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C & O Canal

Starting this weekend, Cultural Tourism DC will be hosting another of their annual free walking tour series. This includes dozens of free walking tours all over the city.

Here in Georgetown there will be two:

• Herring Hill & Georgetown’s African-American Communities — Sunday Sept. 16th 1:oo – 3:00 — Learn about the rich history of Georgetown’s African-American community, starting in Herring Hill, which served as the center for both enslaved and freed black and continued as such through the mid-twentieth century. View the various schools, some dating to the early 1800s, that African American Georgetowners established. Hear stories about the Underground Railroad and the ill-fated voyage of “The Pearl”. The tour takes place primarily outside with the exception of the Dumbarton House’s Slavery exhibit.
• Oak Hill Cemetery — Sunday Sept. 23rd — 1:00 – 3:00 — One of America’s outstanding examples of the Rural Cemetery movement, Oak Hill Cemetery in upper Georgetown is as historic as it is scenic. Join tour guide Craig Howell on this walking tour to the gravesites of Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; William Corcoran, philanthropist who established the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Philip and Kay Graham of The Washington Post; Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War under Lincoln; and local sportscaster Glenn Brenner.

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Photo by Daniel Lobo.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• If you’re a Hoya and want to be part of a Cinderella story, the men’s basketball team is holding walk-on tryouts.
• Speaking about GU: The student body president just stepped down over allegations of sexual assault.
• There is a meeting tonight at the City Tavern Club on the proposal to build a 5G cell phone network in Georgetown. The meeting will discuss what sort of physical impact this will have on Georgetown due to the number of small cell phone towers needed. The meeting begins at 7:00 pm at 3206 M St.

1300 block of 29th St.

This week on Georgetown Time Machine, GM returns to DDOT’s fantastic archive for another aerial shot. This one, taken sometime between 1963 and 1965, shows a fairly clear shot of the entire neighborhood. It enables us to zoom in on some interesting details.

For instance, you can see the large plot of empty land that Georgetown Visitation would eventually sell to become the Cloisters:

You can, of course, also see how almost the entire Georgetown waterfront was a parking lot: Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Georgetown Main Street program starting to roll out the events to boost business along upper Wisconsin.
• Update: Yeah, the waterfront is going to flood a lot over the next week.

1300 block of 29th St.

Even before the hurricane hits, the Potomac at Georgetown could see some moderate flooding. NOAA predicts that at the Georgetown waterfront, the water level will peak during tomorrow night’s high tide (a little after 8:00 pm). The expected level is just over 9 feet.

That’s below the levels the river hit back in May. So don’t expect any dramatic flooding. But with a potentially historic hurricane following right after this swell recedes, there is potential for some far more serious flooding by this weekend. Continue reading →

Photo by Andrew Griffith.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• People like the new Guapo’s on the waterfront.
• Some guy ran the entire C & O Canal (184 miles), from Georgetown to Cumberland, in 36 hours.

1300 block of 35th St.