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LOWER LAS PLACITAS:
Capitol Hill Corner reports that the owners of Las Placitas told ANC 6B that they hope to open in their new location at
8th and L Streets SE on Nov. 1. The space will have 40 seats inside and another 38 along the building's north side.
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CAPERS: Excerpts from the one-woman play "'Capers," about how residents of
Capper/Carrollsburg dealt with the housing project's demolition, is being performed tonight (Oct. 15) at 7 pm at 400 M St. SE, hosted by the Arthur Capper Carollsburg Community Village. You can also catch the entire play four nights next week at the
Forum Theatre in Silver Spring.
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WATCH. BOX.: A "watch box" (guard shack) that
stood as part of the sentry post at the Navy Yard's 8th Street entrance from 1853ish until 1905ish and was passed through by Abraham Lincoln just hours before his assassination
has been restored and formally ribbon-cut on Oct. 8 after
its return earlier this year from a 110-year stay at Indian Head. (Though unfortunately it's on display on a portion of the grounds that most of us will never see.)
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SODOSOPA: South Park
took on gentrification last week, with the new neighborhood of SoDoSoPa, the Lofts at SoDoSoPa, and the Residences at the Lofts at SoDoSoPa. And there was this: "What this town needs is a Whole Foods. It will instantly validate us as a town that cares about stuff." (And yet you people still refuse to adopt my new name for this neighborhood, Near Capitol Ballpark River Yards, #NeCaBaRY.)
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BRIDGE BEFORE AND AFTER: DDOT's historic photos Tumblr recently included
a shot from 1966 of the early construction of the downriver
11th Street Bridge span. And I realized I have a photo taken from a very similar location as the span was dismantled in 2012 and its offspring was built. (The piers remain in the water, though, as the potential underpinnings of the
11th Street Bridge Park.)
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