For Lease

By Prince Of Petworth


1537 7th Street, NW

I’ve been getting tons of messages asking about the giant for lease sign outside of Ivy & Coney. Fear not, it is only for the first floor and those degenerates at Ivy tell me they’re not going anywhere. In fact they just got a Big Buck Hunter and NFL Blitz with free play on Mondays. So drink some Malort to your heart’s content. (more…)

“I want to give a shout out to the owner and the amazing artist Patrick Owens – they made this little boy’s monster dreams come true.”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

As you know, Zeppelin restaurant on 9th and Q has been in the process of painting an awesome monster mural on its wall over the last few months. My son, Konrad, attends Seaton and we walk by the mural everyday to and from school  – I should add that he is also a huge fan of all things monster (we have a godzilla poster in our kitchen, so it might be genetic). As the mural was going up Konrad had daily conversations with the artist, and he was really happy to see King Kong and a gigantic octopus join Godzilla in the mural. But, there was a problem: Mothra had been left out.
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Folks Behind the Cherry Blossom Pub also Launch PUBLIN Today “delivers the ‘luck of the Irish’ with a festive design”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by Nick Karlin

From an email:

“PUBLIN, the second concept within Drink Company’s annual Cherry Blossom Pop-Up Bar, opens this Thursday, March 7th. Offering another ode to spring, PUBLIN delivers the ‘luck of the Irish’ with a festive design inspired by the symbol of Ireland: the shamrock. The bar is surrounded by nearly two hundred oversized four-leaf clovers and spring flowers, with a larger-than-life gilded gold beehive suspended above the bar.

The cocktail menu features a selection of elevated Irish classics designed to showcase Irish whiskey and its versatility. (more…)

KBBQ Coming Soon Signage Up in Shaw

By Prince Of Petworth


1924 8th Street, NW at Florida Ave

Oh my that looks good.

“The team behind Duke’s Grocery and Duke’s Counter signed a lease to open the District’s first traditional Korean Barbeque restaurant in the Shaw neighborhood at 1924 8th Street NW. This will be the first Korean restaurant in Washington where food is cooked on an open-air grill embedded in each dining table.” (more…)

Terrible Bicycle/Garbage Truck Crash in Truxton; Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle in Brookland/Langdon

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to all who reported this horrible crash around 5pm last night:

“Entire street closed at NJ. Helmet and jacket on ground looked to be soaked in blood next to mangled bike. Horrifying. Hoping the victim is OK but I have no idea as to their condition.”

“NJ & R crash is bad. There’s a mangled bike and a garbage truck.”

WUSA9 reported:

“Police say the bicyclist was conscious and breathing when officers arrived and was transported to the hospital.

Police say the driver stayed on the scene after the accident.”

Updates when/if more is known on the cyclist’s condition.

From MPD:

“On 3/6/2019, at approximately 12:25 AM, Fifth District Officers responded to the 1500 block of Rhode Island Avenue, NE, for the report of a pedestrian that had been struck by a vehicle. The officers arrived on the scene and located the victim, an adult male, laying in the roadway, unconscious and barely breathing. The victim was rushed to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The striking vehicle did not stay on the scene, and was last seen fleeing westbound on Rhode Island Avenue, NE, from Franklin Street, NE. (more…)

“It was the only thing beautiful about the block. 5 are left.”

By Prince Of Petworth

Jay reports:

“Someone chopped down half of this pretty row of trees on 8th Between R Street and S Street Northwest. The trees made otherwise dismal projects look a lot better. Sad!

They look down 6 healthy looking trees. It was the only thing beautiful about the block. 5 are left. They all looked healthy to me last summer until the fall/winter shed. But I’m not a tree expert. It all looked fine to me.

I included one with all the trees in snow to show how pretty it was.”

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