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Spotted this last night on Fairmont between 13th and 14th. I’m not sure what you can really do to protect against this, other than keeping an eye open or maybe some lights on, but at least the word is out. I like the dramatic nature of the sign. “Thieves are around here… STEALING HUB CAPS!!”…

Yesterday I wrote that there was a rumor about a liquor store coming to the Heights of Columbia building at 14th and Girard, the building with the Dunkin Donuts. I just received an email from the development team, who said the second open retail spot will actually be a dentist’s office. Maybe not the most…
And some non-fire related news: it looks like there’s some new retail coming to the Heights of Columbia building at 14th and Girard, the one with the Dunkin Donuts. There’s already an urgent care center coming, which I wrote about recently, but another spot appears to be under construction too. It’s not clear what’s going…
Sad story this morning: at about 3:45 am there was a fire at the Sarbin Towers at 3132 16th Street NW, north of Irving. One man died after he tried to jump from a window, and 11 others are in the hospital. Apparently the fire started in a common area on the 5th floor and…