There are lots of clever ways that city-dwellers find to lock up their wheels, especially because living space is usually at such a premium. In our basement apartment, we’ve got two bikes vertically mounted to a wall rack, one tied up out back next to the hose, one mounted outside to metal rings in the door entryway, and one that sits in the floor space at the front “foyer.” So yeah, we have to be conscious of our storage space.
Walking home on 16th Street one night, we spotted the brilliant idea above. Perfect use of just-outside-the-window storage space…. It has a good set of bars to lock it too, and also a pretty annoying place for someone to try and steal it. nice thinking!
Just one more of the many recognizable murals found on 18th Street in Adams Morgan. According to Cultural Tourism DC , this one was painted from a photo by restaurant owner André Neveux in 1980.
The figure is cabaret singer Aristide Bruant, as painted by the famous Parisian Toulouse-Lautrec.
This photograph was one in a set of “black-white-color” images that Matt created in his set of framed photography for the hallways of Union Row.
While waiting for the bus this morning, I spotted this little guy on the side of the curb, maybe waiting for the same bus as me… Or maybe just straight-up chillin’. (hah!) I think we got about 4 inches of snow in DC overnight, but it’s hard to say, because it’s one of those really wet, heavy snows that piles up a lot higher than it may actually be because the flakes are so huge. That’s my completely made-up weather-girl take on it, anyways. The only thing I can say for sure is that all the commuters looked like sad little kids that ran to the window this morning to see a completely blanketed yard, but then turned on the news and found no cancellations. No eating breakfast in their PJs, or sledding all morning followed by grilled cheese and hot cocoa for lunch. Nope, just sludging to work with big ol’ boots on. Myself included.
Matt is doing another series of photos to be framed, mounted, and placed on the walls of Union Row, and this black-and-white shot of Tivoli Theater, now known as the Gala Hispanic Theater , is just one of the many options.
The theater has been around since 1924, designed by architect Thomas Lamb, who also did Madison Square Garden in NY. It was a centerpiece of the thriving Columbia Heights neighborhood through the 20s and up until 1965. Following the 1968 race riots, the neighborhood declined and Tivoli was eventually boarded up. It wasn’t until 1985 that the building landed on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s been reopened now for nearly 5 years.
Happy Monday morning to everyone! Hope your weekend was lovely, despite all the rain and wind. We attended the beautiful wedding of Jaime and Sean on Friday, spent time relaxing, eating, and reading at Bethany Beach on Saturday, and booing the Redskins on Sunday.
Today’s photo is an interesting black-and-white perspective on the U St. metro canopy. Strangely, it’s making me crave a sub. I just can’t figure it out.
Not too much happening lately during these ridiculously muggy August days, so I dug pretty far back into the photo archive to find a post for today. It’s a shot from the changing of the guard at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. It’s from March of 2006, and I remember it was a blisteringly cold day and really windy too as we stood out there and watched. (Pretty much as opposite as is possible of the sauna outside today).
The site opened in 1932, and it has been guarded around the clock since 1948 by the 3rd US Infantry Regiment. The tomb itself contains the anonymous remains from soldiers of all the wars: WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam. However, the Vietnam tomb now remains empty, as the previously unknown soldier that was laid to rest there in 1984 was identified four years later, and was moved and reburied by his family at home in Missouri.
This picture makes me think of depression era dust bowl farm houses that have been beaten and worn by the relentless weather around them. Fortunately, I did not have to take a trip in time/space to get the shot as it is actually a carriage house in Dupont Circle. I love that the shutters are so worn that the paint and upper layers of wood have been wiped away exposing the warmer colored wood core underneath. The only portion of the shutter spared the beating looks to be the upper third which has gained some protection from the overhanging eave. Sloppy painting on the mullions and scrawny vines that cling to the wooden lap siding are fitting for this desperate scene. That being said, a steady rain must sound amazing as its drops pelt the tired tin roof.
Excuse me while I geek out for a second and mention the really cool architectural detailing on the corner of this building. They just don’t do things like that anymore.
