14th and Florida Ave, NW
U Street
“Dear PoPville,
There was a hit and run that took place on T St NW between 16th and 15th Saturday early morning at 3 am. The driver who caused the accident was going the wrong way down the one-way street, hit a car going the correct way and caused significant damage to the four cars parked on either side. Right now they do not know who did it so the 5 damaged cars will have to go through their own insurance. I wanted to see if anyone had any information? If so please email [email protected]”
A reader reports:
“Construction has begun in earnest on the 15th & W & Florida Ave. intersection. Cars traveling west on FL from 14th can NO LONGER head down New Hampshire Ave. to 16th. Drivers can only turn left onto W. More info:
courtesy JoJo’s
JOJO Restaurant and Bar [1518 U Street, NW] tweets us:
“So guess who popped into JOJO’s over #ColumbusDay Weekend? THE Dave Chappelle.”
Awesome.
From the 900 block of U Street, NW.
1201 U Street, NW
Big U Street news for the former Islander space from the Washington Post:
“Don’t expect subtlety at the bar, set to be named Archipelago. The interior will be covered in bamboo, thatch and tiki idols.
Archipelago is expected to open before the end of the year.”
Stay tuned.
Thanks to Ben Fishel for sending last night. So freaking awesome.
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A few weeks ago we learned that the last vestige of the awesome old mural at 11th and U St, NW was painted over. I gotta say – the new mural turned out pretty great.
Having said that – part of me wishes there was a way they could’ve restored the old mural…
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Photo by PoPville flickr user Clif Burns
A reader reports Saturday night from the U Street metro station:
“I was just waiting for a train around 6 when a fight broke out and one of the guys was thrown on the tracks. He got up and it looked like WMATA delayed the train to make sure it was clear. No one seemed to do anything other than clean up the blood. It looks like both guys ran out the 10th St exit.”
Sadly seems like just another Saturday Night in the District these days.
UPDATE from WMATA:
“I wanted to let you know that there was more going on than just cleaning. MTPD took the suspect involved in this incident into custody in the area of Sherman Ave and Euclid St NW. He was transported back to U Street Station where he was positively identified by the victim. Arrested, charged with simple assault. Both parties involved in the fight were checked by medics — neither required transport.
Suspect is 20yo male, resident of NW DC.”
