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Photo courtesy of the Georgetown Voice.

This week the Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle (the “GUTS” bus) began its new route for the Dupont Circle-to-campus line. Rather than using a more direct path from the north exit of campus, the bus now leaves out the Canal Road exit.

This change was not done to make things easier for the students and staff of the school. Hardly. It was done pursuant to the approved campus plan. Some neighbors, particularly along Reservoir Rd., had long complained about the buses passing by their homes. It was an early demand from the neighbors during the campus plan negotiations that the bus start using the south exit.

There really can be no argument that this change is not to the detriment of the students and staff that rely on the GUTS bus. There is little to no congestion along the route the bus was taking, which was this:

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• While you’re renting the runway, you can now score some cheap samples.
• While two other Cooke’s Row homes had some trouble being sold, this one sold right away. (Maybe sharing a party wall with Bob Woodward helped?)

Potomac River

There’s a beautiful new mural on P St. It’s on the side of the Just Paper & Tea at 3232 P St. It appears to be a woman drinking tea with a giant pencil on her back (presumably in keeping with the store’s wares).

GM noticed the artist spray painting the mural Sunday night, but was rushing to a birthday party and couldn’t inquire about it. It looks like the work of Aniekan Udofia but that’s just a guess. Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Vegetarian smoothy place, Postmodern Foods, coming to M St.
• Bank of Georgetown sells out.
• Georgetown’s 7-11 locations sold.

Montrose Park

In the process of researching the Exorcist steps two weeks ago, GM came across a fact that he was surprised to find: despite its impression of permanence, the Car Barn has changed quite a bit over the years.

The photo above shows the top of the Car Barn as it exists today. But that is already a lot different from how it appeared in 1966:

Notice that there are not buildings on the roof in 1966 as there is today. Also, there’s no clock, which is really surprising, because you’d think that a tower like that would have always had a clock on it. Interestingly, when Roy O. Chalk–the owner of the streetcar system before it was closed down–died in 1996, the Post describes the Georgetown car barn as having a “Romanesque clock tower [that rears] up from the District-side of the Key Bridge.” It is a tower. And it does have a clock on it, but that’s a relatively recent development. Continue reading →

Photo by Daniel Lobo.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Madda Fella, another southern clothing store, is holding a pop-up in the old Capitol Prague space. (GM is counting this as yet another example of clothing stores taking over former restaurant space on M St., even if it is just temporary.)
• Have a Night out with Georgetown authors Nov. 19th.

3300 block of N St.

Photo by DoD News Features.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

•  Why Wisconsin Ave. looks different between Q and R these days.
• GM always assumed this building was just a garage. Guess not.