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I’ve written about 1483 Newton Street NW before, it’s a big, abandoned apartment building on an otherwise decent block. It’s been abandoned for some time, the city tried to buy it for $3.1 million in 2009, but that was squashed since it seems way too high for an abandoned building. Finally through much digging and…
Henderson Castle on 16th, demolished in 1949. The walls still exist. U Street Girl has a little post about a cool-sounding event tonight from 7-9 in the community room at the View 14 at 14th and Florida: Architectural historian Kimberly Prothro Williams, DC Office of Planning, will give a presentation on the history of the Meridian…
Is this the best store name ever? The other day I was walking up 14th Street and spotted this: Chickass, which sells Colombian jeans. I remember it opened as Chickas, and there’s still one sign that says that, but two, including this main one, say “Chickass.” Chicas is “girls” in Spanish, so maybe it’s an…
As part of the Great Day of Service on Saturday, the folks from BloomBars and others painted a mural in the foyer at Giant on Park Road. The link has a ton of photos of the work in progress. Always nice to see this sort of public art, especially at businesses. Did anyone check out…