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Four Shot in Petworth Fri. Night/Sat. Morning

By Prince Of Petworth


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Yikes, this is right near El Limeno, The Hitching Post and the Old Soldiers Home entrance.

From MPD:

“On July 31, shortly before 1:00 am, Fourth District units responded to the 200 block of Upshur Street, NW, for the report of a shooting. Four victims were located suffering from gunshot wounds. The victims were transported to a local area hospital to be treated for what appear to be non life-threatening injuries. Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to call 1-888-919-CRIM[E].”

Frozen Yogurt and Pies Coming to Petworth Market Tonight!

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user petworthmarket

The market takes place from 3-7pm every Friday and is located on 9th St, NW between Georgia Ave and Upshur.

From an Email:

“As a special treat to help folks cool down, we are also welcoming the Sweetflow Mobile from 5 PM to 7 PM. The Sweetflow Mobile is an environmentally-conscious frozen yogurt truck from Sweetgreen. It is uniquely engineered to run without a generator, thus significantly reducing the amount of fuel consumed. Just like their stores, Sweetflow Mobile uses 100% compostable packaging and local/organic ingredients & toppings.”

Email continues with full list of participants and a recipe after the jump. (more…)

Tues. Afternoon Rental Option – Petworth/Park View

By Prince Of Petworth

This rental is located at 5th and Quincy Streets, NW:


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The Craigslist ad says:

“To acquire this apartment, complete an application, $25 credit check/reference check, $1000 security deposit. 12 month lease preferable. Please email with your availability for seeing the apartment. We are showing the apartment on an individual basis by appointment — so please email to set up a meeting. Thanks!

The apartment was recently renovated (you will be the third tenant) and comes with a beautiful floor plan, new brand name appliances, and a new bathroom. Kitchen features a stylish breakfast bar, refrigerator/freezer, gas stove, microwave oven, dishwasher, disposal and exhaust fan. The apartment also features a private rear entrance that will take you directly to your private parking space in the rear. Apartment features recessed lighting, beautiful ceramic tile flooring and an open floor plan. Light is plentiful from the three north-facing windows. Also gracing this great space is a great walk-in-closet and spacious pantry. Apartment has direct access to clothes washer and dryer.

No Smoking and no Pets Please.

You pay 1/4 of House Utilities (A/C, heat, water, electric) – generally $60 a month. High Speed Internet and Comcast Cable offered FREE. Washer and Dryer in the apartment. Located in a completely renovated, gorgeous townhouse. Private parking is available and street parking is plentiful. You will be the third tenant to ever live in this unit — the other two have loved it and will gladly provide references.”

Does $1100 sound reasonable for this basement studio?

CVS at Georgia and New Hampshire Ave, NW Opens

By Prince Of Petworth

It had that great new car smell and looks awesome. My first purchase? A bottle of water. If you come to the next PoP happy hour the second Thurs. in August (details soon) remind me to tell you stories of my walkabouts in the 100 degree weather. Good times, good times.

But back to the CVS, for real, the inside looks great. And the woman who came in behind me, went straight to the folks working behind the counter and said, “thank you so much for opening in our neighborhood”.

Dear PoP – Horses Ass Award? Church Suggestion

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoP,

My phone picture doesn’t do this building justice, but the Fisherman’s Church near the intersection of Georgia and New Hampshire deserves an award. This historic building was one of the first movie theaters in DC and now it is a true blight to the neighborhood. What is hard to see here is the attempts at several different paint colors (purple, Orange, brown), but the new addition of a chunk of plastic siding is a real beauty.

Here is hoping that when the economy gets better, somebody will make them an offer they can’t refuse. This place is amazing on the inside and would make a great DC Cinema Draft house.”

I can’t nominate this as a Horses Ass Award because it is a functioning church. They also have put a bit of money in for internal renovations. A horse ass award is reserved for buildings that have fallen into disrepair and are vacant with no known improvements for months/years. This church actually has a really interesting historyas you noted. It used to be a theater in the 1920s.

I do happen to know that developers have tried to purchase this property a few times but were unable to. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love a DC Cinema Draft house somewhere but at the moment this is an active church that is a positive member of the community so I wish them and their congregation well.

What do you guys think – do you feel this property is a blight?

Good Deal or Not? Sherman Circle edition

By Prince Of Petworth

This home is located at 4618 Kansas Ave, NW:


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The flier says:

“Located on serene park near Sherman Circle. Gorgeous sunlit 3 lvl/3 bed/2 bth porch frnt federal Hardwoods thru-out, French doors, cac w/ radiator heat; a 2 lvl addition serves as a sunroom, brkfst room/ den. Custom blinds, light fixtures, rear deck, garage and lots of street parking. Only mins. to dwntwn, a 5 min walk to metro! Sold as is. Seller Closing Asst. Avail.”

You can find more info here and photos here.

I often rave about how much I love Grant Circle, but I sometimes forget how pleasant nearby Sherman Circle is. What do you guys think of the photos of this home? Does $398,900 sound reasonable?

Yoga House Moving from Georgia Ave (above Looking Glass Lounge)

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to a reader for sending in the news. In a newsletter Elizabeth from Yoga House writes:

“Our 5 year lease is ending at our current space [3634B Georgia Ave., NW] at the end of August, and we have decided to vacate these premises. We love our beautiful Yoga House – but we know that it is not the building we love, it is the sweetness of all the amrit velas, all the yoga and meditation that we have done there that have created the beauty of this space – and we are not attached to this one building no matter how much we have enjoyed it.

Yes we are planning to re-locate and re-open, but it won’t happen before 2011.”

I emailed Elizabeth to confirm and she says:

“If you do write about this will you tell everyone how teaching at Yoga House has been the best time of my life, that I have loved getting to know the Petworth and Columbia Heights community and I will be back soon!

If folks want to keep up with me they can sign up on the front page of my newsletter (www.yogahousestudio.com) or follow YogiElizabeth on Twitter or find Yoga House Washington on Facebook.”

I interviewed Yoga House’s owner, Elizabeth Greathouse, back in July 2007. I wish her and her team the best of luck and I’ll be sure to post their new location in 2011. In the meantime their current location will be open through August.

Petworth/Parkview CVS to Open Sunday (Probably…)

By Prince Of Petworth

I’ve been getting a number of inquiries about when the long anticipated (by many not all) CVS will be opening up at the corner of New Hampshire and Georgia Ave, NW. I’ve asked some folks who are indicating that the goal is this Sunday, July 25th. I’ll be sure to update when the official word comes down. On a side note, the landscaping they’ve put in is looking good.

Bakery Added to Pollomio

By Prince Of Petworth

Back in April Pollomio Peruvian Chicken opened up (replacing Kiko’s chicken) at 3703 14th Street, NW. I just noticed that they’ve added a bakery and cakes – think this combination will work? Anyone have a taste yet?

Shooting at 915 Spring Rd NW around 1pm

By Prince Of Petworth


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Just received this alert from MPD:

“4D units are on the scene of a shooting 915 Spring Rd NW. At this time we have one Teenage suspect suffering from a gun shot wound to the hand. His injury appear to be a Non-life threatening injury

All we have at this time for a lookout is Black Male wearing a white t-shirt and black jeans 140 lbs Approx 17 yrs medium complexion. Armed with a dark colored hand gun

Last seen leaving westbound from Spring Road

Updates will follow as we additional information

Anyone with information to this crime please call 1 888 919 CRIME or (202) 727 909”

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