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Potomac River

A Georgetown teen (and GM’s neighbor and a top notch babysitter) is spearheading an effort to construct a new memorial to honor the women who served on the home front during World War II. She was featured on the CBS Evening News last night.

Kenney has been literally been working on this since she was a fifth grader. She has testified in front of Congress multiple times (one representative recently recognized her from the time she had testified before him years ago). She’s garnered the support of Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and a host of organizations. This thing is going to get built. Pretty impressive accomplishment for a teenager.

Photo by Angela N.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GM noticed what looked like another police raid on a pot dealer last night. This one was the Empie Smokeshop at 1610 Wisconsin Ave. This is just one block from that other pot shop that cops have raided twice already.
• It sure seems like someone at the Watergate hacks a whole row of trees on NPS property every winter to keep the view.

Rock Creek Parkway

This week on Georgetown Time Machine, GM is exploring a great photo of the former Precint 7 Police station that stands on the 3200 block of Volta Place.

The photo comes from the Historical Society of Washington, DC, and is specifically from the fantastic Henry Wagner photo collection. Mr. Wagner lived with his family on M St. during the turn of the 20th century. This particular photo comes from between 1900 and 1910. Continue reading →

Photo by Elvert Barnes.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Man is rescued from the Potomac after falling off the dock.
• Great talk at the City Tavern Club on the 27th with the descendent of generations of enslaved people who worked at the property.

1700 block of 32nd St.

Washingtonian is out with its annual list of 100 best restaurants in DC. While it is obviously far from scientific, comparing the list to the list from ten years ago nonetheless shows how Georgetown’s position in the city’s dining scene has changed, not really for the better.

This year, Georgetown can claim just two restaurants on the list: Fiola Mare at #43 and Reverie at #64.

In 2010, Georgetown could claim four restaurants on the list: Citronelle at #5, 1789 at #31, Bourbon Steak at #35, and Hook at #81.

GM couldn’t locate the 2000 list, but looking back to 2004, Georgetown has had an even longer fall. That year it had six restaurants on the list: Bistro Lepic, Cafe Milano, Citronelle, La Chaumiere, Pizzeria Paradiso (which was just at Dupont and Georgetown at this point), and 1789. (Washingtonian didn’t rank the list in 2004). Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Another piece on the proposal to slash bus service to Georgetown.
• The time smallpox came to the Georgetown waterfront.

Cherry Hill Lane