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Montrose Park

There are several street repaving projects about to be carried out around Georgetown. Unfortunately the manner in which DDOT is handling the projects is leaving residents upset.

For some reason, despite the fact that repaving projects typically can finish a block in a day or two, DDOT has eliminated parking on the affected blocks for extended periods. For instance, on Volta Place, the city is planning to repave it from Wisconsin Ave to 34th St. But there is no parking for all 24 hours through Saturday. Continue reading →

Photo by Ian Stedman.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nice food guide for Georgetown.
• Unfortunately Corridor Coffee has closed.

Dumbarton Oaks

This week on Georgetown Time Machine, GM is returning to the fantastic archive of the Historical Society of Washington, DC. The photo is of the old streetcar barn that once stood where the Georgetown Park mall is.

You may not realize it, but just about the entirety of the mall footprint was once a giant streetcar storage facility. You can see from this map near the turn of the 20th Century:

You can see how this facade looks today: Continue reading →

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GM was mistaken in reporting the English Rose closed back a few weeks ago. They simply moved to yet another new location after leaving 1251 Wisconsin Ave. They’re now on the alley behind this location, 1251 Congress Ct., to be specific.
• Reminder that Volta Park Day is this Saturday from 11 am to 2 pm.

Cady’s Alley

Riccardi Clothier is a suit shop at Wisconsin and O. It’s been there since about 2015, when it relocated from M St. And it’s business story is one of repeated miracles.

For you see, there have been multiple times when the store was about to close. They had signs up and everything. Here is the store in April 2016 when they were clearly in the final stages of a store going out of business:

Despite facing the end, somehow a miracle occurred and the store stayed in business.

Then, despite this amazing recovery, the storm clouds appeared again in July, and sadly they had to put the signs back up announcing the closure all over again:

And yet, miracle of miracles, the store stayed open.

This was not the first time Riccardi had a brush with imminent closure only to defy the odds and stay open. For instance, when it was on M St. way back in 2011, they announced with the same signs that they were about to close: Continue reading →

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Vornado, which redeveloped the mall, sold its last property in Georgetown, the Nike Store building.
• The candidates vying to replace Jack Evans debated last week.

3100 block of Dumbarton St.