1353 H Street, NE
Ed. Note: In September 2019 I said and then they said oh well never mind this stinks.
From a press release:
“It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Rock & Roll Hotel will cease operations effective immediately, Monday March 2, 2020. All shows and events are cancelled, and we have obtained the necessary financial protection at this time. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I’m hoping to get some advice on a pretty awful issue I’m having with Washington Gas. My service was disconnected yesterday [Thursday] – with no notice – due to an ongoing construction project next door and Washington Gas needing to run a new service line to their property. Again – I received no formal notice of this disconnection and only realized the service had been disconnected when I woke up in the morning and the temperature had dropped to 60 degrees (these have been some of the coldest days of the year so far mind you – below freezing outside). (more…)
Ed. Note: If you missed our look back on commemorative smartrip cards, you can see them here.
From Council Member Charles Allen’s Office:
“Tomorrow, Councilmember Charles Allen will introduce the Metro For DC Amendment Act of 2020, a proposal that would give DC residents a monthly subsidy of $100 on their SmarTrip card and establish a dedicated fund to invest millions in improved bus services in neighborhoods long neglected for transit planning. (more…)
You’ve probably never read your building’s property management contract all the way through. Most board members haven’t either. If you did, you’d find a carefully defined scope of work — vendors coordinated, maintenance dispatched, assessments collected, reports generated.
What you wouldn’t find: anything about fiduciary duties. Reserve funding strategy. Compliance tracking. Case documentation. Institutional memory. The legal obligations that make your board personally accountable to unit owners.
That’s not an oversight in the contract. It’s the contract. Property management was never designed to cover governance. And yet most boards — paying $10,000 to $18,000 a year for the service — assume it does.
Operations and governance are different jobs. One has a contract. The other has a fiduciary duty.
Beyond the management fee, most property management companies mark up vendor invoices — the plumber, the landscaper, the elevator contractor — by 10 to 15 percent before passing the bill to the association. It’s legal. It’s common. And boards have almost no visibility into it. (more…)
1433 H Street, NE
Thanks to Rich for sending: “Just saw a big for sale sign on the old Argonaut. Thought it might be of interest to folks who keep track of H Street. Would love to know more about what the potential plans are and who buys it.”
The Argonaut abruptly closed back in July 2016. A terribly sad day. In 2017 we noted the space was being cleaned out. Crickets since then until now.
The listing says:
“Opportunity to acquire a mixed-use zoned building (4.0 to 4.8 FAR) on a signalized corner in one of DC’s most dynamic neighborhoods (more…)
Photo by Flickr user Alvin Trusty
Alexis asks:
“Bill has never had crab Rangoon and now wants me to find him the best crab Rangoon in DC/VA to try….
Any suggestions?”
Profs and Pints DC presents: “Artemis II and Beyond,” on how the recent space mission fits into long-term plans for the Moon, with Michael J. Neufeld, retired senior curator for the Space History Department of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
NASA’s recent, spectacular Artemis II mission is a sign that the United States is serious about sending humans to the Moon again.
100 M Street, SE
Thanks to Raymond for sending. Looks like Rockville closed March 1st. Did Navy Yard also close March 1st? And I just confirmed over the phone – they closed permanently in Navy Yard on Sunday too. If you go to Gordon Biersch’s website there are no locations listed for D.C. (and the Rockville on is gone too.)
Gordon Biersch opened in Navy Yard back in March 2013. (more…)
Photo by National Mall NPS
National Mall NPS reports:
“Mild winter temperature make for eager cherry blossoms – the Yoshino trees have reached green bud, the first of six stages that culminates in peak bloom! Six days earlier than last year (though later than 2017 and 2018).”
STAY TUNED.
600 block of F Street, NW
Thanks to Ryan for sending from next door to the Compass Coffee on F Street, NW. Any fans of South Block? They have current D.C. locations in Georgetown and Union Market.
From MPD:
“On March 1, 2020, members of the Fifth District responded to the 100 block of New York Avenue NE for the report of a shooting. Officers located two adult males in a vehicle in the 1400 block of First Street NE suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. As officers were rendering aid to the two victims a third adult male was located at a gas station at the intersection of Florida Avenue NE and P Street NE. The third male was also suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. All three of the males sustained serious, but not life threatening injuries.
During the course of the investigation a semi-automatic handgun was located and the offenders were arrested. (more…)
Justin sends the crazy shot above around 6:45am: “In Capitol Hill at the 11th St / 395 interchange…there is zero warning by MPD that you can’t continue down 11th St until you get to the cleanup and then are forced into the interstate.”
MPD reported at 5:41am: “First District patrol units are on scene of an overturned truck carrying trash. (more…)