In our ever-vigilant vigilance of what is happening at the ol' Park n' Shop in Connecticut, D.C., City Desk has learned that Potomac River Running is moving into the former Whatsa Bagel spot, with a possible opening in October. This news comes by way of Josh Hart, elected in June to the ANC 3C04. Hart [...]
In a craigslist ad posted today, there's a listing for a 400 sq.ft. efficiency for $1250. That's a tough sell. There's not a lot you can do in that tiny space: push-ups, drinking a six-pack, watching "Law & Order" on a medium-sized TV, make eggs, read a book—maybe not Infinite Jest—in an Ikea chair, use [...]
If you thought Dupont Circle might lose one of its 50 Starbucks locations, you were wrong. If you thought Starbucks will not remain a building block in every neighborhood next to the FedEx/Kinko's and CVS, you were wrong.
Of the 600 stores that will serve its last Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino, only one Starbucks will lose [...]
I've heard of all sorts of real estate blogs. Oh yes, there are blogs about Northern Virginia real estate, MoCo real estate, the real estate bubble. Housing blogs galore. But, an empty properties blog? Now, until this week, I had not heard about that. In my many months writing our weekly Buyers Market [...]
I live in a very affordable and convenient apartment building in Arlington. My friends give me shit about living in the suburbs and I tell them to shut up: my building is just as economically and racially diverse as most of the blocks my friends live on in D.C., and there's pho within walking distance. [...]
(photograph by Pilar Vergara)
Hang on to your mats, gentrifiers. The much-anticipated revival at the former Church of the Rapture at 14th and T is getting closer and, this time, won't involve the laying-on of hands...unless that’s some new yoga move? Boundless Yoga is moving into 1840 14th St. NW, where it will share third-floor [...]
Dear Landlord Dude:
I saw your ad in the Post and called you yesterday afternoon. The apartment you were offering sounded good enough: 1700 block of Corcoran, $1900, one-bedroom described either as "sunny" or "cozy" or "featuring hardwood floors."
I thought: I just can't swing that kind of rent. Not even sharing that kind of rent. No [...]
You don't have to be PoP to obsess about homes that are not yours. This is one of the city's great pastimes: walking its blocks and gawking at its homes. We are all rubberneckers for a great built-in library, interesting stained-glass, a well-manicured yard, a big, well-lit living space.
Then there are the mystery buildings–the places [...]
Photo: The interior of the Bryan School, courtesy Lance Horsley
If you look carefully, you'll notice a peculiar trend in D.C.: there are school buildings everywhere. Some are still operating in their original mode, while others now serve different functions. Take, for example, Joshua R. Giddings Elementary School—or as people call it these days [...]
Sources tell LL that more than a dozen people were laid off last week from the Washington offices of MacFarlane Partners, the development company owned by San Francisco real-estate magnate Victor MacFarlane. MacFarlane also owns the D.C. United soccer squad and has been pushing a soccer stadium at Poplar Point in Anacostia since buying the [...]
This afternoon, I was again stuck in the rain. At least this time, I could take refuge in my car before most of the big drops fell. But jeez, not 30 seconds into riding back to WCP from Congress Heights (where myself and our resident filmmaker were doing some on-location business for our upcoming neighborhoods [...]
First, let me explain this strange, barely discernible image. The blue rectangle: that's a pool. The green blobs: those are trees. The dark gray parts: asphalt, and the big intersection at the top left side of the picture is the crossing of 18th Street NW and Columbia Road in Adams Morgan.
Now that you have your [...]
LL seems to have made a serious mistake.
For months, he has been avidly following the candidates lining up to challenge four-term incumbent Carol Schwartz for the non-Democratic at-large seat. He's been spending all his time charting the fundraising endeavors of Adam Clampitt, Dee Hunter, and Michael A. Brown. Just last week, he blew up rumors [...]
22 West is a nine floor condo building practically overflowing with luxury amenities at the corner of 22 and M Streets downtown. Images on the building's website show a wondrous world of sun-drenched wood floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, round and healthy trees built into balconies and a stunning minimalist rooftop pool. The cheapest one-bedroom units [...]
I've seen some far-fetched real estate advertisements in my day. But, this one takes the cake. I give you D.C.'s very own "$359900 RARE FIND 3BR/2BA LUXURY CONDO (NE, DC, Trinidad )" and the agent's remarks on craigslist (with a few blogger annotations in bold).
If you've never experienced the thrill of hearing gunshots as [...]
