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Thanks to a reader for sending:

“This is the corner of Maple View and High in Anacostia. Don’t know the name of the abandoned public housing complex, but the neighborhood has been trying for years to get the city to demolish this junk. The guerilla art tactic is new. I guess that’s a reference to Jacob’s Ladder? My theology is a little thin.”

Well this certainly seems like a good Horse’s Ass Award nominee. I can’t say I dig the art too much but I respect the effort. Think it’s a Jacob’s Ladder reference? What’s it gonna take to get this run down complex demolished?

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This is a map of Ethiopia with the Lion o f Judah. It was done it Lawrence, Kansas. Right on.

DSCN0568, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

I really like finding ones that are able to compliment gardens and grass. I normally find only one or the other. Nicely done here.

DSCN0571, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Lots going on at this Columbia Heights door but I dig it.

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Looks like a normal row house but it is insane how far back this one goes. With a second floor deck to boot. Very nice.

Lily’s Cafe located at 5505 Colorado Ave, NW has come under new management and is renamed Colorado Cafe (as of a week ago.) Management remains super nice and have expanded their hours. They are now open Mon. – Fri. 7-7 , Sat. 8-7, and Sun. 8-4. Good news for North Country.

And remember the great restaurant, Colorado Kitchen? This is what the space looks like now. Crazy! Of course the owner of the former Colorado Kitchen, Gillian Clark, will be opening a new spot in the Donatelli building at the Petworth Metro.

Following on the theme from yesterday ( Swedish Pastry Shop), I thought I’d continue with European Electronics.

I also liked this one, which I found in alley off 9th Street, NW:

Last week we looked at a green roof on a carriage house/garage apartment.

I was lucky enough to receive some better photos from the owner.

The owner was very happy with the designers Criston and Sarah from Green Roof Canopy. Tina profiled the owner and founder Sarah Murphy back in January. Pretty cool roof though, yeah?

This odd photo taken in Takoma Park is from binklesworth who succinctly titles it, “What the?”. I feel the same way. Huh…

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This home is located at 2905 Sherman Ave, NW:

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The flier says:

“Wow! Ready to move in! What a renovation in Columbia Heights!! Blocks from Howard University!Gorgeous hardwoodfloors, new carpet, and fully finished basement. Enjoy the convenience of being close to Schools, Shopping Centers and the Metro.”

More info and photos found here.

While the brick is a little bright I do think this is a nice home. It’s one of the few renovations I’ve seen for under $350,000. What do you think of the house itself? $345,000 sound reasonable?

Marrakesh is located at 617 New York Ave, NW. Well, this place looks pretty cool. You can see the menu here. So what’s the word here? Is it a regular restaurant or only a place for special occasions? Does it look as cool on the inside as it does on the outside?

OjO Latino is a series by Néstor Sánchez Cordero. This week features the Caribbean Day parade. Néstor says, “Images are around, the secret is to catch them at the right moment and with the right light…”

Two more striking photos after the jump. These are the final photos from the parade! (more…)

Photo by PoPville Flickr member Rukasu1

The following was written by PoP contributor Eric Nuzum.

This one is for the interlopers and sojourners in the house. Native sons and daughters can sit this one out, opting instead to monitor the comment thread and shake your heads in mild disgust.

So I’ve been wrestling with something lately and could use some advice: How does one go about explaining our neighborhood life to folks back home?

My wife and I have become increasingly perplexed by the fact that, despite moving into our Petworth home 18 months ago, neither set of parents (mine from rural Ohio; hers from rural Indiana) has come to visit us yet. Seeing that we are the first kids on either side of our families to buy homes, we expected a little more interest.

The answer came during a visit home a few weeks ago. When we pointed out the lack of parental visitation to my folks, they were pretty silent.

“You aren’t frightened of where we live or anything…are you?” I asked.

Long pause.

“Well,” my mother said. “Maybe a little.”

In hindsight, this didn’t surprise my wife at all.

“Think about the stories you tell them,” she said. “It’s all crack addicts and crime and problems and sketchy this and that. If that was all I heard about any place, I’d be frightened too.”

Okay, she’s right. But in fairness, when I’m telling stories, I go for the colorful and entertaining, I’m not shooting for high journalistic objectivity and fairness. However, I admit that the end product does come off a bit askew.

Going solely off my solely-for-entertainment-value stories, the unfamiliar might be left with the impression that Petworth is a place where bullets fly daily, bugs and rodents conduct their own ANC meetings, the Sunday paper contains coupons for local heroin and crack dealers, and residents mope down the street openly weeping (when we all know that only the residents of Chevy Chase walk down the street weeping, come on). You can even see from my own previous guest posts on PoP (spottily chronicled here), I admittedly tend to focus on the less-than-positive, less-than-normal, and less-than-flattering.

My wife issued a decree, right there in the car driving across the Pennsylvania turnpike: No more negative yarns and jokes about DC to family and friends.

To me, that seems to harsh, almost like suppressing elements of life here. She clarified that she wasn’t asking me to censor anything, just realize that by sharing stories and making jokes about one side of life here, I was casting the entirety in false light. I see her point. Continues after the jump. (more…)

DSCN0446, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

I saw tons of these signs around Catholic University. A bit ironic? Ed. Note: Obviously these signs are not affiliated with Catholic University.  I just thought it was funny they were surrounding the campus.  On Flickr Mr. T in DC asks:

“I don’t think it’s legal to discriminate based on gender like that, is it?”

Any lawyers out there?

I’ve mentioned the Old Soldier’s Home Cemetery before but somehow I missed Logan’s Tomb. Since there are many fans of the statue in Logan Circle, I thought I’d give the address of the tomb – it’s on Harewood between Rock Creek Church Rd. and North Capitol in Petworth.

I actually was initially moved by how many Unknown Soldier tombstones I saw:

There were dozens of them. It really is a moving sight. Since the economy got so screwed up I feel like the sacrifices that are being made by our troops overseas have fallen a bit off the radar. I think it’s important that we continue to remember what’s going on.