“Dear PoPville,
I live in a late 1930s brick wardman style home with a flat rubber roof. After it rains I notice this small debris washes off the main roof onto the roof over our back room and eventually down the gutter. I don’t think it’s mortar because motar is usually finer as it erodes, this stuff is a little coarser than kosher salt. Given the number of similar houses in the area, I’m wondering if anyone knows what it is?”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Phil
“Dear PoPville,
Is it just me or did a lot of dc smell like there was an electrical fire yesterday? When I got off the metro at archives there were 4 firefighters in the metro. Then all day outside my office (right outside the metro) it smelled like some sort of burning chemical/electrical fire. Then I smelled it when I got off the metro after work at Georgia Ave.”
“Dear Popville, do you know the story about this building at 14th and Parkwood? Construction stopped years ago (on google map time lapse you can see construction started in 2014, and it’s been sitting like this since 2016). In an otherwise rapidly renovated area, why is this frozen in time? Wondering if it violates the height restriction because the door appears to be on the smaller street of Parkwood rather than on 14th. Does anyone know the story? Will it remain like this forever?”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Ted Eytan
“Dear PoPville,
Just saw [11pm last night] a few seconds of very bright strobe-like flashing from Glover Park. Might have been near the cathedral? Anyone know what it was?”
Anyone else see it? If so, from where?
Meghan writes:
“has this happened to anyone else’s car??? I have had this symbol left on my car twice in the last two weeks. Near 6th and H NE…”
“Dear PoPville,
Anyone shared any reason why there is a red cloth tied around a lot of trees and poles in Scott Circle in DC today? Is it just a Valentine’s Day or is it maybe a heart health awareness thing? Quite a few of the cherry trees, the Webster statue base, and other trees also have them.”
You want amenities?!? We got amenities!!
When news is breaking every 15 minutes…
Mail room. SW Waterfront. Bonkers. We are doomed.
Photo by PoPville flickr user Victoria Pickering
Ed. Note: Cupid’s Undie Run is a fundraiser for the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
From MPD:
“On Saturday, February 9, 2019, Cupid’s Undie Run will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be street closures that motorists should take into consideration:
The following streets will be posted as Emergency No Parking for the event from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m:
E Street between 9th Street and 6th Street, NW
6th Street between E Street, NW and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW between 6th Street, NW and 3rd Street, NW
3rd Street between Constitution Avenue, NW and Independence Avenue, NW
The following streets will be closed from 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I was walking down Connecticut this morning when I heard a large explosion sound coming from the intersection at Columbia Rd. I turned to see the driver of a 43 bus getting off the bus to examine the bus. Thankfully, another 43 pulled up moments later, and all of the passengers from the first bus offloaded and boarded the much coveted 43.”
“Dear PoPville,
I find them all up and down U and 9th Streets, usually on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Literally dozens on the street and all over the sidewalk every weekend morning! There are varying colors, sizes, and styles. I am so intrigued.”
I was gonna guess glow sticks but the blue one doesn’t look like one. Somebody enlighten us please!!