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Meeting Thursday to Discuss Evermay Conversion
Last year one ridiculously rich couple, Ryuji Ueno and Sachiko Kuno, bought both the stately Halcyon House and the giant Evermay estate. Initial reports suggested that they were going to live in one, and throw parties in the other (that’s just what you … Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Jasonwoodhead23. Good morning Georgetown. GM’s still basking in his new world of diapers and short sleep, but is ready to get the Georgetown Metropolitan back in gear. He can’t guarantee that the posts will be as consistent as they have … Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by jeku arce. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: New owners of Evermay reportedly also new owners of Halcyon House. Rumor is they want to use Halcyon House for parties. Wow. Partial building collapse on Wisconsin Ave.
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Post Relates Evermay Family’s Eventful Past
The Post published a touching article on Sunday about the eventful past of the Belin family, which owned the grand Evermay estate from the 1920s until this year. It was initiated by the journalist’s desire to tell the story of … Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Oak Hill Cemetery by Ontheborderland. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Historic Evermay was finally sold. GM hears it’s a Georgetowner who bought it, we’ll see. Hyde-Addison students cook up a storm.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Dog Sniffing some Georgetown Cupcakes by @heylovedc. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: NBC4 notices Evermay’s price drop, doesn’t give GM credit for noticing it first. (Update: Credit now given!) CAG wants to save our neighborhood from GU’s Ten Year … Continue reading
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Evermay Slashes its Price. Again.
The Evermay estate, which has been up for sale since October of 2008, has just slashed its price again. Harry Belin started off asking $49 million for the historic property. By last April, however, he lowered the price to $39.5 … Continue reading
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Ideas That Didn’t Pan Out (At Least Not Yet)
The Georgetown Metropolitan has been published since December of 2008. Over that time GM has announced a lot of new stores and restaurants or other new treats for Georgetown. The thing is, some of those ideas never saw the light … Continue reading
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Fraudster Hired Out Evermay for Scam Marriage
Two and a half years ago, the elegant Georgetown estate Evermay was the site of a scam marriage put on by an international fraudster in a storyline that is stranger than fiction. Specifically, in the spring of 2007 a British … Continue reading
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Evermay Follows Halcyon House In Price Reduction
As mentioned a little while back, Halcyon House cut its offering price 37% from $30 million down to $19 million. At the time, GM wondered whether this would pressure Evermay to follow. Well, it took less than a month: Evermay is … Continue reading
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