I almost crashed my car when I saw this sign on the 300 block of Kennedy Street, NW. Phenomenal. Has anyone eaten here?

A couple weeks ago we discussed this home at 16th and T which faced demolition due to apparent owner neglect. Hat tip to IMGoph for highlighting the news on twitter. The Examiner reports:

“The D.C. government has agreed to pay to stabilize a historic, million-dollar Dupont Circle row house that the private owners let deteriorate until it partially collapsed a year ago. The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs will spend $225,000 to ensure the house at 1841 16th St. NW doesn’t fall to the ground, agency Director Linda Argo said Tuesday.

…the owners, must reimburse taxpayers for the stabilization work or hire their own contractor to take over the job, DCRA officials said.”

Great news, yeah? Think the taxpayers will actually be reimbursed?

This great shot of the Lincoln Memorial is from ewilfong. I’m digging these night shots and love the streaks of light at the bottom.

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This home is located at 2130 Cathedral Ave, NW:

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The flier says:

“Unique home perched on a hillside facing Rock Creek Park, this spectacular residence was designed & built by a renowned Washington architect in 1988 & the interior design was completed in 2002 by a nationally recognized interior designer. Sculpted geometric forms, the finest materials, custom designed built-ins, & superior craftmanship form a true work of art.”

More info and phenomenal photos here.

Holy cow, I was so psyched to stumble past this one. At first I thought I just found a sweet HoTD and was overjoyed to see it for sale. I love getting to see the inside of places like this. Amazing. I think this is my favorite one yet. And it has a new price – $2,395,000! So what do you think of this house? I think it raises the bar for my House Porn picks…

Sweet Green is located at 1512 Connecticut Ave, NW but also has locations in Georgetown and Bethesda. Yo can see their menu here. I’m curious about these new salad places, they seem to be cropping up all over DC. Are the salads that good? For those that like them, do you have a preference between Sweet Green over Chopt? I’ve always liked the greek salad at Cosi… I can’t believe I’m gonna ask this but where can you get the best salad in town?

Ed. Note: I’m fully prepared to get a beatdown from my friends for this one.

You might want to wander over to Adams Morgan tonight where the out-of-towners will likely be movie stars and not legislative correspondents. Or you might want to avoid the whole neighborhood entirely since the sheer volume of street space taken up by massive trucks, dollies and other movie-making equipment almost guarantees traffic hassles. I’ve stumbled across the no-name-yet Nicholson/Witherspoon/Rudd vehicle in a couple of locations across town – even watched Jack and Paul emote for a few takes across the street from the Scientologists, at Connecticut and R, the other day — but the sheer size of this effort suggests that tonight is going to be a big night. And face it, everyone needs to get through Adams Morgan every now and again, if only to remind themselves why they rarely go there any more, and a Wednesday night with a movie shoot for curbside entertainment beats heck out of a Friday night with rookies puking on the curb.

Ed. Note: I still enjoy going to Adams Morgan from time to time! Here is a list of favorite bars we discussed a couple weeks ago. So, I’ve been getting emails pretty regularly asking why certain areas of AM are closed (including the Duke Ellington Bridge). This is the film I’ve been talking about when I email you back. And in what I’ll call great timing, PoPville flickr user Tyrannous got some great shots of the filming last night.

“reese witherspoon, paul rudd, james L. Brooks on the corner of 18th and columbia ave in front of the starbucks filming a yet to be titled movie.”

You may recall back in May Charles wrote a post titled, Which Weird Sculpture Captures Adams Morgan Best? Well, a reader tipped me off that a winner had been selected. After doing a bit of research and pleading I was able to confirm that a winner had indeed been selected. And it’s the Bike Musician by James Simon (rendering above).

I spoke with Kristen Barden of the Adams Morgan BID who was unable to confirm but said that the winning sculpture should be completed in 2010. Kristen did mention that she is a bit concerned that the sculpture may break up the recently created plaza which is currently being used for a Summer concert series.

Do you like the selection? Do you think it will break up the feel of the plaza?

UPDATE:  Just received the following email:

“I am with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the organization that is commissioning the artwork for Adams Morgan.  I wanted to let you know that a final decision has not been made for the Adams Morgan public art project.

Deirdre Thayer Ehlen, DC Creates Public Art Coordinator”

Well, we’ll stay tuned.

DSCN0384, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

OK, this is a real archives photo. When I first saw this sign on Mt. Pleasant Street, I asked, “shouldn’t it be called Delta Omega”? But obviously you can do much better than that. Add your caption in the comments section. Winner announced Friday. And if you have an entry you particularly like, say it, so I can pick a reader winner as well!

DSCN0794, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

“Hey PoP,

I am new to DC this summer and I have really been enjoying your postings and information on the city and the Petworth area where I live.

I am interested in getting a little information about the Caribbean festival and parade this weekend and was wondering if you could provide your readers with a few details. So far their website has been a little sparse. As a longtime resident of DC can you provide any info on this years festival or of festivals in the past?”

Yes! I can’t believe I forgot to mention this. It is amazing and you all must immediately change your plans to attend the parade this Saturday. Seriously. It is amazing. If you don’t believe me, check out photos from last year’s parade.

From the DC Caribbean Carnival Web site:

“The annual Extravaganza Parade will be staged along the Georgia Avenue corridor on Saturday, June 27, 2009 , and will commence at Missouri Avenue at 11:00 a.m. and terminate at the international marketplace at “DE SAVANNAH” – Banneker Recreation Park. DC Caribbean Carnival will host the international marketplace at “DE SAVANNAH ” from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m featuring food, craft and entertainment”

I recommend you get to Georgia Ave. anytime between 12 and 2 pm. And don’t wear any nice clothes cause you’ll get dirty!

“Dear PoP,

Did you see the alley art show behind the Irvine Gallery on 14th st? The art is in the alley behind my apartment. Enter the alley from p st just west of 14th on the south side. Awesome awesome stuff.”

Well, per your recommendation I checked it out. And it is indeed awesome. Some folks may remember this spot behind Logan Hardware on P Street from the previously placed “Obey” art.

More after the jump. (more…)

DSCN0320, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

These haunting sculptures were found outside 1611 21 Street, NW (fittingly at a home across the street from the Philips Museum.)

DSCN0432, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

These trees make me so happy. Particularly when they are found on very urban streets. This one is from 13th Street, NW. Be sure to send me photos of your fruit trees if you have some.

DSCN0323, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

OK, this is definitely the most requested reader door of the day. And I understand, it is most definitely dope sky. But this is the last time for a while. It’s from 2133 R Street, NW and the house is amazing as well:

DSCN0437, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Awesome call. The reader writes of this house on Longfellow between 2nd and 3rd Streets NW:

“From what I could tell driving by, its a red brick house, but they’ve painted the mortar a vivid blue, then on the trim, they’ve put lots of small blue and white dots. Overall, it has a very Caribbean feel to it. And a nice “welcome” sign above the door.”

Le Pain Quotidien has opened up (in what I think used to be a florist) at the corner of 20th and P Streets, NW. It has an interesting feature called “Communal Table” where “Friends and strangers alike come together around our communal table to break bread and linger for a while.” Lots more info on Web site. Has anyone ever eaten at one of these spots before?

And Pizza Paradiso has moved from 2029 P Street, NW and will open up at 2003 P Street, NW. Not too far…