Harvard and Sherman Ave, NW
Update: A reader on the block reports the man has been taken into custody peacefully.
Alan Henney reports:
“Police have CLOSED several streets in the Columbia Heights, Pleasant Plains and Park View neighborhoods while they attempt to talk a wanted man out of a residence near Girard Street and Sherman Ave NW-DC. The SWAT team and fire/EMS are assisting.”
Connecticut and Cathedral Ave, NW
“Dear PoPville,
Saturday night’s shooting happened right in front of our building in Woodley Park. Our coop sent Mary Cheh, Jimmy DuBois (our ANC), and MPD District 2 Commander Duncan Bedlion the following letter. This is the most serious incident in recent memory, but it’s not the only problem we’ve seen with the District’s inexplicable lack of preparation for Zoolights year after year.” (more…)
701 Second Street, NE
Ed. Note: Check out their menus here.
Thanks to Julia for the heads up: “I’ve been watching as they’ve transformed the space and it looks great.” (more…)
This article is sponsored by RLAH @properties.
DC Open House List for This Weekend: May 22, 2026
Memorial Day weekend is here, and DC’s housing market isn’t taking the holiday off — there are 170 open houses across the city this weekend. Whether you’re firing up the grill or squeezing in a little house-hunting between cookouts, it’s a perfect stretch of days to wander through some new listings. To see the full DC Open House list, click here.
Photo by PoPville flickr user Eric P.
“Dear PoPville,
I live on Irving Street between Georgia Avenue and 14th Street, and it is constantly littered with trash. Two things exacerbate this: the south side of the street has street-side trash pickup that blows loose bits of trash everywhere, and my multiple attempts for public trash cans have been rejected by 311.
Today, I came home to find 3 lovely young women in Howard Bison jackets picking up every tiny bit of trash on the street, smiling and making their way down Irving. I jumped out of my car to thank them and they just waved off my thanks.
I’m not sure what prompted this, but thank you Howard University and thank you to students doing this on a blustery, gloomy day instead of Black Friday shopping.”
Over Thanksgiving I asked folks to send me their tables in all their glory. Thanks to all who sent and particularly Alex Fogg who shared her masterpiece: “our Nats World Series themed Thanksgiving table” (more…)
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.
3316 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Thanks to Chelsea for sending. Core72 closed here just a couple weeks ago.
Roll by Goodyear’s website says:
“We’re Roll by Goodyear (but you already knew that) and we’re here to make buying tires as simple as buying a new pair of shoes. (more…)
Yikes. Thanks to Sarah for sending Saturday around 10pm:
“There was a flat bed tow truck that had a US postal van on it, and a car that has clearly driven up on the sidewalk, plus signs of a fender bender. Anyone know what happened? Scary to think of a car driving up on the sidewalk!”
730 Maine Ave, SW via Facebook
Ed. Note: Back in 2017 District Hardware and Bike moved from Foggy Bottom to The Wharf.
Thanks to all who messaged us the sad news. From District Hardware and Bike | The Velo Cafe:
“To our friends, family and neighbors,
With heavy hearts it saddens us to inform you all that as of this Sunday, December 1st at 5pm, District Hardware and Bike will be permanently closed for business. For 50 years we’ve operated District Hardware and Bike as an independent, family owned small business, and have done our best to bring a unique, neighborhood-focused concept to fruition. Unfortunately, things haven’t worked out the way we thought or planned, and we are unable to continue operating. (more…)
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1126 H Street, NE
Well it was only a matter of time but damn. I wish them well and all but damn.
I hope the old sign was restored and is in a museum somewhere. Or at least in the Dew Drop Inn.
Before: (more…)