732 15th St, SE
Lots of development continues at the corner of 15th and Pennsylvania Ave, SE. What do you think of the pop up? You can see listings for the units here and here.
More condos coming next door too:
Pop Ups
Thanks to a reader for sending:
“Stop work orders have been posted for the 4 unit pop up at 1422 Shepard st. Oddly enough all the neighbors yard signs are gone now… They must think they have won.”
@kylesinDC tweets us on Friday:
“The uniformity of Bates St has been destroyed. A sad day in @TruxtonCircle”
Back in July a reader wrote in about this aquamarine pop up on P Street in Truxton Circle. Thanks to a reader for sending word of the new paint job – they note it is now “A very bland and inoffensive off white.” Here’s how it looks now:
Which do you prefer – aquamarine or white?
“Dear PoPville,
Another contender for ugliest popup — this one in the heart of Petworth at 456 Randolph St NW. Maybe you’ve seen it already, but I just had to say something bc it’s a real shame what they’ve done to it.
This house was an ugly eyesore for a long time but has (had?) great potential, so I’m glad someone is flipping it, and in general I have nothing against popups. But, they completely obliterated the nice brick curves and arches on the roofline that echoed the neighbors. How it’s a brown ugly boring box with the world’s least inspired pop up inside.
The even more annoying thing is that Landmark Construction Development shows a design on their website that included at least a watered down version of the arch, albeit with what looks like a shipping container behind it.
Strangely, after this house was sold, they gutted it completely, literally down to the brick outer walls and mud floor leaving a cathedral of empty space inside, and then left it for months before starting to rebuild. Very unusual for the neighborhood.
I note that the mirrored house at 445 Quincy St NW also had the same great roof design, and sold for $830k in January after a terrific flip job that preserved the design.
Does anyone review these things before they’re allowed to move forward?”
prior view via Google street view
Thanks to a reader for sending the updated photo. You can see what it looked like in May here.
A reader writes:
“We are now like everyone else. First pop up coming to the 1800 block of Mass in Hill East. I think this is going to be a double pop up. Front and back.”
Another reader writes:
“The building at 6th Street NE between L and Morton Streets. This building has been sitting vacant and idle for well over a year but finally there is construction underway!”
Looking forward to seeing how these turn out when completed.
3rd and K Street, NE
Thanks to a couple of reader for emailing and tweeting about these new pop ups. First one is from K street NE across the street from Indigo restaurant.
Here’s what the one above looked like in April:
The second one below is from 9th and H Street, NE.
“Dear PoPville,
I felt it was my duty to share with the PoP community the “new construction” on my block. “New construction” as it literally was just the front facade of a house. Many of us on the block were eager to have the blight of the block disappear, however now I miss the 4 foot high weeds.”
Old photo from 2011 via google maps