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Photo by Mark Andre.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Reminder: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens open again tomorrow!
• Washington Harbour for sale again.

1600 block of 32nd St.

With freezing temperatures still in the forecast, it’s hard to believe spring is right around the corner, but it is. And with spring in Georgetown comes a series of annual and beloved events. Here are GM’s favorites:

The Georgetown House Tour

First of the two grand dame tours, the Georgetown house tour will be held this year on April 28th. It is held every year to benefit St. John’s Episcopal church. As the title states, this tour gives you a chance to walk through 8-10 of Georgetown’s nicest homes. The patrons party is always the place to hobnob with the nobbiest hobs.

The Georgetown Garden Tour

Of the two tours, the Garden Tour is probably GM’s favorite. Like the house tour, you get a chance to look behind the gates of 8 or so homes, but GM just thinks there’s something more interesting about gardens than interiors. This tour–the event’s 90th edition–will be held on May 12th, and is run by the Georgetown Garden Club. Continue reading →

Photo by Marc Andre.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• High school rowing shell and motorboat tip over into frigid waters at Thompsons, but thankfully everybody is going to be alright.
• Despite skepticism, this group agrees that the gondola could be a good idea.

3100 block of R St.

Sure you could celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this Saturday getting drunk on Guinness at a chain bar, but why not take an opportunity to explore Georgetown’s Irish history?

As you may know, during the early 20th century, parts of Georgetown were heavily Irish. The center of it was on the west side, close to the Catholic landmarks of GU, Trinity and Visitation.

The Irish concentration is long gone, but with the help of old photos you can imagine the ghosts still walking the streets. In the 30s, photographer Carl Mydans walked through the poor and heavily Irish blocks of west Georgetown and captured the scene of children treating the sidewalks as their playroom:

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Photo by Hamburger Helper.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The new Amazon Bookstore has kombucha on tap, if that’s your thing.
• If you earned a plaque from the Old Glory Bourbon Club, go to J. Paul’s to pick it up.

3000 block of K St.

This week for GM’s series “Seven Georgetowns” GM is exploring the most overlooked corner of Georgetown: lower Georgetown.

As a quick reminder, this series is about demonstrating how Georgetown is really made up of seven distinct sub-neighborhoods that each could stand on their own as a neighborhood even if they weren’t surrounded by the other six sevenths of Georgetown.

When GM says that lower Georgetown is overlooked, what he means is that to people who live north of M St., it is a bit of a mystery. We know people live there, but they seem separate and apart from the rest of Georgetown. This, in fact, is a complaint GM has heard multiple times from residents of lower Georgetown.

And to be fair, it really is quite different from the rest of Georgetown. While there are a small handful of small rowhouses–which look much like small rowhouses north of M St.–the vast majority of households south of M St. are in apartment buildings. These range from modestly priced to some of the most expensive properties in DC. Continue reading →

Photo by John Sonderman

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Amazon Bookstore opens today. (Close enough to what GM predicted)
• The economic case to redevelop the West Heating Plant.