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Photo by Paul Goddin.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Two of the descendants of the enslaved people that Georgetown University once sold will be attending the school next fall.
• Love this little carriage house for sale off P St.

Dumbarton Oaks

The Georgetowner newspaper published an interesting article this week on the rise of young families in Georgetown. One facet the article touches on, but doesn’t really dive into, is the question of just how many kids there are, and how has it changed recently.

The Census Bureau can put some more meat on the bones. GM looked at the population numbers for Georgetown for 2000, 2010 and 2015. (In this case, Georgetown is Census Tracts 1.00 and 2.02, which is Georgetown minus the Georgetown University campus). Continue reading →

Photo by Paul Goddin.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Blue Bottle coffee set to open next month near the Dean and Deluca.
• Prospect St. residents complain of risk of cliff collapse if Exxon redevelopement goes forward.

Rock Creek

Photo by Anthony Gonzales Reyes.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• More on the search for tenants for the Prospect St. development.
• Public meeting coming up on how to re-envision the C&O Canal.

Rock Creek

GM found this video tour of some of Georgetown’s famed sneaker shops (you probably want to skip the last two minutes). If you’re like GM, you don’t know too much about this style, but these are seriously popular stores! Hence the occasionally long lines outside. GM thinks it’s great that they’re are quality shops like these still in the neighborhood that appeal to a wider demographic than the typical clothing shops we’ve got on M St.

But holy crap, were those sneakers at the 5:30 mark really over $1,000?! Damn.

Photo by Anthony Gonzales Reyes.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• More on Phil Mendelson’s move to kill the streetcar.
• Fox 5 DC will be at the waterfront today. Maybe stop by and tell them that they should be ashamed to work for a news organization that parades out fake conspiracy theories and refuses to apologize when they’re called out for their manipulative lies.

3000 block of K St.