The Georgetown Metropolitan

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, GM is taking you to the punk years of the early 1980s. The image is of a concert poster from the DC Punk Archive. It was for a concert at Scandals in Georgetown featuring the Teen Idles, as well as other bands listed simply as “others”. The concert was May 19, 1980.

Scandals was a club at the northwest corner of Wisconsin and Prospect st. The poster helpfully described club’s location as “near Roy Rogers” and “next to Tramps”. The Roy Rogers was were the Wawa is now:

Tramps was a disco club in the same building as Scandals. It was opened in 1975 by Mike O’Harro, and lasted until 1982:

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Dumbarton Oaks Park

Photo by Jeff Vincent.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Jack Evans is late in paying $20,000 in fines and the Attorney General’s office is considering suing him to obtain payment.
• A bit more on the new Duly Noted stationery store.

1800 block of 34th St.

While celebrating the one year anniversary of his popular Georgetown Butcher shop, owner Wendell Allsbrook announced that he had signed a lease on a second location. GM has learned that that location is on Wisconsin Ave. on Book Hill.

Specifically, GM has learned that the shop will open in two adjoining spaces at 1524 and 1526 Wisconsin Ave. These spaces previously hosted the Georgetown Olive Oil Co. and Little Birdies Boutique. Allsbrook told the Post that he hoped to be open at the new location within 90 days.

Since opening last year in one of the worst bits of bad luck timing, Georgetown Butcher has developed a great reputation and a solid fan base. GM suspects that this second location will gain even more fans as it is much more convenient for residents who don’t want to schlepp down past the canal. (The shop does offer a great delivery service it should be noted). Continue reading →

Photo by Thomas Hawk.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Georgetown AMC will finally reopen on March 26th!
• Inside GU’s response to Covid.

1300 block of 30th St.

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, GM is visiting with an event he’s explored before: the burning of Dempsey’s boathouse.

Dempsey’s Boathouse was a gigantic boathouse that once stood between the aqueduct bridge and the Washington Canoe Club:

Dempsey’s was built in 1903, a year ahead of the construction of Washington Canoe Club and five years before the Potomac Boat Club built its current boathouse just on the other side of the aqueduct bridge. Continue reading →

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• More on that Concept 31M that is replacing the Brooks Brothers.
• In acknowledgment of its role in the sale of 272 enslaved individuals, GU and the Jesuits established a charitable foundation to address racial healing.

3300 block of Prospect St.