The Georgetown Metropolitan

Over the last week, a spectacle has emerged in front of 3614 Prospect St. Where once sat a couple nondescript boxwood bushes now stand two larger than life sculptures. Specifically, as you can see above, they are sculptures of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime from the Transformer movies.

It may be hard to gauge just from the photos how large these things are, so GM had his daughter pose with the Autobots:

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Photo by Vincent.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• President Biden attended mass at Holy Trinity and stopped by Call Your Mother for bagels on the way back to the White House. Somewhere JFK is probably smiling.
• The BID’s bid to help M St. restaurants with expanded sidewalks.

3000 block of M St.

In order to prevent cars from even trying to enter the protected (and unfortunately named) “Green Zone” downtown between now and the inauguration tomorrow, the Secret Service has ordered the closure of Roosevelt, Memorial, and the 14th St. bridges. These closures are in effect as of this morning. Key Bridge is not closed, but for the sake of everyone, including you, please don’t try to use it!

The immediate issue is, of course, the fact that all the people who would try to drive across those other closed bridges would quickly overwhelm Key Bridge. (Granted, there shouldn’t be anyone driving their car downtown anyway, but surely many will stupidly try!) Continue reading →

Photo by Vincent.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• 1789 restaurant flying a Delaware flag (presumably) in honor of Joe Biden.
• Martin’s Tavern deservedly wins financial support from Barstool Fund.

Georgetown Waterfront

This week on Georgetown Time Machine, GM visits the oldest structure still standing in Georgetown and the day it was knocked down a few pegs, historically-wise.

The building, obviously, is the Old Stone House, which appears now pretty much exactly as it appeared in this article, dated July 5, 1932. The reason for the article was that the owners of the building decided to take down a plaque from the building claiming that it had served as George Washington’s headquarters while the city was being surveyed:

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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• History of Georgetown, circa 1820.
• Kojo Nnamdi announced his retirement yesterday from his WAMU radio show, which gives GM an excuse to repost his appearance on the show.

1600 block of Wisconsin Ave.

Quite the real estate listing hit the market yesterday. It is for one of the penthouse units in the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton Residences, and it would smash records if a buyer shows up.

The property is actually two different units, but it might as well be ten different units considering its size. It’s 6,400 square feet, spread over two different levels, including a massive terrace (and another terrace to boot).

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