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Now and a Long Time Ago
Last year, GM ran a series of articles where he took a photo from a pile of photos taken in 1993 and overlayed them with current photos. The series, dubbed “Now and Not So Long Ago”, was meant to highlight … Continue reading
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Georgetown Library fence by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Is significant African-American history at risk on Dent Place? Hope Solomon is not happy that the BID still has Christmas decorations up.
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Georgetown From The Sky: In the 1950s
GM loves browsing around Google Maps. It’s a quick way to survey the city without leaving the couch. And GM was particularly excited to find out that a website called historicalaerials.com archives old aerial photos and enables you to browse around … Continue reading
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Photo by Rock Creek. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: The story of the man who once owned much of Georgetown. Georgetown Auto Shop still abandoned 1 year after fire destroyed it. The owner still claims that he wants to … Continue reading
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Walls Can’t Talk But the Census Does
Last November, GM moved into a house on 33rd St. City records say the house was built in 1900, but that’s the default year the city lists when the house was built before 1877 or the city just doesn’t know … Continue reading
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Photo by DDOT. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: The above photo is a very cool photo of M St. at 30th taken in 1959. GM may have mentioned this already, but Antiques of Georgetown on O St. is closing … Continue reading
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Georgetown’s Fire Insurance Marks
Scattered around on the front of many Georgetown homes, you’ll see plaques like the one above. What they are are fire insurance marks. They worked basically like a big heavy insurance card. The reason you needed such a prominent proof … Continue reading
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Photo by Nakeva. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: One block of the O & P St. construction is done and open. Milk was once processed in a factory on N St.
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Photo by Streets of Washington. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Check out the characteristically great article by Streets of Washington about the old Aqueduct bridge. Gameday: Georgetown 1911.
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Georgetown Through the Eyes of a Forty-Three Year Old Kids Book
Being a proud District resident and a new father*, GM recently picked up a copy of the classic “This is Washington, D.C.” by M. Sasek. Browsing the book, GM saw that Georgetown gets a couple pages, and it’s pretty funny: … Continue reading
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