The Georgetown Metropolitan

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Exactly twelve years ago on Sunday, the Georgetown Metropolitan first started publishing. It’s been a rough year for all of us, and GM’s happy to simply put this one in the books. Shred the books. Burn the shreddings. Bury the ashes. Under a deep ocean. On Neptune.

In a year’s time, this little publication, which started off so small, will finally get to see PG-13 movies. May we all be healthy and happy when that day comes.

Photo by Vincent.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Storefront Covid testing comes to M St.
• Speaking of new temporary shops, there’s a bookstore pop-up next to the Compass Coffee, and what appears to be an e-bike pop-up in the old Mono Diner space.

2700 block of P St.

Spectators in Georgetown were treated to quite the show yesterday morning as the Rosslyn Holiday Inn was demolished with dynamite.

Key Bridge appears to have offered the best view, as the video above attests. GM himself can’t attest because he slept in a bit. He figured that the detonation wouldn’t be set off right at 8:00 am. He was dressed and ready to rush out the door when the charges went off, which was easily heard across the neighborhood. Oh well.

So, here’s to you, Rosslyn Holiday Inn: you were almost entirely forgettable for the length of your existence right up to the moment before you left us.

Photo by Amaury Laporte.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• College towns saw spikes in coronavirus cases in the fall. Does Georgetown count as a college town?
• Dumbarton House is offering virtual private tours for Christmas.

3200 block of M St.

Yesterday, DC Urban Turf reported that an outdoor bar/food hall has been proposed for the now vacant lot where the Lukoil Gas Station stood at M and Pennsylvania.

Writer Nena Perry-Brown wrote:

Suite Nation is working on bringing its Sandlot brand to Georgetown next year, at the former site of a gas station at 2715 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (map). Similarly to Sandlot Southwest-turned-Sandlot Southeast, Sandlot Northwest will have outdoor seating, a bar and restrooms retrofit out of shipping containers, and will host food trucks for its patrons.

Here is a splashy rendering that the man behind the idea tweeted out earlier this week:

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Photo by Vincent.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nancy and Alan Bubes have sold their home at 31st and Q, which means an end to their epic Halloween displays (unless the new owners keep up the tradition).
• ANC Commissioner Anna Landre awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship.

3000 block of O St.