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Surprise! Your House is Becoming Four Condos…

Published June 5, 2014 at 3:55PM

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“Dear PoPville,

Coming home from work last night, I saw this huge sign in my neighbor’s yard and nearly had a heart attack.

These two-story row houses on our street are all over 100 years old and lovingly cared for by our neighbors. We know the owners of 913 Quincy St, NW and they’ve lived here for about 10 years– none of us knew that they were going to cash out and sell their house to developers. In fact, the house was never even on the market.

The first thing I did was email my neighbors, who were equally shocked. Then I emailed the owners and asked what was going on. Their response was priceless:

No, we’re not moving and the big sign announcing 4 sparkling new condos is just as big of a surprise for us. Looks like this developer did not proofread the work order for the sign they had made. I think it’s meant for a site on 913 Quincy Street NE.

I’ve left two voicemails on the number listed for someone to rectify this and so far no response.

It turns out that our worst nightmare was… only a nightmare”

Petworth Awesomeness

By Prince Of Petworth

Published June 4, 2014 at 10:05PM

On Kansas Ave around the corner from the YES! Organic Market. Peaches not ready yet, but very cool when they are! Assuming this is a peach tree of course…then it’d be awesome in a whole different way :)

#Awesome

Wed. Afternoon Rental Option – Petworth

By Prince Of Petworth

Published June 4, 2014 at 3:00PM

4317 Iowa Avenue Northwest

This rental is located at 4317 Iowa Avenue, Northwest. The listing says:

“Convenient, cared for 3 bedroom home only 1/2 mile north of Georgia Ave/Petworth Metro station. Spacious fully finished basement w/ full bath & front and rear entrance. Laundry room with full size washer/dryer, off street parking in rear of the home for one car, but with a school across the street, there is ample street parking during non-school hours.”

You can see more photos here.

This 3 bed/2 bath is going for $2,650/Mo.

Scam or Not? Vol. 17 – “locked out and needed to pay the locksmith”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published June 4, 2014 at 10:55AM

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Photo by PoPville flickr user grit and whatever

“Dear PoPville,

Today a man came to my front door in gym clothes and he looked pretty sweaty. He said he was a neighbor of mine and gave an apartment number but didn’t say the building. He said that he was locked out and needed to pay the locksmith but didn’t have access to his wallet. He said he had money and he would pay me back, he just didn’t have access to it since he was locked out.
He said he called his pastor and the pastor wasn’t able to help him. Whenever someone mentions the church or a pastor when they’re asking for money it makes me suspicious… Like they are trying to come off as legitimate.

I didn’t give him any money, but told him he could talk to the construction workers next-door to see if they could help him out. He said he didn’t want to deal with those guys and was going to ask a different neighbor.

Part of me felt bad because he did not seem to be full of malice, and he was really sweaty because it was hot outside. However, in the back of my mind I thought that surely a locksmith company would let him pay after they let him in and he did get to his wallet. Also, if he really needed the money he would have not minded asking other people on the block.

Has anyone dealt with this before in the Petworth neighborhood recently? I feel terrible if there really was a neighbor and distress that I didn’t help, but it seems to be wiser to be suspicious of anyone who comes to the door asking for money these days.”

Unfortunately I’m going with 99% likelihood it was a scam.

Culture Coffee Applies for Liquor License on Kennedy Street

By Prince Of Petworth

Published June 3, 2014 at 11:23PM

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709 Kennedy Street, NW

Culture Coffee opened up back in Nov. of last year. A great score for that former coffee desert. Now they’ve applied for a liquor license too (I think Qualia and Filter might be the last coffee shops left without liquor licenses…)

The liquor license placard also has one of the funnier typos I’ve seen:

“Coffee Shop that serves sandwiches, pastries, snakes. Entertainment Endorsement/Cover Charge, Open Music, Poetry, Book Readings. Occupancy load 15.”

Hours of operation are listed as Sunday: 10am – 5pm, Monday through Friday: 7am – 10pm, Saturday: 8am – 10pm.

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Kennedy Street Sidewalk Festival June 28th – Call for Artists and Entertainers

By Prince Of Petworth

Published June 3, 2014 at 3:10PM | Updated June 4, 2014 at 12:19PM

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My favorite sign from 5th and Kennedy St, NW

From an email:

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“If you are interested in being a part of the festival, go here to complete an Application Form. Application forms must be submitted by June 14th. There are a limited number of arts vendor spaces available, so apply early. The $25 fee for a table space is due upon application acceptance and is nonrefundable. Questions? Email us at [email protected].

Specifically we are looking for:

– All types of visual artists
– Performance artists (know any mimes?)
– Crafty vendors
– Musicians “

It’s Official – Lyman’s Open at 6:30pm Tonight!

By Prince Of Petworth

Published June 2, 2014 at 5:52PM

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Lyman’s Tavern [14th and Quincy St, NW next to Red Derby] owner Kevin Perone sends photo word – nice!!

Tap Takeover w/Finch’s Beer Co @ Petworth Citizen Tuesday

By Prince Of Petworth

Published June 2, 2014 at 4:45PM

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829 Upshur Street, NW

From an email:

“Just wanted to invite you to a Tap Takeover event we are hosting with Finch’s Beer Company of Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, June 3rd.

Beginning at 5pm, we’ll be featuring six craft brews from Finch’s:

Golden Wing Blonde Ale
Cutthroat Pale Ale
Wet Hot Hopped Wheat
Threadless IPA
Fascist Pig Imperial Red
Secret Stache Stout

We have limited quantities of all of these brews and only four draft lines–we’ll be “live tweeting” as we change the drafts throughout the evening. We’ll also be featuring beer flights and raffles for some cool Finch’s Beer swag.

Check our twitter (@PetworthCitizen) and Finch’s (@FinchBeer) to keep up with the changes throughout the evening–we’ll be using #FBatPC.

Mike Finch, the brewmaster, will be at the event with several other members of the Finch’s Beer team. Members of their local distributor, Washburn Wine Company, will be in attendance as well.”

Hallelujah – Lyman’s Tavern Opens Soon! Update Opened at 6:30pm!

By Prince Of Petworth

Published June 2, 2014 at 10:25AM | Updated June 2, 2014 at 6:44PM

14th and Quincy St, NW (next to Red Derby)

UPDATE: Kevin from Lyman’s now says that the Post “jumped the gun” a bit and is not opening at 11am today. Should be soon though. Will update when I hear directly from Kevin. Sorry about the false excitement. If all goes with a few minor details they could be open by 5pm today.

Update: Opened at 630pm!

We took a sneak peek of the sweet space exactly a month ago. The wait ends ~~today~~ soon! Washington Post reports:

“Lyman’s Tavern opens for business at 11 a.m. Monday.

It’s a one-room saloon with half a dozen draft beers, four pinball machines, a killer jukebox and free popcorn fresh from a popper behind the bar.”

A couple weeks ago Lyman’s teased us with a shot of their pinball machines on Facebook:

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While Red Derby has set the bar extremely high for great neighborhood spots, it looks like Lyman’s will be an exceptionally worthy neighbor – can’t wait to finally see for myself!

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How the space looked in October 2012:

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Meeting about the Future of the Old Hebrew Home on June 17th

By Prince Of Petworth

Published May 29, 2014 at 3:10PM

1125 Spring Road, NW

Thanks to all who sent emails about the future of the old Hebrew Home on Spring Road:

“Please find below an invitation to voice your input directly to D.C. government officials regarding the proposal from D.C. General Services and D.C. Housing Authority to renovate the former Hebrew Home (1125 Spring Rd NW – large vacant historic building on Spring Street between 10th and 13th Streets. Next to Raymond Recreation Center and Education Campus) into 80-90 affordable/workforce housing units. Commissioner Galloway (Ward4C06) has arranged this meeting for the community to ensure all of us most directly impacted by this development can voice our suggestions, concerns, etc… directly to those considering a way forward (Thanks Commissioner Galloway!).

At the May 14th ANC Ward 4C meeting it was emphasized that the proposal is still in the very early phases, and thus our input could absolutely make a difference in the direction of the project. Some community members voiced concern that the original proposal of converting the building into senior housing was no longer on the table to which the D.C. General Services representative offered that it doesn’t necessarily have to be off the table. The point being that it’s a great time to give your thoughts on how D.C. should move forward with this property. I hope you can join. Please share with others who will be impacted by this development.”