The Georgetown Metropolitan

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.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Early risers will be treated to quite a show this Sunday morning as the Rosslyn Holiday Inn comes tumbling down.

The demolition will be accomplished not by boring cranes or wrecking balls but with friggin’ dynamite. ARLNow reports:

The 18-story hotel tower at 1900 N. Fort Myer Drive is set to come down at 8 a.m. Sunday “as safety, crowd control and weather conditions permit,” an advisory obtained by ARLnow says…“The implosion… should last about 20 seconds. Avoid any windows facing the Holiday Inn or being in front of windows at time of implosion,” the advisory says. “Dust may drift outside and downward of the Exclusion Zone, depending on weather conditions. Please stay indoors during the demolition and afterwards until the dust has settled.”

It’s an extremely rock’n’roll ending to an extremely boring building. The hotel was built in 1972, and looks the part. It will eventually be replaced by a mixed use project that looks like this: Continue reading →

Photo by Vincent.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• This is what the former Little Tavern at N and Wisconsin could look like when the Dig restaurant opens there.
• Former Georgetown student literally found buried treasure.

1600 block of 30th St.

This week in Georgetown Time Machine, GM looks back to an effort almost 99 years ago of Georgetown businesses to boost interest in the neighborhood with a splashy section in the Washington Herald Magazine.

The section consisted of two pages of photos and ads:

What’s particularly fun about this is that it shows a grouping of street level photos of shops in Georgetown circa 1922:

This is now the Cos (the former Benetton). Continue reading →

Photo by Vincent.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Please take this survey by Parks and Rec to let them know what you’d like to see done to improve city parks and playgrounds, including in Georgetown.
• An MPD lieutenant will be at the intersection of Wisconsin and K to meet with the community this Wednesday from 4-5. Hot cocoa and cookies will be available!