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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A Georgetown tall baller, circa 1928.
• New website for the Friends of Rose Park (although GM is a little miffed they refer to the tennis courts as the “Rose Park Tennis Courts”. GM knows you know the new name!)

1200 block of 33rd St.

One of GM’s favorite TV shows is Archer, a cartoon spy farce. If you haven’t watched it, GM envies you, because you get to watch it all for the first time.

Anyway, GM was rewatching an old episode the other day, and he noticed that it has a scene with a photo from the graduation day of the main character, Sterling Archer. It never explicitly states that Archer is a Georgetown grad, but this photo makes it clear he’s a Hoya. Perhaps one of the writers or producers went to Georgetown? Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The same team that developed New York’s High Line is helping create a plan for the C & O Canal.
• LSU is teaching a class on GU’s slave sale.

1400 block of 33rd St.

Sure you could celebrate St. Patrick’s day today getting drunk on Guinness at a chain bar, but why not take an opportunity today 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 Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown and Happy St. Patrick’s Day, here’s the latest:

• Irish patriot Theobald Wolfe Tone’s wife and child were once buried in Georgetown.
• Whole Food’s corporate is really dedicated to the false idea that they have a store in Georgetown instead of Glover Park.

1600 block of 28th St.

GM has lots of unpopular opinions. For instance, he thinks ketchup, mustard, and mayo are all terrible and ruin any sandwich or hot-dog they’re on. He thinks Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney is good as far as Christmas pop tunes go. And-more relevant to today’s discussion-he thinks the West Heating Plant on 29th St. in Georgetown is an attractive building.

Of course it isn’t like most architecture in Georgetown. And perhaps for that reason alone most people hate it. When they elaborate on their hatred, it normally involves words like “looming” or “gargantuan”. GM thinks those are all features of what is in fact an attractive and muscular style. It shares Streamlined Moderne features you’d just as likely find in a 1940’s Buick. In fact, in many ways the building and the works it contains is itself like some gigantic mid-century V8 engine covered up with a giant hood:

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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Photo of one of the enslaved men sold by Georgetown University surfaces.
• Only a couple more days to eat at the Shophouse, which is closing Friday.