Featured Property: A rowhouse gets a major renovation on Webster Street

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Featured Property: A rowhouse gets a major renovation on Webster Street

This week's featured property is a fully renovated home at 301 Webster Street NW in Petworth. This corner rowhome at 301 Webster Street NW was built in 1924 and was completely renovated in 2017 using the design services of Alter Urban Design Collaborative, and offers nearly every amenity utilizing bespoke materials. The home features spacious rooms and elegant architectural detailing, along with high-quality windows that grace this corner home with abundant natural light.

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First Friday in September brings art, music and more along Upshur Street

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First Friday in September brings art, music and more along Upshur Street

The Petworth Arts Collaborative has its second-to-last First Friday event on September 6th this week along Upshur Street. From the organizers:

Another special First Friday in Petworth in collaboration with the teaching artists and organizations making an impact through ART for incarcerated individuals and returned citizens. 

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Photos from August's Petworth Jazz Project ...

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Photos from August's Petworth Jazz Project ...

This past weekend’s Petworth Jazz Project was one of the most crowded so far — that had to be due to the eclectic mix of amazing music Tom Pipkin brought to the field for the monthly free show. Here’s a gallery of photos from the show featuring the Empresarios and a packed field…

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"Fresh Air": Powell Elementary’s redesign gets a closer look by Architecture DC magazine

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"Fresh Air": Powell Elementary’s redesign gets a closer look by Architecture DC magazine

Architecture DC magazine profiled the renovations to Powell Elementary in their current issue, focusing on iStudio, the architectural firm who is also working on the renovations of the playground at the Petworth Recreation Center. The article walks through the architect’s concepts for bringing in light and “fresh air” into the school.

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Petworth Jazz Project turns up the heat with the Empresarios at its last show of the season

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Petworth Jazz Project turns up the heat with the Empresarios at its last show of the season

Wasn’t it just May and the summer season for Petworth Jazz Project was just getting started? The summer months are almost over, and that means the last show of the season is coming up featuring the Tropicaliente sound of the Empresarios.

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A homeowner is fed up with package thieves, burgled twice in as many weeks

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A homeowner is fed up with package thieves, burgled twice in as many weeks

A resident near Taylor and Rock Creek Church Road is exasperated at having packages repeatedly stolen off of the porch of his house by the same thief.

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New theater production at Dance Loft brings Harold Pinter and "Enron" (with a special discount for readers!)

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New theater production at Dance Loft brings Harold Pinter and "Enron" (with a special discount for readers!)

Two new shows at the Dance Loft bring indie theater to Petworth. Readers get 10% off!

The 4615 Theatre Company is performing two productions that will run in rotation from August 9th through September 8th: Harold Pinter's BETRAYAL and the DC premiere of Lucy Prebble's ENRON (which is about, yes, the infamous company).

If you’re interested in bold, daring indie theatre, these two productions should be on your calendar.

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DC Stoddert Soccer is expanding their reach into Petworth this fall [sponsored]

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DC Stoddert Soccer is expanding their reach into Petworth this fall [sponsored]

The largest non-profit youth soccer organization in DC, DC Stoddert, has announced a new “Juniors East” program that includes Petworth. The program will be nearly identical to DC Stoddert’s already successful “Juniors” program with the one major difference: all practices will take place east of Rock Creek Park.

Learn how your kids can participate!

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Georgia Ave businesses can now RSVP for DDOT's Open Streets meetings

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Georgia Ave businesses can now RSVP for DDOT's Open Streets meetings

DDOT and District Bridges are holding a series of six meetings starting August 19th with businesses along the Georgia Avenue corridor who will be impacted by the closure of the road on October 5th for the “Open Streets” project.

If you own a business — or want to be involved — you should plan to attend one of the meetings.

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A look at the proposed designs for the renovation of Petworth playground

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A look at the proposed designs for the renovation of Petworth playground

The Department of Parks & Recreation and the Department of General Services held a meeting on Monday, August 5th to share their plans for renovations coming to the playground and splash park at the Petworth Recreation Center.

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Upshur Street celebrates the Summer of Love with fun promotions and discounts

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Upshur Street celebrates the Summer of Love with fun promotions and discounts

Saturday, August 17th coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival weekend from 1969. To celebrate the summer of love, some of the businesses are throwing some fun perks and activities.

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Petworth flowers bring flair to close out the summer months

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Petworth flowers bring flair to close out the summer months

If you’ve found yourself walking around our beautiful neighborhood admiring the flowers and wondering what you’re looking at, we’re here to help. Welcome to "Petworth Blooming,” our popular series by Steven Feingold featuring some of the most common plants seen around Petworth.

This month we look at canna lilies, blue balloons, hosta, sunflowers and more.

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Photos from July Petworth Jazz Project

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Photos from July Petworth Jazz Project

Every summer the music at the Jazz Project gets better and better. This past month’s show was no exception, featuring Grammy-nominated Cheick Hamala Diabate performing with his band. The music was amazing and the crowd was large and happy. And the dancing was great, too.

Here’s some pics from the show!

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Georgia Avenue “Open Streets” event gets some changes

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Georgia Avenue “Open Streets” event gets some changes

The DC Department of Transportation’s plan to close three miles of Georgia Avenue for an “open streets” test is set for October 5th. Since the Petworth News articles on the closure raised some concerns, DDOT has agreed to make some changes.

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