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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Pillar and Post on list of best home decor shops “in the south”. (Not sure I agree with that geographic description, but I agree with the “best” part!)
• Summary of the most recent ANC meeting.

The Georgetown Garden Club is celebrating its 100th year in 2024, and the highlight of the year is, of course, their annual garden tour. It returns on May 11th (and marks the 94th year it has been held).

The ANC adopted a resolution honoring the organization last month. It reads:

ANC 2E commends the Georgetown Garden Club (GGC) on its celebration of 100 years.  The GGC is part of the heart and soul of Georgetown – working collaboratively on community beautification while strengthening our sense of community. 

The GGC’s focus on civic engagement has benefited all parts of our community. Through its annual Garden Tour, the GGC raises funds for local green spaces, parks, public gardens, and our tree-lined streets. The tour has become a highly respected event known throughout the Mid Atlantic.  The GTC has strategically provided funds for new planting in addition to funds that maintain our community’s existing green spaces.  The GGC’s beneficiaries have included Book Hill Park, Trees for Georgetown, Tudor Place’s gardens, the rose garden at Montrose Park, Rose Park, Volta Park, the Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy and Georgetown Waterfront Park.

ANC 2E wishes the GGC another 100 years of success in enhancing the beauty and unity of our community.

Tickets for the tour are $45 and can be purchased at www.georgetowngardenclubdc.org

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• What the Mayor’s budget would mean for Georgetown.
• The bill that would remove the exception to the rule against pot shops opening near schools and rec. centers was rejected by the council. Now whether your child is shielded from having a pot shop open next to her school boils down to what zoning the school happens to occupy. Direct any complaints to Chair Mendelson and Councilmembers McDuffie, White, Bonds, the other White, and Nadeau who all voted that it’s ok for pot shops to open right next to schools and rec. centers.

The Friends of Volta Park are hosting several events in the park this weekend. The first is a volunteer cleanup on Sunday from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM. Come help get the park in shape for the season. At the same time, there will be crafts and music for the kiddos. So make it a whole family outing! See you there!

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, I’m dipping back into the wonderful DC Historical Society archives. In particular, I’ve found a snapshot from the Wymer collection, which is a priceless trove of photos taken around the city circa 1950 by Bill Wymer. This photo is of a pool and playground in Georgetown.

Wymer describes the scene as “Wading pool, Georgetown Playground, 32nd Street and Volta Place NW. July 1, 1950.” The problem, of course, with that description is that there is no playground at 32nd St. and Volta Place. In fact, there is no 32nd and Volta. The streets don’t intersect.

Wymer likely got his streets mixed up and meant to say 33rd or 34th. The photo appears to show what is now called Volta Park. It also seems to show a wading pool, which I personally had no idea was ever there. Which makes me slightly suspicious that this isn’t really Volta Park after all?

Here is an aerial photo of Volta Park from 1951, I’m not sure it correctly lines up with the photo above:

If the top photo is to make any sense, it would appear that we’re standing just southwest of the tennis courts looking north towards Q St. But in the aerial photo, there’s nothing but a grass field southwest of the tennis courts. Moreover, the homes in the back of the picture don’t line up with Q St.

I was ready to write this off as not being in Volta Park at all, but then I realized that the white house in the background actually lines up fairly well with 1558 34th St. That would mean the photo was taken from the southeast of the courts looking west. There still does not appear to be corresponding structures in the aerial shot, but it is hardly a high resolution shot. So perhaps the wading pool and the house next to it are hard to pick up.

In either event, a wonderful summer shot nonetheless!

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• 38 years ago yesterday, the B&O Railroad official abandoned its rail line that ran from Silver Spring to K St. It later became the Capital Crescent Trail.
• PEAK WISTERIA!

DDOT conducted its public workshops last week for the Georgetown Transportations and Access Study. Hopefully you were able to attend, but if you were not, there is still an opportunity to weigh in. Please participate in the survey DDOT is conducting on the draft recommendations! The information is below:

Community Workshop #2 Meeting Materials
Georgetown Transportation Access and Circulation Study

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) hosted two (in-person and virtual) community workshops for the Georgetown Transportation Access and Circulation Study, a multimodal transportation study for the Georgetown neighborhood. The purpose of the workshop was to present draft recommendations were presented to the community and obtain feedback. Thank you to everyone who attended one of the two meetings.

The presentation slides from the in-person meeting (PDF) and virtual meeting (PDF) are posted on the project website. The boards (PDF) presented at the in-person meeting are also posted to the project website. A recording of the virtual meeting (link) is available on DDOT’s YouTube channel.

There is a short public survey open now until April 30th for all Georgetown stakeholders to provide feedback on the draft study recommendations. We invite you to provide your comments and share it with neighbors, coworkers, friends and others.

Take the Draft Recommendation Survey Now

All Georgetown Transportation Access and Circulation Study information, materials and updates are on the project website at engage.dc.gov/georgetownstudy

For more information, please contact Ted Van Houten, DDOT Project Manager at theodore.vanhouten@dc.gov or (202) 716-5302.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Condos in former church for sale.
• Speaking of real estate for sale: Pamela Harriman’s home is also available.

They say eclipses can mess with wild animals’ heads. Perhaps that explains why this, frankly, giant fix showed up in my alley yesterday. Red foxes aren’t totally unheard of around DC, but my particular alley is many blocks from the type of forest you’d expect to find one.

Any they’re nimble guys! This one made its way to the top of the garages on the alley, necessitating quite the leap:

Keep your eye on your small pets if you live around Cashell Alley, I guess!

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• If you weren’t able to get out of town to see the total eclipse yesterday, don’t worry, DC will host it’s own total eclipse in a mere 176 years! Eat your veggies!
• French Market coming the weekend of April 26th!