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Photo by Olli Thompson.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nice writeup of the Water St. decision by the ANC last week.
• This “Georgetown” home is so non-traditional that it’s actually in Burleith.

Georgetown Waterfront Park

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, GM shifts over to the southwest corner of Georgetown. Specifically, the photo above is an aerial photo looking down at where Canal Rd. and Foxhall Rd. merge.

Dating this photo is remarkably easy since the date is in the upper left corner. It’s April 3, 1963. It was a Wednesday.

Some fun things upon closer inspection:

The B&O Freight railroad was still running, so where today the Capital Crescent Trail is, the railroad tracks were:

There’s a small boathouse structure on the water. GM’s not sure what it is. It’s up river from where the Washington Canoe Club was (and is).

Speaking of railroad tracks, the Glen Echo trolley tracks were still around. The cars had last traveled them only 15 months earlier: Continue reading →

Photo by Olli Thompson.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Some other thoughts on the waterfront sculpture.
• GM would rather have the frozen yogurt place back, but this new salon seems fine too.

Georgetown University

The above photo does not quite do justice to just how crazy the new abstract sculpture that is being built next to Sequoia is. You really have to see it in person.

It is 40 feet tall and consists of a rigid three pointed frame adorned with what appears to be refuse from a spray paint factory. Continue reading →

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Georgetown Community Day this weekend.
• It’s a monkey puzzle tree.

Potomac Boat Club

The proliferation of tall construction cranes across DC has become the shorthand way to describe the wild development that is spreading to each corner of the city. That symbol now stands along M St. in Georgetown.

This is the first time such a large crane has been used in Georgetown, at least in GM’s memory (a similar crane was used with the Duke Ellington School, but that’s technically Burleith). And the visual impact is actually quite jarring. Continue reading →

Photo by John Sonderman.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• That adaptation of the Albrecht Muth story by Christopher Walz is still moving forward and will star, with Walz, Vanessa Redgrave and Anette Benning.
• Did you see this gentleman around Georgetown?