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1000 block of Wisconsin Ave.

If you’re a family with a connection to Hyde-Addison, or even if you’re not, consider buying a brick as part of the school’s fundraising.

As you probably know, the school is undergoing a major construction project to add a third building to the campus’s two historic buildings (Hyde on O St. and Addison on P St.). The school has for two years been temporarily relocated to the Meyer School building across town. This was a contentious issue that upset a great number of families and caused quite a lot of turmoil within the school community. Continue reading →

Photo by the Scottish Government.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The story behind Major.
• Senior journalist (and Colgate grad; Go ‘Gate!) Howard Fineman coming to the next Q&A Cafe.

1200 block of 31st St. (also, check out their new album!)

As GM has pointed out before, people (mostly journalists and realtors) love to describe Georgetown as having cobblestone streets. But the amount of streets that are actually cobblestoned is really small. It’s really just O and P streets, west of Wisconsin, and one block of 34th St. below M. Asphalt covers the vast majority of streets.

So GM got another laugh about it looking at this new real estate listing:

2 level brick townhouse. 1 BR, 1 bath All upgraded Fenced back yard. Beautiful townhouse on the cobbled streets of Georgetown, located just 2 blocks from Georgetown University

35th St. is not cobblestoned. Maybe they mean the sidewalks are bricked? Continue reading →

Photo by Plum Pine.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A reader pointed out to GM that he accurately predicted the closure of Cusp last March.
• Georgetown still has a couple of the best pizza places in DC, despite all the new competition.

1500 block of 35th St.

This week on Georgetown Time Machine, GM is visiting Wisconsin Ave. in the 1930s. The photo comes from a large framed print in the Citizens Association of Georgetown’s offices (the same photo, colorized, is displayed on a wall at the TD Bank).

This is a wonderful photo. It’s taken from above the street looking north from just above the intersection with Prospect. It shows the curve in the road that gives this stretch such a nice attractive quality.

And while the buildings look quite different from those today, most of these buildings are still up.

The row of buildings are the far left are still here, but look quite different now:

The capital on the top of the bigger building to the left is gone, and the paint scheme is far lighter these days, but the biggest difference is at the street level. It once have a wooden porch sort of facade. This is long gone.

The smaller structures next to it have also changed a lot. There’s a balcony on one of them, and it also looks like it had clapboard siding. Continue reading →

Photo by Bill Starrels.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Four Seasons is the 15th best hotel in the country.
• Georgetown University remains the largest private employer in DC.

1700 block of 32nd St.