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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Not So Long Ago: Wisconsin and Dumbarton
This week on Not So Long Ago, GM stops by Wisconsin Ave. and Dumbarton.
The three shops in the current photo are Focus, Ice Berry, and Coogi (with Glow tanning salon upstairs).
Way back in 1993, these three shops were almost all different. Where Focus is, there was Coffee, Tea & Spice. This store was owned by the Rowe family for many years. GM’s not sure when they closed up shop. There is another Coffee, Tea & Spice shop down in Old Town, but GM is not sure whether or how they were related.
Oddly enough, Georgetown still has three tea-oriented shops: Just Paper & Tea on P, Georgetown Spice & Tea Exchange, and Ching Ching Cha (the last two on Wisconsin just below M).
Next to Coffee, Tea & Spice was Originals, a clothing store. This store stayed open until last year when it was replaced by the second Ice Berry in Georgetown (thus filling in the Ice Cream No-Man’s Land, which GM subsequently renamed the “Dessert Desert”).
Next to Originals was some sort of a jewelry store, whose name is not apparent from the old photo, unfortunately.
Sorry this isn’t a terribly interesting Not So Long Ago entry, but sadly GM is reaching the end of the pile of old photos he has and he’s used up most of the good ones.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by blese.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Harry Jaffe’s take on the Georgetown mall situation.
- The Post is predicting that Jamie Stachowski’s new butcher shop will open in February.
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Barnes and Noble Closing Down This Weekend
Georgetown’s Barnes and Noble will close for good after New Year’s Eve. So stop by for your last chance to linger in the aisles. When GM visited last weekend, there were still plenty of books on the shelves:
This closing will be a huge hit to the neighborhood. While we’ll continue to have the superb Bridge Street Books and the interesting Lantern Books (and the mysterious used book store on 33rd St. that GM has never visited) the Barnes and Noble was the department store to Bridge Street Books boutique. You need both around. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by L.Current.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Six fireplaces sounds like overkill to GM, and he loves having fires.
- If the Zoning Commission takes a harsh stance on the GU plan, is that bad for economic development? (subscription required)
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Georgetown Adds Fifth Bikeshare Station
As wonderful Christmas/Hanukkah/Winter Solstice gift, Georgetown received its fifth Capital Bikeshare station, this one located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave. and M St.
This is a perfect location for a bikeshare station, and GM expects it to be used heavily. This use will likely increase even more once DDOT installs the M St. cycletrack. And as Lydia DePillis over at Citypaper dug up, a large chunk of Bikeshare use is attributable to tourists. So it’s likely that once tourism season ramps up next spring, lots of tourists will target this station as their destination. Which is great! GM just hopes that the Bikeshare workers are ready to manage the shifts in demand for the station. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Ehpien.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The GSA has declared the West Heating Plant surplus, and now the disposition process will begin.
- Beautiful shot from inside Christ Church on Christmas eve.
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And Happy Holidays Too…
GM wanted to take the opportunity to be a little more ecumenical in his well wishings, and (more to to point) play around with animation again. So Merry Happy!
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