Greatest photo I’ve seen. A bit weather damaged but located with great pride outside a shop on Georgia Ave. (Presumably the guy on the right is the store’s proprietor.)
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Georgia Ave
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Maybe in the day it’s ok. But this is outside a gas station on the corner of Georgia and Park. I feel like this is a mugging just waiting to happen.
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Located at 2608 Georgia Ave, ShowOff Apparel, is one of the coolest spots in town. I spoke with head artist, Edmund “VJ” Sanyeneh and his associate Joseph. They are unbelievably cool artists. They paint old sneakers, murals, clothes, stools, trucks, you name it. You can bring in an old pair of sneakers and they’ll paint them for $60 (photos after the jump). They have been at this location for around a year and were recently featured on local NBC news. In addition to the cool wares, the store itself is surrounded by incredibly painted murals. This is a store that you should really check out simply to appreciate the art. Lots of photos after the jump. (more…)
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Continuing chicken week here at PoP…
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This mural was in the parking lot of the 2407 Georgia Ave where I saw the Murals DC Kickoff (see post below). There were so many photos in that post I didn’t want this amazing mural to get over shadowed. Closeups after the jump. (more…)
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Thanks to a reader for sending the proposed heritage trail map for Georgia Ave. I don’t know how I missed this. I’m super psyched though. I’ve been pining for one of these heritage trails for a while. Anyone know when it is likely to be set up?
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If anyone attends the press conference fill us in on the details. I just received this in an email: “At 2pm today in the 3500 block of Georgia Ave., Councilmember Graham
will be holding a press conference to announce that Central Union
Mission IS NOT coming to Georgia Avenue. They are staying downtown. I
do not know the details but this is good news!”
UPDATED: Email from Council member Jim Graham:
“Good news!!! Central Union Mission is not moving to Georgia Avenue in Ward One. It is moving downtown.
We have re-defined the project to include real progress for lower Georgia Avenue. Instead of a 170-bed men’s shelter on the 3500 block of Georgia Avenue, there will now be mixed-income housing.
This is a solid victory for grassroots activism. I worked with the neighborhood, who came together to send a very effective message that a homeless shelter was not the kind of improvement we wanted.
I joined Mayor Fenty this afternoon for a press conference to announce that the Mission had signed an agreement to move to 65 Mass. Ave.
Congratulations to everyone involved, especially the Georgia Avenue residents, local ANC, Georgia Avenue Redevelopment Defense Squad and the Pleasant Plains Civic Association! And a special thanks to Mayor Fenty and his fine team.”
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I’m glad to see that the donkey is winning the race…I’m sorry to see he will only win a piece of chicken. And isn’t a bit odd for a chicken to be offering a piece of cooked chicken as a reward?
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Check it out upstairs. There is also a sister sign out back on the patio. Super cool.
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