The reality show that started it all is allegedly going to become the umpteenth reality show to film in D.C.
Last week, reports came out that MTV’s “The Real World” has tapped Washington as its next neighborhood to house seven strangers, while the network documents their every move. No confirmation yet from MTV, and Bunim & Murray producer Jim Johnston told us he knew no information on it and was only working on their next season in Cancun, but the busy activity around 2000 S St. NW near Dupont Circle makes it seem very likely.
Seen parked outside the large three-story brick home are several white work vans and a police squad car — the only cars allowed to park on the street to due newly added 24-hour no-parking signs on all the meters. Sources have spotted carpenters frantically working on fixing up the house at all hours, and a peek inside the house showed new lighting fixtures. But the dead giveaway is the huge satellite and telecom equipment now fixed atop the roof.
Additionally, a photo album titled “2000 S Street” surfaced online Monday containing pictures of the massive construction being done to the house’s interior, labeled with “production” and “crew entrance” plus “The Real World” fixtures of a “confessional” room and “phone room.”
Consider this your warning, residents of 20th and S.
