The Georgetown Metropolitan

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Condo listed for $14 million went under contract.
• The victim of the shooting Monday night was Tarek Boothe, 27 years old from Alexandria.

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, GM is back to Boyd’s Directory to highlight another ad. This time it’s an ad for Jacob Ramsburg & Sons from the 1870 directory.

The firm sold gloves from its location at 105 High Street. That was the left side of what’s now Wisconsin Ave., somewhere between N and O St. The firm also dealt in wool and “extra-fine Virginia sumac”. The later is a spice made from ground up berries from a sumac tree.

Ramsburg was born in 1811 in Frederick, Maryland. He appears to have lived above his shop, along with the “and sons” part of the name. Specifically it was Valerius Elias Ramsburg and Cornelius Stille Ramsburg.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A man was shot and killed at 33rd and M last night in an apparently targeted killing.
• A former Civil War hospital on 30th st. can be yours for $14 million.
• The Tombs is reopening.

This month, the Citizens Association of Georgetown is hosting a meeting to discuss one of the essential works on Georgetown’s history: Black Georgetown Rememered. The book, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, tells the story of the Black community in Georgetown, from the town’s founding in 1751 through the the historical preservation-driven gentrification of the mid-twentieth century that left the community devastated. It is a book that anyone hoping to understand the neighborhood deeper than on a superficial level must read.

The event will bring together members of the community to discuss the book and their stories. It will be held Feb 9th via Zoom. Register here.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Takeout Tuesday this week is Martin’s and Bistrot Lepic.
• Georgetown’s GERMS ambulance service has returned to 24/7 service.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Longtime Georgetown antique dealer, Marston Luce, has passed away.
• How a government program helped to get Petite Soeur off the ground.

Many, many moons ago, GM reported that Smoothie King was going to occupy the former Little Tavern space on the northeast corner of N and Wisconsin. That clearly never came to pass (a fast casual restaurant called Dig is still slated to finally open there this year). Well now it appears that his royal highness of smoothies is finally arriving: Smoothie King is opening in the former Starbucks space at 3122 M St.

The previous (ultimately erroneous) reporting came from a reliable source. Either they were just wrong or the deal fell through. This reporting comes by way of the ANC agenda, which reports that Smoothie King is applying for signage approval. So it’s very likely to be correct.