Featured Property: 68 Farragut Place NW
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This 1,152 square foot home in Petworth, right near Fort Totten, offers three bedrooms and 3.5 baths in a contemporary row home that has been completely rehabbed to perfection.
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The "Prince" behind Shellfish, a new restaurant on Kennedy Street
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Shellfish is located at the corner of 5th and Kennedy Streets in Brightwood. The restaurant name came about during a discussion with one of his friends where he reiterated his desire for a universal name. They came up with Shellfish, and thought it was fitting. It was perfect, a versatile name embodying the food he loves so much.
Read MorePetworth lost a playground. An ANC commissioner is organizing to bring it back
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A playground north of Grant Circle has been falling apart for years. It’s a popular destination for families with young children who want a small, safe space to meet and have kids play. Instead of upgrading it, the National Park Service which owns and manages the land, removed the playground. Against what feels like an immovable force, ANC Commissioner Brittany Kademian is trying to bring the playground back.
Read MoreStabbing at the Petworth library takes one man's life
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On Thursday evening, March 2nd around 7pm, a man using the computers at the Petworth library was stabbed by another man. The victim died at the scene.
Read MoreTwo Petworth parents advocate for more DPR swim lessons
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As every parent who has ever tried to sign their child up for DPR swim lessons knows, it’s next to impossible. In Ward 4, DPR lessons are only offered at Takoma Rec Center, not at Roosevelt High School nor at any outdoor pools like Upshur.
Read MoreAn Upshur Street original: This Old “Petworth” House (part 3)
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Carol Herwig bought her rowhouse on the 600 block of Upshur Street NW in 1985, back when mortgage companies were reluctant to work with women, she told me. She’s managed to retain so much original wood throughout the house.
Read MoreFire at Petworth Metro ruled an arson
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On Friday afternoon, February 10th, a fire was ignited on a tent belonging to an unhoused resident set up along New Hampshire Avenue next to the Petworth / Georgia Avenue Metro station.
Read MorePetworth Porchfest is coming back, and you can play or volunteer a porch!
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The wildly popular and successful community-wide music festival, Petworth Porchfest, returns for its third year on Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 2pm - 6pm.
Here’s all the ways you (or your business) can get involved!
Read MoreBarnard Choir embodies school buzzword of “perseverance”
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The choir is one of Barnard Elementary school’s brightest gems. Under the direction of music director Joel Lehman, the choir at Barnard Elementary School has given the students an outlet to sing in front of their school community, street festivals, and even in front of Vice President Kamala Harris at her house last year.
Read MoreAcclaimed West African artist Georges Adéagbo installs a new “portrait” at President Lincoln’s Cottage (Cottage Corner)
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On January 17th, President Lincoln’s Cottage opened a new exhibition, Create to Free Yourselves: Abraham Lincoln and the History of Freeing Slaves in America by Georges Adéagbo, a renowned contemporary artist from Benin. President Lincoln’s Cottage preserves the home to connect people to the true spirit of the Lincolns, and we recognize that Abraham Lincoln means many different things to many different people. The installation will be on display from January 17 through February 15, 2023.
Read MoreCouncilmember's Corner: What a new Northern Bus Barn with all electric buses means for Ward 4
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For many years now, our community has been steadily advocating for the facility to reopen without the harmful fumes of diesel buses. As recently as 2021, WMATA had committed that Northern Bus Barn would become its first all-electric bus garage with "infrastructure and equipment needed to run 100% electric vehicles."
Read MoreHave your voice heard by providing testimony for DC Public Library’s budget & new location
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Community members have the opportunity to voice their opinion next week to the Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs, which oversees the DC Public Library, at its performance oversight hearing on Wednesday, February 1st at 2pm.
Brightwood Park/Manor Park was originally chosen as a service gap area because its lack of nearby libraries, its high family density, its high concentration with low educational attainment, children ages birth to 9, and single parent households. The library’s plan also identified a lot of individuals in the area that were not current library users that had the potential to become customers.
Read MoreThis Old Petworth House: Fireplaces galore on Otis Street NW
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This is the second of a series of articles that will showcase some of the unique original features of our Petworth houses.
Larry Ray, owner of a rowhouse at 10th and Otis St NW in North Columbia Heights, was kind enough to invite me over to show me his unique old house. His home is one of six rowhouses built in 1898 at that corner.
Read MoreCouncilmember Janeese Lewis George asks for a cease of gunfire
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On Friday, January 13th, Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George called a press conference to address the high level of gun violence that Ward 4 has seen since the beginning of the year. The press conference was at the corner of Georgia and Kennedy, a corridor that is no stranger to gun violence.
Councilmember Lewis George brought together members of the community with her to the press conference to share a common message:
“Put the guns down.”
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