Curious about what sorts of stores used to be on 14th Street? I’ve mentioned Larry Rosen before, a man who used to run a drug store at 14th and Clifton back in the 50s and 60s, and witnessed the 1968 MLK riots first hand. Rosen has a great blog, and a recent post is about…
You may recall a few weeks ago, when Wonderland held the first in a reading series organized by Barrelhouse, an online literary magazine. Today is the second event in the series, with two authors who have had work published by Dzanc Books, Jeff Parker and Dave Housley. Parker has had a lot of short fiction and prose…
Looks like we’re finally getting some bike sharing locations through Capital Bikeshare, a regional program where you can rent bikes for a few hours and then drop them off somewhere else. Here’s the map, which includes locations near 14th and Irving, 11th and Lamont, the Petworth Metro, and 14th just north of Spring Road. It’s…
A few of my friends have been talking about Bryan Weaver’s ad for his race to unseat Jim Graham, the Ward One councilmember. Good stuff: Weaver, who is currently an ANC commissioner in Adams Morgan, faces a big challenge to unseat Graham, who is pretty popular and has been in office for 16 years, but…
Commenter and Flickr user Mr. T in DC made a good point a few weeks back on one of my photos (above): there are 4-5 different styles of streetlights around 14th and Irving. That’s OK, but the problem is they’re all right next to each other, so there’s this completely random forest of poles: you’ve…
Ever wandered around the neighborhood (or downtown) and noticed that you can get hot dogs, flowers, and that’s about it? DCRA, the city’s consumer and regulatory affairs agency, is trying to make that better with a survey on food and merchandise vendors, both carts and trucks. Check it out! And pass it on to your…
Spotted this on 13th just south of Florida, it’s a gargoyle over a door featuring a big, curly mustache. I’m a fan of house decorations, especially funny ones like this. Seen any other cool ones around?
A reader just sent this in, it’s a new sign in the Columbia Heights Metro directing people to Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Plains. The sign used to say 14th Street southbound and northbound. While it’s neat to see these neighborhoods mentioned, I think it might also confuse people, especially people who don’t visit often.For example, I could see…
The Georgia Avenue Task Force, a citizens group working on advocating for improving Georgia Avenue, has a new blog on local issues. Nice to see them on the web. Their most reecnt post is on graffiti that says “Gentrification Kills.” The odd thing is, the graffiti seems to be on abandoned buildings. If you’re protesting…
There’s two this weekend that I can find, but let me know in the comments if you see more! –1323 Clifton, Sunday from 11am-3pm: clothes, household items, and more. link –An actual garage! Behind 1466 Columbia , Sunday from 10am-noon. Furniture, kitchen stuff, etc. link