“Dear PoPville,
What’s the deal with this property at 3630? Hiatt Place NW? Been lusting after it it for months and seeing it empty. Thanks!”
This has been a mystery for ages – anyone have the skinny?
Columbia Heights
Thanks to a reader for sending:
“1400 and 1500 blocks of Monroe St NW are papered with these homemade warnings”
From MPD:
“On Friday, August 26, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., the Third District Crime Suppression Team responded to 14th and Girard Street, NW (Inside the park), in response to numerous drug complaints by concerned citizens. After a brief investigation four adult males were arrested for misdemeanor drug charges. One of the adults males was found to be in possession of a loaded firearm. This adult male was additionally charged with Carrying a Pistol without a License.”
Photo by @JRogers202
Bonne Chance getting a table at Bad Saint… Thanks to Jonathan for sending:
“5pm Saturday. The line at Bad Saint”
A couple weeks ago Bad Saint took the No. 2 Spot in Bon Appetit Top 10 Best New Restaurant List. Not that it was easy to get a table before…
3226 11th Street, NW
Photo by PoPville flickr user Joseph Leonardo
Been getting tons of queries about the Meridian Hill Park fountain status – here’s an update from the National Park Service:
“We had to turn off the fountain over the weekend while we worked to repair a water main pipe that burst last week.
We also discovered an electronic issue is causing the fountain not to function properly – it isn’t regulating the incoming water quite right, and the automatic mechanism that shuts the pump down isn’t working, so if we let the fountain run unattended, there’s a chance it could pump itself dry.
The good news is, the pump is running properly, and we can separate the upper section from the lower cascades, so we’ve turned off the upper section and are running the lower section during the day while we work on fixing the issue. You will probably see National Park Service staff and the fountain specialists we’ve brought in working on the fountain if you’re in the park. We hope to get the cascades up and running this week.“
3529 14th Street, NW
Thanks to a reader for reporting this good news:
“Looks like Rosario of 3 for $10 fame (3616 14th Street, NW) with the great thrift store on 14th is opening a kids store across the street.”
Streets of Washington, written by John DeFerrari, covers some of DC’s most interesting buildings and history. John is the author of Historic Restaurants of Washington, D.C.: Capital Eats, published by the History Press, Inc. and also the author of Lost Washington DC.
Ed. Note: This was originally printed in 2011 but just came across my facebook last week, thanks to John for being kind enough to let us repost this great story here.
Mary Foote Henderson, circa 1923 (author’s collection).
The Gilded Age, from the 1870s until the 1910s, was a unique period in Washington’s history. The city attracted many nouveaux riches who were drawn by the fact that upper-class Washington society in those days was wide open to anyone with lots of money, a circumstance not found in other major Eastern cities. Of all the wealthy people who moved to Washington to exert power and influence in the Gilded Age, one of the most powerful and influential was a woman, Mary Foote Henderson (1846-1931), who turned her City Beautiful dreams into reality along upper 16th Street. (more…)
This rental is located at Holmead and Otis Pl, NW. The listing says:
“Great English basement on a quiet street in Columbia Hts with awesome neighbors! Walking to Metro, 14th Street, 11th street, Georgia Ave. A perfect location!.
Washer/dryer,
AC,
dishwasher.
Small space for a grill.
Plenty of on street parking.
..and it’s not dark or dank feeling.”
You can see more photos here.
This 1 bed/1 bath is going for $1,650/Mo.
3226 11th Street, NW
Congrats to the good peeps at Bad Saint for snatching the Number 2 spot in Bon Appetit’s Top 10 Best new restaurants in America:
“I was flying solo, but everything about this 24-seat, no-reservation spot made me feel like family. Credit Filipino-American chef Tom Cunanan and co-owners Genevieve Villamora (the most gracious host I met all year) and Nick Pimentel, who’ve made this place their passion project. Their food is personal, but it’s so much more than just dishes they ate as kids. Bad Saint is the kind of place I spend all year searching for.”
A reader sends the frightening shot above from Holmead and Monroe St, NW.
DC Fire and EMS reported just after 9pm:
“5 civs in auto tx area Hosps. 2 were trapped. 4 FF’s will be evaluated. Engine Was enroute to reported fire.”
“Fire truck accident with entrapment Holmead Place & Monroe St NW. No FD personnel trapped. 2 civilians in other vehicle. Unit was on call.”