Thanks to Annie for sending this beauty from 10th and W Street, NW.
If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
Wisconsin and Upton Place, NW
Thanks to all who’ve messaged me about the Charles Schwab coming to Wisconsin Ave near the Wegmans and on the Botiwalla, opening soon, at the other end of this strip. (more…)
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“WMATA Adjusts Bus Operator Fare Quotation Policy In Collaboration with Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 689″: (more…)
“. . . powerful, thoughtful, and tender . . . An impressive literary novel filled with both searing regret and stirring hope.” – Kirkus Reviews
“A delightful story of redemption and second chances.” – The BookLife Prize
photo by Victoria Pickering
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“Dear PoPville,
Friday, September 11
I was at the Art All Night Event in Mt. Pleasant around midnight when a group stopped me and my friend to ask if I knew what an Irish Goodbye was. I answered (more…)
Angelo De Nicola will coming over from Italy to speak to us on his recent book “The First Jubilee In History,” which tells the story of the first Jubilee which was declared in L’Aquila. We are excited to be offering this event in conjunction with local regional, governmental partners and in support of L’Aquila being the Italian Capital of Culture for 2026. Please come out and join us for this unique opportunity and celebration!
The meeting will take place at Casa Italiana.
“Dear PoPville,
I’m sorry I even had to type this or that anyone has to read this but I’m frustrated and not sure what city agency or person I should try next to resolve the below situation.
Yesterday (Thursday) I called 311 to report discarded clothes covered in human waste and more than one pile of said human waste also next to the clothes, as it was in a public space (the bottom step of the stairs that lead from Harvard St NW to the alley between Harvard and Hobart St NW). They are public stairs, between two properties. They don’t lead directly to someone’s home like most of the other stairs on Harvard do. I repeatedly explained this in detail to the 311 employee.
I was told in a follow up email (typos are verbatim): (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
This is more of a PSA to the thieves who should realize it’s not worth it. I parked my bike in Mount Pleasant for a few hours Sunday afternoon, and thieves stole the head unit from my pretty basic e-bike. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Wanted to share that many National Guard just moved into a luxury apartment complex in SW DC. (more…)
photo by sophiagrrl
From the Office of the Attorney General (OAG):
“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that JBG Associates, L.L.C. (JBG Smith) and Mid-America Apartments (MAA) will pay a total of $9.3 million and change their business practices as part of separate settlement agreements resolving the OAG’s antitrust lawsuit alleging that the companies had illegally conspired with other landlords, using RealPage, Inc.’s pricing software, to inflate rents at thousands of apartments across the District. In DC, JBG Smith owns over 4,500 units and MAA owns 269 units. (more…)
N Street between 10 and 11th NW
“Dear PoPville,
Every day I walk my dog I see new shattered car windows – and this happened to my car the same week the national guard started to patrol the city last year.
Here we are more than a year later and I still see the cops talking to people who’ve called 911 because they’re experiencing the very same thing on the same block. Just saw it again.
I’ve attached photos of fresh glass shards, and my car window’s shards from a year ago that are still living in the tree pit just steps away. (more…)