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The ANC will meet for its March meeting next Monday night (which will still be February, but whatever).

Some interesting things to note about the meeting:

• Jack Evans will be there
• An announcement about the proposed boathouses on the Potomac
• A presentation on the BID’s proposal to reconfigure Water St.
• It’s not on the agenda, but GM was under the impression that the BID will also be seeking the ANC’s endorsement of the gondola plan

Here’s the full agenda:

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E

3265 S Street, NW • Washington, DC 20007

(202) 724-7098 • anc2e@dc.gov • http://www.anc2e.com

ANC 2E Public Meeting

Monday, February 27, 2017

at 6:30 p.m.

We will be meeting this month at the Georgetown Visitation School, 35th Street and

Volta Place NW, first building on left by gatehouse, in the Heritage Room on the 2nd floor.

Approval of the Agenda

 Approval of February 27, 2017 ANC 2E Public Meeting Agenda

 Approval of the January 30, 2017 Meeting Minutes

Administrative Continue reading →

Photo by Liza Lagman Sperl.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GM has long heard that Trader Joe’s was the target for the redeveloped Holiday Inn space just north of Georgetown. This confirms it.
• GM doesn’t agree that the Exorcist Steps are a great place to cry. Surely Dumbarton Oaks would be better?

Montrose Park

Last week GM wrote about the signs put up in the 1950s around Georgetown celebrating the old names for the streets. In response, somebody pointed out to him that another somewhat rare relic of DC transportation past shows up around Georgetown: the Pineapple topped signal poles.

They seem to have only been used for traffic signals. And perhaps since most traffic signals in Georgetown are the more elaborate Washington Globe-style with lights, GM could only find these poles at intersections that only previously had traffic signals.

For instance, they are at 30th and P, where there was a traffic signal until about five years ago. Here you can see how the were converted from traffic signal posts to not-really-doing-anything-anymore posts:

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Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• This article is confused about a bunch of things, but it nonetheless touches on some important topics about Georgetown and gentrification.
• Nice aerial shot of Georgetown from 1959.

Dumbarton Oaks

Photo by J. Maughn.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nice look at Georgetown’s fantastic Riggs library.
• New restaurant opens on 31st with confusing menu.

Dumbarton Oaks

Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Sequoia is planning an “art focused” renovation.
• This is a pretty common example of how people who do work without a permit in Georgetown react to having to get a permit.

The photo above was posted by DDOT to its Tumblr feed earlier this month. It shows M St. in Georgetown at some undetermined date. Surely we can date it!

First off, the block shown here is the 3100 block of M St., just east of Wisconsin Ave. (you can just make out the edge of the Riggs bank on the far left of the photo). Towards the end of the block you can see the notable tall building that now houses Steve Madden.

Just starting from a guesstimate, based upon the cars, GM will say this is probably in the 1930s. The streetcar at the center is a PCC streetcar, which was built starting in the 30s, so that would be consistent.

Where the Urban Outfitters is now you can see the old Woolworth’s. But that’s not much help in dating it because that opened in 1922 (and closed in 1980).

The fact that there were still buildings standing between the Scott’s building and the Riggs bank doesn’t help since there were around in the 1950s. Continue reading →