Photo by VickyS.
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Last week, GM took a look at M St. and Bank–where Cady’s Alley now is–and several readers asked about the rest of the block. So this week, GM is going to do just that.
Above is the western end of that block. Today it houses (from left to right) L’Eclat de Verre, Citysports, and Bo Concept (the Ukrainian embassy can be seen sticking out the top).
Back in 1993, this block had (left to right): Royal #1 Cleaners, Walker Gallery, Niagara Cafe & Pizza, and Sunny’s Surplus.
GM couldn’t find any mention of the cleaners or Walker Gallery. Niagara Cafe, however, is mentioned in this anachronistic list of Georgetown restaurants (which has, for instance, both Geppetto’s and Mendocino).
Sunny’s was a Maryland-based regional chain that sold military surplus and camping gear. It went bankrupt in 2007, emerged out of bankruptcy later that year, and then went back intro bankruptcy for good in 2008.
GM’s not sure when all of these specific stores closed, but he believes that Anthony Lanier started piecing together Cady’s Alley in the mid-90s, so that’s probably about when these closed.
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Halcyon House event by Andrew Morrell Photography.
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Yesterday, the Georgetown Harbour waterfront suffered a catastrophic flood. The flooding was a result of a 10 foot rise in the river level caused by last weekend’s rains, which made its way down toward the Chesapeake. Ordinarily this amount of flooding would cause the Washington Harbour to raise its flood walls. Yesterday, however, the walls were not up and by 10:00 in the morning, restaurants by the fountain began to get flooded.
By the afternoon, the scene became unreal:
Photo by Ed Solomon.
All of the restaurants facing the water suffered significant damages. It’s too early to tell know, but it will likely take weeks before these restaurants open again, which is a double hit since this is such a huge season for them.
The big question on everyone’s lips last night was of course: why the Hell weren’t the walls up? So far there are no answers to that, as WUSA reported: Continue reading
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Photo by ByronPeebles.
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Serendipity3 Sundae by Joanna8555.
It was over a year ago when Rodrigo Garcia and Britt Swann signed a lease for the old Nathans building with plans to open a branch of the famous Serendipity 3 ice cream parlor. The first reports said they could be open as late as late spring 2010. Then it was maybe that summer. Then the fall. And so on. Thirteen months later, the building looks brand new but the restaurant still hasn’t opened.
The long delay has led to a whole cottage industry of rumors. Many of which find their way to GM. The most recent rumor suggested that Serendipity 3 was pulling out of the project and that if something opened there at all, it wouldn’t be the ice cream parlor. Continue reading
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Francis Scott Key Park by Byron Peebles.
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