Two D.C. legislators want to make it easier for pop-up retailers and restaurateurs to set up shop and use industrial land for their purposes.

3068 Mt. Pleasant St. NW, the soon-to-be location for the Mt. Pleasant Temporium. Photo by Pat Padua. Early next year D.C. will get its second Temporium, a pop-up arts space, this time in Mt. Pleasant. The D.C. Office of Planning awarded a $15,000 grant as part of its Temporary Urbanism Initiative to “transform vacant storefronts or spaces into a unique temporary retail shop for local entrepreneurs to exhibit and sell their work.” The first…

In the former R.L. Christian Library, a pop-up fashion boutique has transformed an unused space into a quirky wi-fi lounge and shop. A project of the Pink Line Project and the District’s Office of Planning, Temporium is part-retail shop, part-party spot — but mostly a unique and interesting use of vacant space.