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This week for Now and a Long Time Ago, GM returns to the fantastic Wymer’s collection and picks a photo of the old Georgetown waterfront. It was taken from the banks of the Potomac slightly down river, across from where the Watergate is now.

While there are a bunch of buildings along the Georgetown waterfront in the picture, the one with two tall smokestacks stands out. That’s the Capital Traction Powerhouse. It truly was a marvelous building and it’s a shame they tore it down in 1968: Continue reading →

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• An Everything Bagel donut sounds terrible.
• Great story of a local DC kid making it at Georgetown University.

3400 block of P St.

As part of his annual store survey, GM always likes to look just at restaurants and see how much variety of styles there is. Above are the results for this year.

There’s not too much change since last year. Sweets keeps the lead this year with 18 (one more than last year). American still trails at 17. For an overall picture, GM puts all Asian cuisine into one category so to better represent the prevalence of Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants. Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Amazon locker now available at the P St. 7-11.
• Speaking of east Georgetown, there will be some Hollywood film crews using the old Graham house at 30th and R St. later this week. Watch out for a bunch of no parking signs.

3400 block of Water St.

GM was walking around Georgetown Friday morning when he saw this:

The line wrapped all the way from about 30th to 31st. A few minutes later, the line stretched down 31st. Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• As the photo above indicates, it appears that the Calvin Klein Underwear shop is not closed, but is simply renovating.
• 24 hours in Georgetown (when a hotel is paying your way…)

Potomac River

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Georgetown has a Business Association and a Business Improvement District. Could it have a business-boosting Main Streets program too?
• New robot cop on the beat. But now crooks know in advance that all they have to do it run to the water to get away, like in old prison break-out movies.