Neighborhood in the News: ‘Ficticious’ rents; Calvert Woodley’s red phone booth removed; Sfoglina sequel

3003 Van Ness Street

All the media mentions of neighbors and the neighborhood (or what we’ve spotted) since our last Neighborhood in the News roundup:

The battle over “rent concessions” continues: Despite the DC attorney general’s lawsuit and two rulings in a 3003 Van Ness Street tenant’s favor, the Washington City Paper reports some rent-controlled apartment buildings are continuing “the practice of calculating rent from a hidden figure.” According to one Rental Housing Commission ruling, “rent increases should only be based on the amount of rent a tenant actually pays—not an arbitrary, fictitious number.” The management company in this case denies the allegations and is appealing the ruling.

Did you notice? WAMU did. The red phone booth at Calvert Woodley – for 14 years used to shelter parking lot attendant Al Anderson – is no more. (They’re building him a new shelter.)

RIP red phone booth at Calvert Woodley in Van Ness. We here at WAMU — as well as parking attendant Al Anderson — will miss you https://t.co/MnUrzbeiNS pic.twitter.com/PJqsir5Tnd

— WAMU 88.5 (@wamu885) May 15, 2018

Sfoglina sequel: “The Trabocchis will open a second location of their well-reviewed Sfoglina Pasta House at the base of the office building at 1100 Wilson Boulevard,” ArlNow.com reports. It could open as soon as the end of the year, says the Washington Business Journal.

Not-so-modern times: The info is a couple of years out of date, but it’s sound advice anyway. Politics and Prose and The Den make WUSA 9’s “7 things to do in D.C. during a heat wave” list.

More news:

“Metro cars still pose risk to visually impaired” – WTOP

“A beer crawl and chatting about storms: Little Red Fox baker Kandis Smith’s perfect day” – The Washington Post

“WAMU Reboots DCist” – The Georgetowner

“Drivers say unpaved manhole on DC street damaged their vehicles” – Fox 5