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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Grab Some Free Legg Mason Tickets at Lacoste Today
From DCist: Want free tickets to tonight’s Legg Mason matches, which include the resurgent Andy Roddick? If you went last night and still have your stubs, stop by Georgetown’s Lacoste store right now and get one of the 150 free tickets.
Filed under Breaking News
More on Those Crime Stats
Yesterday GM raised a bit of an alarm over a spike in crime in Georgetown last month. After digging a bit more into the data, GM can present a slightly more nuanced picture. There was an troubling uptick in crime for July, but a main contributing factor for why the comparisons to July 2008 looked so bad is that July 2008 looked so good. Check out the monthly totals of crime incidents from 2008 and and 2009:
The June and July 2009 crime stats are creeping up to the genuine spike we experienced in February, but the large increases over July 2008 are primarily because crime dropped sharply in July 2008.
But what’s the breakdown for each category? See them after the jump: Continue reading
The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown. Here’s the latest:
- Carol Joynt reports the rumor that the owners of Fratelli La Bufala skipped town and the building owner is going to open up his own “high end” Italian restaurant in its place.
- Vox Populi scopes out some good candidates for the upcoming Restaurant Week.
- NBC previews the upcoming sample sale on M St.
Photo of Garret’s porch by Flickr user Kevin H. used under Creative Commons license.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
July Crime Numbers Way Up In Georgetown
A couple weeks ago GM published this post arguing that despite the sense among people that crime was increasing, the overall crime numbers were not really up year-to-date for Georgetown. For July in particular, GM calculated that as of half-way through the month, July 2009 did not have a spike in crime. Now that the month is over, GM went back and re-crunched the numbers and compared July 2009 crime stats to July 2008. They’re not good. Check out the numbers:
|
2009 |
2008 |
Change | |
| Total: |
87 |
67 |
30% |
| Theft: |
46 |
48 |
-4% |
| Burglary |
11 |
5 |
120% |
| ADW |
3 |
2 |
50% |
| Robbery |
5 |
2 |
150% |
| Theft F/Auto |
19 |
9 |
111% |
The overall numbers are up 30%. Robberies almost tripled. Granted, the change from 2 to 5 isn’t as significant as if it were 20 to 50, but nonetheless it’s troubling.
The only numbers close to level reflect theft, i.e. shop-lifting. These crimes normally represent the majority of crimes in Georgetown, but they don’t directly affect residents very much. If you take out thefts, the overall numbers are up 116% for July.
Many have sensed that there has been a particularly strong crime spike recently in Georgetown. These numbers seem to justify those senses.
Filed under Crime
The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Want to lease out your Georgetown townhouse for a year or so and travel the world? Call this guy.
- Missing a gray scooter? It may be sitting in an alley behind N St.
Photo of Dolcezza by Flickr user Roboppy used under Creative Commons license.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
After Cafritz Fire, Do You Feel Safe?
Even before the embers of Peggy Cafritz’s home ceased smoldering, residents throughout the District began wondering whether the fire hydrant on their street has the pressure to put out a fire at their house. After the Georgetown Library fire two years ago, Georgetown residents are particularly worried about the matter.
It’s not the first time it’s come up since the library fire. WASA got a tounge lashing from the ANC last February. WASA came back in March to the ANC and in April to CAG to let us know that everything is OK. Nonetheless, when we see fire crews having to walk blocks away looking for water pressure, it’s not difficult to doubt their assurances.
According to the Post, the problems for the water pressure didn’t begin until the fire crews attached a third hose to the same water main. That would suggest that the hydrants worked as expected, but they simply aren’t expected to work that well. This adds to Georgetowners’ anxiety since they’ve been telling us how our hydrants (at least those marked correctly) work as expected.
How do you feel? Do you feel safe?
Filed under Life in the Village
The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown fire call-boxes among those still not re-done under the city’s Art-On-Call program, whose future is uncertain.
- New bartender at Bourbon Steak comes over from H St.’s Sova.
- The Georgetowner attends the big party at Urban Chic.
Photo of Evolve salon by Flickr user Kevin H. used under Creative Commons.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
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