“Dear PoPville,
Sending in a question regarding this abandoned luncheonette in the Union Market parking lot (Hall and Oates album reference intended). It’s been here for as long as I can remember and I’m curious what it was or if there are any plans to repurpose it?
Sincerely,
A Union Market resident and Hall and Oates super fan”
I’m guessing, well, anyone hear anything?
Oh if I told you (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to share my accidental find with you. I stumbled across these in Lothian, Maryland. Lothian is located about 30 mins west of DC and 40 mins south of Baltimore. (more…)
Thanks to Nick for sending:
“Dug this up in the back yard, it’s a cast iron rectangle about 16×24. As close as I can tell it says “Whirick & Weller Charlestown WV. Google has nothing about what it might have been.”
Any ideas?
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
Thanks to David for sending this old yard sign from Adams Morgan:
“from the 2010 Reelect Adrian Fenty campaign.”
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house, place of work or neighborhood please send an email to [email protected] thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.
And just like that my faith in humanity is restored. Thanks to Nora for sending this awesomeness from Logan Circle. Have a look inside where it GETS EVEN BETTER: (more…)
photo by Rock Creek Conservancy
Thanks to John for passing on this very cool PSA from Rock Creek Conservancy:
“A friendly reminder to clean up after yourself in our parks! Recently, a milk bottle dated March 3, 1925, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I found these more than 20 years ago when I was first restoring my house and held onto them. I encountered them again this weekend, cleaning the basement. As I recall, they had fallen behind a baseboard or someplace like that.
The letter is from Corporal Robert Bouvie (?), who was stationed overseas and sent it in December 1942, just one year after the US entry into the war. The recipient was Mr. Ernest Grosse (?), likely a former owner of my house on Harvard St NW. (more…)
As promised from my tour of HiFi opening soon in Adams Morgan: (more…)
Thanks to a reader for sending: “Found during a purge of old documents. circa mid-late ’90s DC” (more…)
Thanks to G. for sending: “It’s inside Jenks Hardware. It’s a 1930 Ford. The building they’re in opened in 1926 as a Ford dealership. Pretty cool!”
Super cool!
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