“Dear PoPville,
Tuesday night a parade of 8 cars, including DC police, ICE, and FBI, parked in the unit block alley between V and W NW and went through all our trash cans. What made it extra weird was the 5, 25 year old white males in suits who accompanied them.
I heard one of them say to another, “we know they were headed down north cap and went into the alley off W” and they responded “doesn’t help that it’s trash day.” (more…)
1401 Maryland Ave, NE
Thanks to a couple of readers for sending: “Seed oil inspection? :)”
It’s caption comment time!! More photos: (more…)
Calvert and Connecticut Ave, NW connecting Woodley Park and Kalorama towards Dupont Circle
I’ve been getting tons of messages asking about the temporary fencing currently up at the Taft Bridge: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
The light on the Capitol is off for the first time since I’ve lived here. Very strange” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Saw this at the corner of K and 9th NW in front of the Weston. And another at 9th and I. Any ideas what it’s for? No signs visible.”
Not exactly the same shape but could it be a future composting bin?
“Dear PoPville,
Weird permanently installed digital sign on eastern market metro plaza. The screen says ATTENTION. You can’t read it in the pic so I wrote it in. Didn’t change when I stood there. Weird.”
“Dear PoPville,
Newly poured sidewalk scape outside of Salt and Sundry in Union Market (less than 3 days old) is loudly torn up at 1am by Washington Gas. (more…)
Thanks to G. for sending this Nuro spotted in Trinidad.
Nuro’s website says:
“At Nuro, we believe self-driving vehicles represent the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the real world. (more…)
Update from a reader:
“I was told that the garden beds the willows are in are very shallow so every few years they start to die off. One was really sick and not looking great and another fell over in one of the recent storms so they went ahead and cut them all down. The were replanted a couple of years ago when one of the theater houses had finished its latest remodel. No word on if they will be replanted or if something else will be replanted in its place.”
Thanks to P. for sending this jarring sight from the Kennedy Center:
“Willow trees on the Kennedy center terrace razed: (more…)
Thanks to Nora for sending the latest from the Q Street Barbies. Who can explain it? (more…)