“Dear PoPville,
Any idea what these are for or where they lead to/come from? Located by the fountain on the north side of the Capitol next to D Street NW.”
What the Helen of Troy is This
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Still photo of plane from video
“Dear PoPville,
Yesterday (Saturday Sept 27) around noon, a Navy plane was flying low circles over Columbia Heights, Shaw, and further southeast of us. My boyfriend, a former Army Ranger, spotted several objects– possibly parachuters?– dropped out of the plane down in the Capitol’s direction from where we are in Columbia Heights. The plane continued to circle a few more times before gaining altitude.
I’ve video of it (In the sky over the tree, you can see a few white glistening lines that the camera tried to focus on but couldn’t catch. Also shows the Navy plane circling over.), but my iPhone wasn’t as up to the task and it’s not very clear. I’ve been waiting to see if someone is going to write about it, but both the Post and the DC blogs don’t have anything yet.
So what’s the deal? Were the Marines having a bit of fun practicing a new response in the field? Think they could let us know? To the few residents paying attention enough, seeing a military plane drop objects over the capital can be mildly alarming.”
Thanks to BH for sending the photo below:
@wowindc tweets us the photo above seen on “L St btw 15/16 NW DC”.
We haven’t seen one that big before but I’m guessing it’s still part of the Digital Design & Imaging Service project we’ve spoken about in the past.
Another reader sends another shot below:
“Dear PoPville,
On 4th St, SW near Virginia Avenue. There are two big white boxes with a wire connecting them (hard to see in these pics) underneath the train tracks. They appeared about a month ago and I can’t figure out what they are.”
“Dear PoPville,
Have you seen this symbol before? I’ve seen it all over the city and I’m always curious what it means. This particular one is near the Washington Monument.”
“Dear PoPville,
What is the mysterious structure that they are currently building on the 625 T street, NW lot (facing the Howard Theatre) ? a few days ago, they fenced the lot and brought wood – some painted green and a few people are working on building something: since then they have been working on a mysterious structure.”
and @AlexMurray1 tweets us the photo below:
“@PoPville any ideas what they are building in front of Howard theater? I thought it was going to be a small park?”
Anyone know if this anyway related to the possible HR-57 development or more of a temporary unrelated pop up?
I think I asked this once years ago but I can’t remember/find the answer. It’s on Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park. I always think it’s some sorta bunker but there are no vent shafts or anything – what is this?
“Dear PoPville,
I have a mystery for the residents of D.C.
Currently, The now closed Latham Hotel and its adjoining restaurant, Michel Richard’s Citronelle, are liquidating all of their assets (they will be doing so for the next 3 weeks).
The location is in Georgetown and I think people will find the sale interesting. As they unload a hotel’s worth of items, some curious things are going up for sale. Amongst the silverware, artwork, furniture, and statuary there was this:
A 300 pound bronze-cast plaque.
It is being sold-off…One of the ladies suggested purchasing it for its scrap value…Still no one knows who the image depicts.
Aside from what is seen here, there are no maker’s marks at all on the front or the back. Can anyone identify this person?”
Ed. Note: Obviously, free PoPville t-shirt for the first one to get the identity right.
Latham Hotel at 3000 M Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
Seen at the intersection of 3rd and D Streets SE. It looks like a dog jumping through a ring of fire…?”
I’m going with art…
“Dear PoPville,
I was sitting on my girlfriend’s balcony this morning on Clifton Street when a random rental truck pulled up with a man-lift in tow behind it. It was a big rental moving truck from Penske and the lift also seemed to be from a heavy equipment rental service. Two guys in plain work clothes jumped out and used the lift to go up to the city street light. Initially I thought they were contractors changing a bulb, but instead they attached this bizarre device to the top of the street light. It looks to be some kind of transmitter/receiver, but it seemed odd to me that if this was a sanctioned city job that the guys were not in a public works truck or uniform of some sort. They worked pretty fast- were on the move again in about 10 minutes (seems to efficient to be government- hah!). Do you have any idea what this device is?
It is a bit unnerving that anyone who wants to rent a truck and a lift could attach some kind of receiver to a street light and go mostly unnoticed. Someone with malicious intent and the correct know how could be intercepting calls/texts/emails or wifi signals in the neighborhood with something like this and no one would be the wiser.”