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“D.C.’s First Aquaponics Farm Tied to Workforce Development and Reentry”

Published February 26, 2025 at 11:15AM

“Rendering of 2400 Ontario Place and King Emmanuel Baptist – The future home of the communal kitchen, new housing, and a rooftop aquaponics farm.”

How cool?! Thanks to Carol for passing on from Jubilee Housing:

“For the past year, I’ve had the exciting and challenging opportunity to work on a new endeavor called Jubilee Farms. This innovative new entity from Jubilee Housing will be Washington, DC’s first aquaponics farm tied to workforce development, affordable housing, and citizens returning from incarceration. The farm will be housed in the basement and on the rooftop of the new Ontario Place apartment building and once fully up and running will produce up to 13,000 plants per month. (more…)

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Behold the Most Magnificent Snow Sculpture (from whatever we named yesterday’s storm) – “a lovely little Venus de Milo snow lady”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published February 13, 2025 at 12:30PM

Thanks to Linda and Mary for sharing this masterpiece from Mount Pleasant:

“a lovely little Venus de Milo snow lady, by one of my other neighbors, children a freshman at Duke Ellington.”

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“Gingerbread House of the Heller’s/Ellē building in Mt. P!!”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published December 27, 2024 at 9:00AM

Thanks to Mary for sharing her masterpiece:

“I made a gingerbread house of the Heller’s/Ellē building in Mt. P!! It’s also my apartment building 🙂” (more…)

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“DowntownDC Holiday Skate Spectacular Opens at National Building Museum”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published December 17, 2024 at 12:30PM

photo courtesy DowntownDC BID

From a press release:

“The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID), the National Building Museum, and Events DC are thrilled to announce the launch of the DowntownDC Holiday Skate Spectacular—a unique, free indoor skating experience that transforms the National Building Museum’s majestic Great Hall into a winter wonderland.

Running from December 16, 2024, through January 4, 2025, the event offers a holiday activity like no other. Guests can glide across a cutting-edge synthetic ice rink, open Thursday through Monday, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, at the National Building Museum, 401 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. (more…)

Feast on Photos of Saturday Night’s Stunning Sunset!!

By Prince Of Petworth

Published December 9, 2024 at 9:55AM

Thanks to Tim for sending above from Adams Morgan. (more…)

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“on the back of some Metrobuses there are USB charging ports”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published October 2, 2024 at 9:30AM

Thanks to Papa Brain for sharing this awesomeness:

“WMATA snuck one in. Now on the back of some Metrobuses there are USB charging ports (more…)

Legendary arbiter of all cool things, TimeOut, names Mount Pleasant the 29th “coolest neighbourhood in the world”!!

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 26, 2024 at 10:00AM

Ed. Note: For the record I’ve proclaimed Mount Pleasant one of the top 5 coolest neighborhoods in the world since 1997. What an awesome group house you had Katie, Holly, Chris and co.!

But I do love that the props are coming from far and wide. Well deserved! Thanks to CD for sending TimeOut‘s “38 Coolest Neighbourhoods in the World Right Now”:

“We quizzed our global network of on-the-ground experts to find the coolest neighbourhoods on the planet. These are the places to visit, like, now

29. Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant is hands-down one of the most beloved neighbourhoods in DC. North of Adams Morgan and adjacent to Columbia Heights, the neighbourhood became a multicultural melting pot from the ’60s onward thanks to many Central American, African and Vietnamese immigrants putting down roots. Its culinary scene is anchored by Mount Pleasant Street, a foodie paradise packed with locally-owned restaurants that celebrate the neighbourhood’s immigrant heritage. Though it’s starting to see heavy development, residents fiercely love and protect Mount Pleasant, (more…)