Comments on: Has Anyone Been to the People’s Media Center?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:30:45 +0000

there is free internet nearby at the petworth library….

By: Toby

Toby — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:30:30 +0000

I only know that the Foxy Playground was a strip club that attracted all kinds of riff-raff and that local types wanted it closed. I would go to the Shell nearby and get gas and various low-lifes would be using the pay phones (yes, this was a while ago). I don’t know about the House on GA and Otis.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:37:46 +0000

there are a lot of computers for people to use inside and its also the home of the dc radio coop. http://dcradiocoop.org/

its a fun show space too, i certainly feel ‘comfortable’ there already.

By: Otis Gal

Otis Gal — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:59:09 +0000

Toby – Please tell us more about the Foxy Playground. Is it anything like the House on GA Ave at Otis Pl?

By: poo poo

poo poo — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:35:19 +0000

from PoP’s blog:

Toby Says:

January 11th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Whatever happened to Petworth

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:34:30 +0000

This place has a long way to go before it will become an attraction in Petworth. I walk by it all the time and it certainly isn’t too inviting (i.e., it’s dirty and cluttered and needs some major renovations to make it comfortable).

By: Torie

Torie — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:50:59 +0000

It used to say “Ahwa al-Fishawy’s” (Fishawy’s Coffeeshop) in English and Arabic until recently. I thought this was awesome, because Fishawy’s is a famous coffeeshop in Cairo (where I used to live). I was wondering what happened to that sign. I kindof wanted it.

I only see the PMC open for special events every couple weeks. You can always tell when they’re having events because I start seeing lost punkrawk teenagers in fishnets and chucks wandering around the neighborhood. Never actually been inside. Sassy new paint job though. A+.

By: Toby

Toby — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:25:17 +0000

Omygawd!! Isn’t this the former home of that great star of Petworth, the Foxy Playground? For those of you who weren’t here when that thing operated, it was, well, you can imagine. I had heard that the owner or operator was a Moroccan dude, which may explain the Arabic lettering I’ve seen in the various reincarnations of the site.