Category Archives: Around Town

All of Georgetown is a Bunch of Gray Boxes, Except for Trinity

Google Earth is the more complicated version of Google Maps. It offers, among other bells and whistles, the ability to see a map with three-dimensional shapes representing actual buildings. Here’s an example from the corner of M and Wisconsin:

M and Wisconsin: a bunch of blocks

While the 3D rendering gives you a rough idea of what shape the buildings are, they certainly are not particularly accurate representations of the buildings’ architecture. The solution: Google Earth lets users submit detailed graphical renderings of the buildings for all the world to see. But in Georgetown there is only one building (or rather group of buildings) that has received this treatment: Trinity Church and school. Check it out after the jump:

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Plume Watch 2009 Continues

Don’t forget (as if you could) today’s the day for Plume Watch 2009. Please, please, somebody get a photo of this.

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Plumegate 2009 Continues!!

Don't worry, this isn't going to happen on Wednesday, or so they would have you believe.

No boat was exploded in the filming of this baseless artistic rendering.

It all began as a simple email sent out to a few listservs warning people not to be freaked out by a “20′ to 30′ high fire ball that will last approximately two (2) seconds” that will be set off on the Potomac just above the Key Bridge Wednesday morning. Somewhere in translation the two seconds became two minutes, and people did exactly what DDOT was advising them against: totally freak out.

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Around Town: Learn How to Make a Pizzeria Paradiso Pizza

This probably isn’t new, but check out Ruth Gresser at the Georgetown Pizzeria Paradiso showing us how to make their pizza.

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Check out the rest of the lessons here.

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Seen Around Town

Construction of Georgetown Waterfront Phase II

Bulldozers moving around dirt for the Georgetown Waterfront Phase II. Just two more years and the waterfront will be complete.

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The Temporary Georgetown Library

Georgetown Metropolitan Visits the Georgetown Library

Every Georgetowner remembers hearing the terrible news about the historic Georgetown Library on R St. burning on April 30, 2007. Luckily much of the priceless Peabody Collection was salvaged and the external structure will be rebuilt. In the meantime, DCPL has opened an interim library at 3307 M St. GM finally stopped by to check out the space.

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Scheele’s Update – Unlikely Hero?

 

As reported here, the building which houses Scheele’s Market is for sale. The Scheeles are pitching the property as an opportunity to convert it into a single family home. Not surprisingly, this has caused much consternation in the East Village. However, The Georgetown Current brought some reason to hope last week. But this burst of hope is coming from a very unlikely source. Find out why after the jump.

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Make a Little Birdhouse in Your 31st St.

Seen around town: A birdhouse on 30th st. Anyone know who put up this birdhouse? Does it have any tenants?

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East Versus West

 

Which is Better?

People new to Georgetown are often surprised to come across the insular terms East Village and West Village. They are terms used to distinguish those parts of Georgetown on either side of Wisconsin Ave. Beyond simple geography, these terms often carry with them loaded associations, most of which are unjustified in GM’s opinion. So what’s the deal with the two villages?

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Cannon Seafood Admits to Illegal Fish Trafficking

Cannons Seafood

As reported in the Post, on Thursday the owners of Georgetown’s Cannon Seafood on 31st St. pleaded guilty to violating the Lacey Act, which prohibits individuals or corporations from creating false records for fish, and from transporting, selling, or buying fish harvested illegally.  

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