Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Harry Jaffe apparently thinks parties in Georgetown are all full of coke.
- You might find a gorilla trying to give you a deal around town this weekend.
Monthly Archives: August 2009
The Morning Metropolitan
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A Survey of the Historic School Buildings in Georgetown: the West Georgetown School
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Last week GM began a new series, a survey of the historic school buildings of Georgetown. Today he continues with the second school building: the West Georgetown School.
West Georgetown School
1640 Wisconsin Ave.
Built: 1911
Architect: Snowden Ashford
Current Owner: American College of Surgeons
Current Use: Commercial Office Space
Brief Story: You wouldn’t think it was once a school from looking at it, but the elegant Neo-Georgian building at 1640 Wisconsin Ave. was once the West Georgetown School.
There were actually two West Georgetown Schools. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- In case you missed it, GM totally got Roy Blunt’s house sold in a day flat. Anyone else out there need to sell a once-owned-by-JFK-house pronto? MoDo?
- NBC4 (via CityShopGirl) finds a denim deal at Barneys Co-op.
- Egyptian President likes Mortons, long walks on M St. with heavy security.
Photo of Washington Canoe Club by Flickr user Rory Finneren used under Creative Commons license.
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Safeway Hardship Discount Over
Safeway recently gave us one less reason to stay loyal during the construction of Social Safeway Mark II. As GM pointed out, Safeway offered an automatic 10% discount to Georgetown residents when they shop at one of Safeway’s other stores. GM naively thought this hardship discount would last during the extent of the construction. He found out last weekend that that’s not the case. Apparently Safeway stopped the discount in July.
GM didn’t notice until his Safeway Club Card discount seemed only as big as, well, a normal Club Card discount. The cashier verified our suspicions, the 10 percent discount was discontinued. Presumably Safeway figures whatever habits Georgetowners will form during the construction have already formed.
And hey, how’s that construction coming anyway? Construction photo after the jump: Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The produce (and everything else) at Dean and Deluca getting unintentionally steamed.
- Two looks at the slowly-heating-up town and gown issues in the West Village.
- A few more details on Ann Hand closing up shop.
Photo of Baked and Wired fare by Flickr user Vasta used under Creative Commons.
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JFK House For Sale
JFK’s first house in Georgetown is currently for sale. From 1947 to 1949, then Congressman John Kennedy lived at 1528 31st. St. with his sister Eunice Kennedy.
Most recently it has been the home of Republican Whip Roy Blunt. He has announced that he’s running for Senate in Missouri next year, so perhaps this sale is part of that effort. It is listed for $1.595 million by neighbor Nancy Taylor Bubes of Washington Fine Properties.
Update: It looks like the house is under contract and has been pulled from Redfin. It’s still here on WFP’s website though. Behold the power of the Georgetown Metropolitan to move real estate.
After the jump, some pictures from inside:
Filed under Real Estate
The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown-based 80’s flick St. Elmo’s Fire to be remade as a television show.
- The new group “West Village People” will meet Sept. 10 and 6:30 pm. WVP describes itself as “informal group of permanent neighbors that work together in hopes of improving quality of life issues in our neighborhood.” GM guesses that the word “permanent” can be read as “non-student”.
- Filomena comes in second in poll for best Italian restaurants in DC.
Photo of Old Stone House by Flickr user Daquella Manera used under Creative Commons license.
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