Monthly Archives: August 2009

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1200 block of Wisconsin Ave.

1200 block of Wisconsin Ave.

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A Peek Into the North Face

GM stopped by the North Face to see how the construction is coming. It looks like they might meet the August opening deadline after all:

View of the North Face Store Under Construction on M St.

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  • Georgetown native makes ’em laugh at the Comedy Central Roast.
  • The Citypaper quaffs some hops at Birreria Paradiso.
  • Bloomingdales may not be coming to Georgetown mall after all. WBJ digs into the fight between Georgetown residents Anthony Lanier and Herb Miller to explain why.
Photo of incredibly beautiful Dumbarton Oaks pool that only spoiled Harvard students can use by Flickr user absentmindedprof used under Creative Commons.

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3200 block of Water St.

3200 block of Water St.

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A Final Note on the Crime Stats

This week, GM has been digging into the MPD’s 2009 crime stats for Georgetown and comparing them to last year’s. While there are some troubling trends in crime in Georgetown, GM thought it was important to put those stats in one more context: how do they compare with other neighborhoods?

GM crunched the numbers on Georgetown (PSA 206) and compared them with stats for some neighborhoods in the same general vicinity: Palisades/Kent/Spring Valley (205), greater Dupont (208), Woodley/Cleveland Park/Glover Park (204), Mount Pleasant (301), and Columbia Heights (302 & 304). The results are after the jump: Continue reading

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1400 block of Wisconsin Ave.

1400 block of Wisconsin Ave.

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Old Georgetown Theater Property For Sale

Photo by Flickr user Alison Hillard used under Creative Commons.

Photo by Flickr user Alison Hillard used under Creative Commons.

The historic Georgetown Theater property on Wisconsin Ave. has been put up for sale. Currently it houses the National Jewel Center, but before that it was a working theater that was infamous in the 1970s for showing the x-rated film “Caligula” over and over again until the film broke. Prior to the 1950’s, the theater was called the Dumbarton Theater and looked like this:

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

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