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Wonderland graffiti is back
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In case you were worried, the graffiti-free, freshly painted red walls of the Wonderland bathrooms have rapidly become a canvas again. This one was upstairs, but there are some downstairs too. There’s one I’ve seen before and is back now, which I don’t understand: it says “Seen two bear” and has a date, 2/19/09, plus…

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Watch out: backyard thefts on the rise around 11th and Euclid?
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Cadets Mahoney and Thompson Better make sure your backdoor fence is locked. A couple of days ago there were some messages on the Columbia Heights listserve about people stealing a bike from a backyard near 11th and Euclid. Another neighbor had two Adirondack chairs stolen from their backyard between Euclid and Clifton behind 11th. Sounds…

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DCUSA retail plans: then and now
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The other day I was looking at the floor plan of DCUSA from 2007, which had the planned tenants for various spaces. Some are the same, like Target and Best Buy, while others have changed. I went by last weekend to compare the map to reality (click to make the map bigger). First, the similarities.…

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New bed and breakfast on Kenyon Street
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This is pretty neat: there’s a new “bed and basket” at 1207 Kenyon St NW called the Asante Sana Guest Quarters. A bed and basket is like a bed and breakfast, but with a basket of fruit and such instead of a full breakfast. The place is a townhouse with four different rooms at $150…

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