Andrew W, Author at Columbia Heights Insider

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Weekly History: Toot-an-Kum-in gas station at 14th and Belmont, 1925

By Andrew WAugust 5, 2010

Here’s your weekly history photo post (formerly Wednesday History, but I keep forgetting to post it on Wednesdays). This 1925 shot is a old gas station at 14th and Belmont with the unusual name of Toot-An-Kum-In. Before you get the wrong idea, that’s a play on Tutankhamun, aka King Tut. The Shorpy page notes the…

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Neighborhood restaurants doing pretty well on food safety

By Andrew WAugust 4, 2010

How healthy and safe are our restaurants and grocery stores? Very healthy. I just discovered via U Street Girl that the city now has a searchable health inspection website so I decided to take a look at local spots to see how they fared. For the most part, they all fared very well. About the…

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Bike racks coming to 11th and Park, 14th and Park soon

By Andrew WAugust 4, 2010

After my post about the lack of bike racks in the neighborhood, I emailed DDOT, who responded quickly: We’re aware that Columbia Heights needs more racks and will be adding more soon. Right now, we’re just waiting on a new shipment. They should arrive in late August. At that time, we hope to put in-street…

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Thrift store coming to Georgia and Columbia

By Andrew WAugust 4, 2010

Via the good folks at the Borderstan blog, the L&N Thrift store at about 14th and T will be moving to our neck of the woods at a space at Georgia and Columbia. Nice to see this, and that means one down on the list of what we’re missing. L&N has a lot of random…

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DC rapper Wale giving out mixtapes today ~~in the neighborhood~~

By Andrew WAugust 3, 2010

UPDATE: My mistake folks, I got Commonwealth at 18th and Florida confused with Palace Five at 14th and Florida. The event is then actually in Adams Morgan-ish. Sorry! DC rapper Wale, who I’ve written about a few times before, will be at Commonwealth (the clothes, shoes, and skate shop at 14th 18th and Florida, not…

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Artists needed at the Columbia Heights Community Marketplace

By Andrew WAugust 3, 2010

Are you an artist, or know any? The Community Marketplace folks are looking for artists to apply to sell their wares at the market. Here’s how to apply: Please send your contact information, description of your work and the products you will have for sale (100 words max/ please note that your statement will be…

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There’s a Target and Best Buy boycott?

By Andrew WAugust 3, 2010

So says the City Paper. Apparently Target and Best Buy, both of which are based in Minnesota, gave about $250,000 total to a group running commercials for a Republican gubernatorial candidate who opposes same-sex marriage. A boycott began, the Human Rights Campaign, a gay and lesbian advocacy group, criticized the donations, and the City Paper…

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Another table tap, more TVs coming to Meridian Pint

By Andrew WAugust 3, 2010

Looks like the offerings at Meridian Pint are expanding: according to their Facebook, the joint at 11th and Park is getting 3 or 4 more TVs for downstairs and another of the popular table taps, where you pour your own beer, in a few weeks. I’m glad for both, as there was often a rush…

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Columbia Heights, Virginia?

By Andrew WAugust 2, 2010

Apparently our neighborhood is in Virginia. Yesterday I typed in “Columbia Heights DC” into Google, and the first result I got was a link to Google Maps for Columbia Heights… Virginia. When you click the link, it goes to the middle of our neighborhood, but it still says Columbia Heights, VA. Weird. Uh, hey Google……

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CVS no longer open 24 hours

By Andrew WAugust 2, 2010

This might be old news, but I just noticed it: the CVS at 14th and Irving is no longer open 24 hours a day. They’re still open to midnight every day, which is good, but just in case you needed to run over to get something at 3 am, better head to Dupont for their…

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