The missing girl that was posted about Tuesday has been found! Great news. More details when they become available.

NYC Summer Streets – Park & 52nd, originally uploaded by wonggawei.

“Dear PoP,

I recently read about NYC’s Summer Streets event, where the NYC DOT completely closes Park Avenue from Central Park to the Brooklyn Bridge to automobile traffic for three Saturdays during August. It allows walkers, runners, and bikers to have complete use of several miles of Park Avenue without having to worry about cars getting in the way. It looks and sounds like a great idea. I’m curious to ask your readers if this concept might work in DC, and which street they think would be a good one to close…while not screwing up automobile traffic around the city too much. My suggestion is P Street, from Wisconsin Ave all the way to North Capital St, because it traverses many neighborhoods and is not too hilly. Although the two circles it intersects could pose a problem. What do you think? A link is below:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/summerstreets/html/home/home.shtml”

What a cool program. I definitely think it could work in DC. If they can close Park Avenue in NYC then we could def. close a street for a few days on the weekend over the summer. I think P Street is a great recommendation. I think they could also probably do U Street from 18th to 7th Street, NW. I actually think it would be cool if they did Pennsylvania Ave from the Capitol to the White House. What do you guys think?

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My attorney got this sweet custom made built in book shelf. I think built in bookshelves are among the coolest features in homes.

So while we’re on the topic of books I have to share a couple great ones I just finished. I loved the FQoTD when I asked for your all time favorite books. I just finished Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey and The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson. My attorney loaned me the Kesey book but I was lucky enough to have received The Girl Who Played With Fire from the publisher. Someone asked if they thought I was selling out if I posted about it. Hell no, because it was an amazing book, I could hardly put it down. It’s a sophisticated mystery. It’s one of those books that you start reading and the next thing you know it is 3am. Very hard to find good ones like this. It is the second in a trilogy, with the first being the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo which I previously recommended.

So has anybody read a great book lately? And of course if you have home improvement photos please email them to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com.

DSCN1792, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Congrats to Bryan:

“The Jefferson – providing Congress the best in Beaux Arts facilities for conjugal visits since 1923″

Though I also liked Binklesworth’s with:

“If the Jefferson’s a rockin’ don’t come a knockin’.”

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Som Records for the win.

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I was rather lost when I took those photo but thought it was a pretty sweet street scene. Anyone recognize it?

DSCN1938, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Ok, so I have a lot of favorite Church names…

DSCN1953, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

This sign was so awesome, I made my attorney stop the car a block away so I could run back and snap a photo of it.

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Thought this was an awesome looking rowhouse.

According to the Convention Center Community Association (H/T DCist) Toque Caf

I’ve always liked this memorial by Mass Ave. just east of 16th Street, NW. I love the color contrasted with the concrete:

Who can translate the Latin?

This cool shot is from lorigoldberg. It is simply titled, “Fountain”. Anyone recognize it?

Submit your photos via email or to the PoPville flickr pool here.

This home is located at 429 Warner Street, NW:

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The flier says:

“This is 2 bedroom townhouse totally renovated. PLEASE NOTE: 2nd bedroom is small. Separate dining room & living room on 1st level. Deep rear Back yard with newly installed wood deck with beautiful yard for gardening. Hardwood flooring in main level & carpet, Central AC, Jacuzzi Tub, Conveniently located 3 blocks Shaw METRO on quiet 1 block Warner Street. Home Warranty & Job protection plan Conveys”

More info and photos found here.

Wow, I’ve never seen a listing say the “2nd bedroom is small” before. I wonder if that will make the home hard to sell considering it is only a 2 bedroom. The block itself is very nice. What do you think of the house itself? $429,000 sound reasonable?

I think of Bar Pilar as more of a bar than a restaurant but there have been some comments lately lauding the food. We briefly discussed the spot when we looked at the best tapas type restaurants in the city. But I figured I’d ask more folks specifically about Bar Pilar located at 1833 14th Street, NW. What do you think of the food here?

I dig the transom: