“Dear PoPville,
Overnight flower theft in Park View Wednesday night. Dug up and stolen. Here are some before and after pictures. Sadly not the first time. Happen to anyone else in Park View/Columbia Heights?”
quality of life
It’s begun.
And now you have been warned.
“Dear PoPville,
I live in a building on 16th Street, NW. I’ve lived here for the past two years in a studio apartment on the first floor. During my time here, I’ve realized that the landlords are slumlords of a truly spectacular caliber. There are serious problems with many tenants in this building who treat the entire building and surrounding grounds as their personal property, with no concern whatsoever for the general comfort, well-being, or cleanliness of the shared spaces. This is a large building (8 stories) with numerous units, and the management is well aware of these people who do, among other things, the following: (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Rudi Riet
“Dear PoPville,
I just wanted to write to share the story of a good Samaritan who helped me and my partner out with car trouble this evening in Kalorama. We were trying to replace a battery in a Volkswagen but after a lot of sweat, money spent, and mosquito bites, we realized we did not have the tools to complete the removal of the old battery because of where a certain bolt was in the car. All the stores were closed and the car was totally dead so we were really discouraged. Lo and behold, a man (middle aged with Caribbean accent of some kind, introduced self as Jeronimo on his way out) driving by us asked if we needed a jump.
Sort of as a joke we replied that we were good unless he had a socket wrench extension, assuming he only had cables. “I’ve got one,” he said, and to our surprise he parked and got out a big toolbox that had everything we needed to complete the fix. (more…)
A reader reports:
“Multimillionaires: they’re just like us! Redfin values this house on Garfield Street in Woodley Park at $3.4M. Don’t tell me they couldn’t afford a dumpster…”
“Dear PoPville,
Today (9/5) two guys were walking their dogs and letting them defacate on the property of the Howard University Divinity School directly behind the no trespassing no walking dogs sign. And when I told one of them that the sign indicates dogwalking isn’t permitted, he smiled and replied “oh, we just ignore it.” (more…)
Seaton Place, NW
A reader reports:
“I guess this is acceptable moving protocol now? The worst part – it takes up the sidewalk (no one with a wheel chair can pass) AND an entire parking spot on the Wednesday side of the road during street sweeping days!
I plan to clean it up tonight – but this is definitely ridiculous.
*Note – I saw these bad Samaritans on film & 311 has been called*”
via change.org
From a Change.org petition:
“A proposal is underway to build a new heliport at 12th and Water Street SE, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood at the base of the 11th street bridge. This is a short-sighted use of prime riverfront land. There have been zero discussions with the community on the location and the environmental, health and quality of life impacts. We need to speak up NOW to be involved in the decision-making process before it’s too late. (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Eric P.
“Dear PoPville,
I was hoping readers could help with suggestions for a construction nuisance we’re dealing with in my building.
Our building has ~16 spaces along the backside of it, with traffic in the alley. On a daily basis, construction vehicles for a project on the next street over use the alley for access to the construction site, and block the entire alley. Most days it’s with their work trucks, on special days we get cement trucks that are completely immovable. The reality is that I’ve been late to doctor’s appointments, other residents can’t get to work, etc.
The issue we’re running into is, of course, enforcement. (more…)
From the the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty:
“The Law Center is disappointed at the common misconceptions in NoMa BID’s open letter. We understand that people are worried about their ability to safely walk through public spaces and would also like to point out that we should be equally concerned about the safety of solutions for the underrepresented NoMa residents – those living with homelessness.
The request to place “pedestrian safe-passage zones” in NoMa can quickly become a way to exclude vulnerable NoMa residents. It is an act of dividing human beings into groups of people who are considered “illegally encamped” and those who are not, those deemed worthy of safety and those who are not. We are falling into an “us versus them” narrative, which sees the “other” as a threat that must be strategically removed. (more…)