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1500 block of 33rd St.

This week in old Georgetown in Color, GM visits a Georgetown University football player named Otto Sauer. Sauer, a tackle originally from Bridgeport, CT, played for the Hoyas from 1923 to 1927. In 1940 he was given an honorable mention in connection with the alumni association’s selection of the all time best Hoya football players from the previous 60 years.

After graduating from Georgetown in 1927, Sauer enrolled in GU’s law school. He eventually returned to Connecticut to serve for many years as the state attorney for Fairfield County. In 1969, he was again honored by GU alums, this time as “Lawyer of the Year”.

Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Sovereign adds brunch.
• Even wanted to find something odd off the beaten path in DC? Come to the Peabody Room at the Georgetown library this SaturdayApril 23rd at 1:00 pm to hear author Sharon Pendana reveal the Secrets of DC.

Dumbarton Oaks

There’s no L St. in Georgetown. You can walk straight from K St. to M St. without passing their middle sibling. And partially as a result of this, an odd numbering sequence reigns over south Georgetown. Some north-south streets have street addresses beginning with 1100, and some don’t. Here’s why:

Throughout DC, north-south streets are numbered according to the lettered cross streets. Thus the first block of, say, Fifth st. north of A St. is 0100. And once it crosses B St., the address numbers start with 0200. And so on.

The building numbers north of K St. in Georgetown are 1000. (K is the eleventh number, so you’d think the addresses north of it would be 1100, but because there’s no J street, there’s a shift after I St.) And the buildings’ addresses north of M St. start with 1200. Continue reading →

Photo by Daniel X. O’Neill.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Capriotti’s is closed. GM heard this was long in coming. They paid a huge rent and just never were very busy. Sadly, another cheap food option is gone from M St.
• Maybe the reason to have two Ferraris is that a tree might fall on one.

Dumbarton Oaks

Photo by balaji shankar venkatachari.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Key Bridge to be painted pink during upcoming renovations.
• Sidewalks on M St. to be widened on weekends all summer long (thankfully not a lame joke!).

3200 block of P St.

The liquor license moratorium is dead. Its death was announced yesterday by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. It was 27 years old.

It leaves behind a much smaller tavern moratorium, which limits the number of taverns in Georgetown to six.

The moratorium was born in a much different Georgetown than we have today. As a result of a delayed increase to the D.C. drinking age, Georgetown became a regional destination for partiers in the 1980s. Even after D.C. joined the rest of the nation with a 21 year old drinking age, Georgetown continued to be dominated by party and college bars. So neighborhood leaders worked with the city to pass legislation enabling a moratorium, and then adopted one in 1989. Continue reading →