It’s the thought that counts!
LeDroit Park
From and email:
“Were you at the Howard Theatre? Did you perform there? Were you in the audience? Waiting by the stage door? Skipping school to come to a matinée? Come to the DC Music Salon at the Watha T. Daniel Shaw Neighborhood Library on Wednesday December 8th and bring your photos, posters and memories. Dr. Bernard Demczuk, Howard Theatre Community Committee chairperson, and Blair Ruble, author of “Washington’s U. Street: A Biography” will lead an informal discussion. There will also be a screening of the documentary, “Howard Theatre: A Century In Song” and James Brown and the Famous Flames performance from the 1964 T.A.M.I. Show. The Watha T. Daniel Shaw Neighborhood Library is located at 1630 7th St NW near the Shaw/Howard University Metro Station. The event will begin at 7 p.m.”
“Dear PoP,
Any idea what’s going on with the storefront on the south side of the 500 block of Florida NW? Looks like a big renovation (really nice job w all the windows).”
The renovation is amazing. You can see what it looked like back in Sept. here. At the time we heard from a commenter that it may become, “a coffee shop and a restaurant, upstairs they are building two apartments.”
More info as it becomes available.
From Sept. 2010
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This home is located at 1813 6th St, NW:
The flier says:
“REDONE TOWNHOUSE WITH LOFT, A MUST SEE! 3 BR. , 2.5 B, WALK OUT BASEMENT; LOFT (HAS 1/2 BA), BA & BR IN BASMENT W/ SEPERATE SITTING/LR & 8+FT. CEILING, WAHSER/DRYER HOOKUP, 1 BLOCK TO HOWARD/SHAW METRO, BLOCKS FROM NEW CONVENTION CENTER AND NEW YORK AV. , IDEALLY LOCATED/LEDTROIT PARK/U ST/. SHADOWNTOWN. GREAT VALUE, TENANT OCCUPIED BUT EASY TO SHOW. TAX RECORD SQ. FT. NOT CORRECT.”
You can find more info here and photos here.
This 3 bed/2.5 bath is going for $450,000 – sound about right?
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This home is located at 937 N St, NW:
The flier says:
“REDUCED $100K-BEST DEAL!! Restored w/ antiques one of a kind 1860s home w/ huge addition. 4 bdrms/4 ba & fam rm. Gourmet kitchen with honed granite counter top that seats 4.Front & Back staircase. Swing backyard space w/ custom Mahogany doors and 2 CAR PARKING!. Brick/Stucco Wall. Historic Naylor Ct. Heart pine antique flooring. Luxury Baths. MTV Sq/Convention Ctr Metro.”
You can find more info here and photos here.
What do you think of the home itself. Think it’ll go for the new asking price of $1,099,999?
For those looking for a bit of a cheaper option – across the street at 940 N St, NW there is a 2 bed/2 bath going for $519,000.
I’ve been keeping my eye on these properties located at 621/623 Florida Ave, NW (near the Howard theater also getting renovated) for quite a while since they are such beautiful buildings. I was happy to see serious renovations have started to take place. Anyone know what the plans are?
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I know there are lots of fans of Ethiopian restaurant, Zenebech Injera, located at 608 T St, NW by Florida Ave so I wanted to share news that they’ve applied for a liquor license. Zenebech had also briefly closed last summer. Anyone been back recently?
I also wanted to share the news that the LeDroit Park Civic Association has put together a survey soliciting names for the new community park coming to 3rd and V Streets NW. I’m voting for Ledroit Park Park. You can fill out the survey here.
You can see more info about the park here.
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I always enjoy spreading the word when a new restaurant opens up but it brings me even more pleasure when the proprietors are super nice people. Allow me to introduce the Ali-Aziz family from Trinidad (the Island not the neighborhood) who were so nice and welcoming to me. While I wasn’t able to grab a bite when I visited the food did smell great. And the space itself looks good too:
And while they have a nice bar set up they don’t think they’ll have their liquor license until the end of Nov./early Dec.:
Ali-Aziz family
They are open Mon: 4:00 pm – 1:00 am, Wed – Thurs: 11:00 am – 1:00 am, Fri – Sat: 11:00 am – 2:00 am, and Sun:
4:00 pm – 11:00 pm. A bit more info on their Facebook page.
A few more pictures after the jump including a glance at the menu. Anyone check them out yet? (more…)
Former controversial Horse’s ass award nominee from Florida Ave, NW in Ledroit Park is starting to look really good. Props when props are due. Plus they’ve added a sweet lightning rod (I think it’s a lightning rod).
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Voted one of the best real estate agents in DC by the Washington City Paper Readers’ Choice Poll in 2009, hipchickindc aka the not-so-hip Suzanne Des Marais is an Associate Broker with Urban Pace. She lives (and sells a lot of houses) in Bloomingdale, but works all over DC, with everyone from first time buyers to highly regarded developers. 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. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Featured Property: 1731 1st St NW #2
Legal Subdivision: Eckington
Advertised Subdivision per Listing: LeDroit Park (LeDroit Park is actually north of Rhode Island Ave. It used to be common to advertise this spot as LeDroit because it was considered a more recognized neighborhood. In recent years, however, Bloomingdale has become increasingly familiar).
Original List Price: $495,000.
List Price at Contract: $495,000.
List Date: 07/07/2010
Days on Market: 6
Settled Sales Price: $495,000.
Settled Price Per Square Foot: no tax record yet & no sq footage listed
Settlement Date: 09/03/2010
Seller Subsidy: $15,000.
Bank Owned?: No Short Sale? No
Type Of Financing: Conventional
Original GDoN is: here.
The Listings for both units 1 (under contract) and unit 2 (settled sale profiled) can be seen: here. To see pics, after opening the listing link, click on the film strip icon to see the virtual tour.
I make it no secret that Bloomingdale is my favorite ‘hood in DC. Given that we’re at the lowest level of active listing inventory in the neighborhood since I’ve been tracking stats for over nine years, it looks like a lot of people are in agreement.
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