quality of life - PoPville

“Milkbar’s alarm is once again beeping every 45 seconds day and night”

Published November 16, 2023 at 12:35PM

“Dear PoPville,

Milkbar’s alarm is once again beeping every 45 seconds day and night since 11/6. I told the clerk that day whose only response was, “Okay.” (more…)

“The up escalator has been broken for well over a month”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published November 9, 2023 at 12:45PM

drew asks:

“has anyone contacted DCUSA or know how to? The up escalator has been broken for well over a month in the shopping mall and it looks like there’s been zero effort to fix it”

#DC USA

Chicken Vists @ The Gate Returning to Tenleytown Soon

By Prince Of Petworth

Published November 7, 2023 at 9:05AM

Thanks to Stuart for sending the great news.

RIP Thelma.

#signs of the times

“Neighbor Blasting Christian Sermons All Day Every Day”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published October 12, 2023 at 2:35PM

“Dear PoPville,

I am reaching out to the community to see if anyone has any experience with daytime noise complaints. One of our neighbors spends most of every day blasting proselytizing Christian sermons and gospel music (of which some of the tunes are repeated over and over for hours). (more…)

“Incessant fire alarms at Howard University dorms?”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published October 4, 2023 at 2:35PM

“Dear PoPville,

I live close by to Howard University’s Plaza Towers on Barry Pl. NW, and have been hearing their fire alarms go off almost daily, sometimes multiple times a day (and as late as midnight). (more…)

#Howard University

Notes from your Neighbors – “Surprisingly polite” edition

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 27, 2023 at 2:35PM

Thanks to a couple of readers for sending:

“Surprisingly polite, especially for Dupont. Might be a good time to remind folks that residential cans don’t always get flipped so putting loose trash in them (like poop bags) just forces whoever (more…)

“day after day all we hear are the deafening sounds of large dump trucks, cement trucks, and garbage trucks roaring up the street”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 20, 2023 at 2:35PM

“Dear PoPville,

Any advice for now to contact the developers for the new Wardman Park location in Woodley Park? I live along Harvard St NW in Columbia Heights and for weeks now, day after day all we hear are the deafening sounds of large dump trucks, cement trucks, and garbage trucks roaring up the street, all of which are coming from the Wardman Park redevelopment in Woodley Park. (more…)

“earlier this year it beeped for four months, so it’s an ongoing issue”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 20, 2023 at 10:05AM

“Dear PoPville,

Stand near Milkbar on 15th St and you’ll hear a loud beep every 45 seconds. It’s from an alarm to the left of Milkbar’s “1525” sign above their entrance. It flashes red as it beeps. (more…)