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I totally dig their sign. It’s interesting that it says soul food and curry chicken – I think that’s an interesting combo. Sadly, it was closed when I walked by but I peeked in the window and it looks like it’ll be a casual dining spot.

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Makes you a little nostalgic for Bush 43, yeah?

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This should be interesting:

“Sustainable Development, Infrastructure and the Future of the District of Columbia.”

What: Inaugural Anacostia Waterfront Forum, sponsored by the District Department of Transportation

When: February 17, 2009

Open House: 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Forum: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, Great Hall

901 G Street, NW

Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown Station (Red/Yellow/Green lines)

Take the 9th Street Exit  Continues after the jump. (more…)

DSCN6459, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Ok, I have a new goal in life. Around the year 2050 I want PoP on a future Petworth Heritage trail. I promise I’ll supply some sweet old school photos…

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Courtesy of the Republic of Indonesia Embassy Residence.

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This poster has been added to the side of Marvin’s on 14th Street.

Random odd poster also added:

Incidentally, looks like they’ve starting work on the vacant lot:

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Sweet glass and old school doorknob.

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This Mt. Pleasant house gets honors for it’s two views. Views after the jump. (more…)

Thanks a million to Mr. T in DC for sending the info. From Shorpy:

Washington Post, Jun 1, 1919

Harry M. Crandall Constructs the York in Petworth

The York Theater, eighth link in the chain of photoplay houses operated in the Capital by Harry M. Crandall, is now in course of construction on Georgia avenue, occupying the entire area between Princeton and Quebec streets. The newest of the Crandall theaters will have a seating capacity of 1,000 on one floor, no provision having been made for a balcony. The total floor area will be 10,000 square feet.
Entrance on Georgia Avenue

Entrance to the York will be from Georgia avenue into a foyer fifty feet long and twenty feet wide, with a ceiling height of twenty-five feet. The lobby walls will be of marble with inset, self-lighted poster panes. Lighting will be of the indirect, self-diffusing type.

The exterior of the theater will be golden brown brick laid in white mortar, with cornice, coping and clerestory walls trimmed in gold.
Silk Canopy Inside

The entrance will be surmounted by a marquee of wrought iron, copper and Tiffany glass, to harmonize with the color treatment of the building, which will extend to the curb line and be fitted with brilliant flood lights, bathing the entire front of the structure in bright light.

The decorative scheme utilized throughout the interior will be in silver, black and gold. One interior feature deserving mention is the treatment of the proscenium, which will be built in three arches under a silk canopy extending over the audience beyond the orchestra platform. The screen and side curtains, as well as the overhanging canopy, will be of gold silk, further beautified by concealed colored lighting making possible many extraordinary effects. There will also be elaborate balloon fixtures hanging from the ceiling.

Of special interests will be the ventilating and heating system specially designed for the theater. The unique feature of the new system will be that heat will be blown in from the ceiling. The same system will serve to introduce cooled air during hot weather and is capably of completely changing the atmosphere of the theater every thirty seconds.

Crandall’s York Theater was designed by, and is built under the personal supervision of Reginald E. Geare, who also planned and supervised construction of Crandall’s Metropolitan and Knickerbocker theaters.

The York will open about October 15, and will be devoted to exclusive showings of photoplays of the highest grade. The completion of the York will give Mr. Crandall three houses of the first rank in the northwest residential portion of Washington, the Knickerbocker and the Savoy being the other two.

See what the theater looked like in 1920 here.

I love this shot from Wayan Vota. By the by, this mailman is super nice.

Submit your photos to the PoPville flickr pool here.

You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. I’ll open this thread every Monday and Friday. So anything good happen to you this weekend?

DC Circulator bus, originally uploaded by afagen.

A reader writes:

“I saw this posted in the MPD 3D listserv today…saying that not only will there be a new 16th st express, but also that a Circulator bus would now be on a route b/w “Woodley Park Metro station to McPherson Square Metro station stopping in Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, Columbia Heights, U Street, and Logan Circle.

Any tips on what the route might look like? A quick survey of wmata.com for “new circulator route” only came up with press releases concerning the funding but not the route… Any tips on what the route might look like? Do you think it might come past/ north of 14th and Irving?”

From Jim Graham’s Email:

“Beginning March 29, a new DC Circulator route will be added to serve Ward One/Ward Two neighborhoods. This express bus will run from Woodley Park Metro station to McPherson Square Metro station stopping in Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, Columbia Heights, U Street, and Logan Circle. I authored the funds for this expansion of the DC Circulator. http://www.grahamwone.com/?q=node/122”

Anyone know the location of the stops?

A reader writes:

“I live near the intersection of New Hampshire and N Capitol Streets. I guess this is the Manor Park neighborhood.  For the last few nights we’ve heard gunshots each night.  This is unusual for us.  Each time we’ve called to report them to the police, but only once (last night) have we heard sirens following the incident. I’m curious to know if anyone else in the neighborhood has heard the gunshots and if they know any more about it?”

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I’m not sure if you can tell from the photo but this knocker is also huge.

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The reader writes:

“I know I sent you something a week or two ago, but, hey…we travel a lot.
Took this picture today, 2-13-09 – in Tikal, Guatemala.

PoP-Culture question: ¿What famous movie had this in the background for 10 or so seconds?
Still in Guatemala – leaving for Belize tomorrow.”

Super cool shot!