Posts Tagged ‘Mount Pleasant’

This Week’s Page Three Photo

1600 Block of Newton Street NW, October 31
Page three photos are also in a big picture gallery.
Bonus, Halloween gallery.

Photos: Children of the Candy Corn

Mount Pleasant, October 31
A full gallery.

Photo: Man with Child

Mount Pleasant Street NW, July 10

Police Standoff on Mt. Pleasant Street

Heavily armed Metropolitan Police Department officers surrounded a building near Mt. Pleasant and Irving streets NW Tuesday afternoon, responding to what officials said was a "possible barricade situation." A man was reportedly barricaded in his apartment with a screwdriver or screwdrivers.
Washington City Paper contributor Stefanie Gans was nearby and took pictures of the standoff. View [...]

This Week’s Page Three Photo

3300 Block of Brown Street NW, May 23
Page Three Photos are now in a weekly updated gallery.

Photo: Backlit Boy

Brown Street NW, May 23

Photos: Riots in Mount Pleasant, 1991

16th Street NW, May 5, 1991
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Today in D.C. History: Mount Pleasant Riots Start 20 Years Ago

On May 5, 1991, rioting broke out in Mount Pleasant following the shooting of a Salvadoran man by a rookie Metropolitan Police Department officer. At the time, there were disputes about whether the man, reportedly intoxicated, had threatened the officer with a knife. What resulted was a multi-day standoff with police, looted stores, and torched [...]

Photo: Capital Bikeshare, Possible Downside

Mount Pleasant, January 18

Photos: Hello Bird People

What do we have here? Is it possible it is responsible for this from a few years ago?

Photo: Friday Morning

96 Pigeons, Mount Pleasant, December 17

Photo: From the Series: Superlatives

Mount Pleasant Street NW, May 31

Photo: Television Aerial and Aeroplane

Mount Pleasant, May 24

Neighborhood Watch: Residents Flash-Mob Mt. Pleasant Library Expansion

The Issue: The saga between neighborhood residents and the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) battles on. Mount Pleasant Public Library in Ward 1, set to close on Saturday for renovation and expansion, is the latest in the spotlight of the library wars. For the past two years, DCPL and the community have been [...]

In What Universe is Haydee’s a ‘Supper Club’?

Now that Washington City Paper's resident media critic has departed, someone here's gotta cap on the InTowner. Hope this fills the void.
Witness the featured story from the InTowner's March issue, penned by Anthony L. Harvey. It's a nice piece of neighborhood journalism, albeit written in the 'Towner's impossibly verbose house style, about how Mount Pleasant [...]