Thanks to Kate for sending the awesomeness above: “Every morning someone updates the date on the sidewalk of S Street NW between 14th and 15th, and I appreciate that person. (My dog decided he wanted to be in the photo too. I also appreciate my dog.)”
Please email your awesomeness to [email protected] and let me know where you found it.
Much more awesomeness: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I had a job for all of 2018 that paid a salary that would have precluded me from receiving any stimulus payment due to Coronavirus. However, I was laid off in March 2019 and my income was reduced.
I filed my 2019 tax return by the original April filing deadline and my 2019 income is in an amount that should receive the full $1,200 stimulus payment. However, I just used the IRS’ tool to track payments, and it states I am ineligible. (more…)
1337 H Street, NE via BrightMLS
Update from Hill Prince: “The landlord has apparently put the building for sale. The business is not currently for sale.”
Yikes thanks to Mike for sending this listing for Hill Prince, which could mean something or could mean nothing:
“Current use is a Restaurant /Bar. Space for expansion. Carriage house rear alley . Seller will hold some financing.”
It’s listed at $4,900,000.
3331 Connecticut Ave, NW
This is the former Artisan lamp space that closed after 35 years back in 2017. (more…)
327 7th Street, SE.
Well this is crushing. Thanks to all who messaged us about 7th Hill and Montmartre. The Hill is Home with a particularly sad quote:
“When I asked him [chef/owner Stephane Lezla] whether he’d like to reopen somewhere else, he is categorical in saying that he is done: “I still have to process all this. (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Ted Eytan
Ed. Note: We recently spoke about the YMCA Gym opening preparations here.
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to forward along this email I received today (Monday) from Vida Fitness. They’ve been providing weekly updates during covid-19 on how the gym is responding and the reopening plan. Today, they sent an email pushing members to email the Mayor to encourage gyms to be the first businesses to reopen in DC as soon as they can. They even provided a SCRIPT for what you should say?!?!?!?
I’ve been a member of Vida for years, and I would hate to see it go under now, but asking members to write to our mayor and emphasize the importance of gym reopening was tone-deaf, embarrassing, irresponsible, and extremely disappointing. They even have the nerve to say that gyms provide a unique ability for contact tracing in the city. Contact tracing is the last thing we have to worry about. No contact is what we should be emphasizing.
The last thing that ANYONE should be worrying about and fighting for, IS GYMS REOPENING. We should be writing to our mayor about more readily available testing, about more accessible healthcare in the city (have you seen the breakdown of cases and death by ward? income inequality is clearly having a deathly effect), about issuing fines and breaking up large social gatherings in Logan Circle, the Yards, and about policy that can aid in social distancing.
Here is the email content, sent from Vida: (more…)
1658 Columbia Road, NW
From The Potter’s House:
“On Wednesday, May 20, The Potter’s House will reopen its doors after going dark for more than two months during the coronavirus pandemic.
This nonprofit neighborhood institution, much-beloved in its Adams Morgan community, celebrated its 60th anniversary in April. It’s one of the longest-running enterprises in the city and one that has survived many hardships in the past.
But it’s much more than a cafe and bookstore — The Potter’s House is a hub of connection, a safe and welcoming gathering place for a deeply diverse community. Its reopening offers a ray of much-needed sunshine to the city. It’s a reassurance that The Potter’s House will continue to be here to offer hospitality, welcome, and comfort — even in the midst of a global pandemic. (more…)
From Ice Cream Jubilee:
“Ice Cream Jubilee is celebrating May, Asian American Heritage Month, with an assortment of Asian American inspired flavors, available for nationwide shipping, local delivery, and in-store pick up. With every 5-pint package of ice cream purchased, Ice Cream Jubilee will make a donation to nonprofits dedicated to combating the rise in Anti-Asian hate that has spiked since the Coronavirus crisis. (more…)
From DCPL:
“Last week, the DC Public Library Board of Trustees unanimously voted to eliminate all overdue fines during its May board meeting.
The Library acknowledged “overdue fines create barriers to access for the very populations the library works to serve – low-income residents – and are not an effective tool to encourage on-time return of library material” in the document explaining the measure. (more…)
