The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Brett Young.

Next Monday is the June meeting of the ANC. And though there is another meeting before the mid-summer break, it has the overcrowded feel of a meeting ahead of a layoff.

Here are some of the many items on the agenda:

• A whole bunch of liquor license renewals, including a request to end a settlement agreement from Angolo’s
• The proposal to restore the Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle (above)
• Speed bumps on Water St.
• DDOT’s maintenance of brick sidewalks
• A new crosswalk on Wisconsin between M and K St.
• Cutting down a ginkgo

And of course lots of architectural projects.

The meeting is, as always, at 6:30 Monday night at Georgetown Visitation. Here’s the whole agenda: Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GM is a huge tiki drink fan, and he’s happy that Georgetown is now blessed with two great tiki purveyors.
• GM has heard that the gentleman who owns two red Ferraris now owns a third.

3000 block of O St.

This weekend a new mural was being painted on 3401 Water St. It features John F. Kennedy giving one of his more famous speeches, namely the “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech he gave in response to the construction of the Berlin Wall.

The choice of subject is clear when you remember that the building now hosts a German beer hall called the Berliner. (It’s in the space formerly occupied by Malmaison). Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A peek into GU Medstar’s new proton therapy center.
• Dedicated bus lanes coming to downtown crosstown streets. This could speed up bus trips from Georgetown considerably (the big “if” being whether they can actually enforce them or not).

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ARLnow reported earlier this week that the Arlington County board has given a go-ahead on a new boathouse to be built across the river from Georgetown. Last summer, National Park Service and the county published a proposal for the boathouse, advancing several different options. This latest action gives NPS the approval to move forward with the design stage.

The proposal is for a couple buildings, including a 14,000 square foot boathouse along the channel south of Roosevelt Island, just down the river from Key Bridge. It would also include a building with bathrooms. Continue reading →

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Fantastic run down of the various statuses of new apartment projects around the neighborhood.
• Clients of Jack Evans’ consulting business had business before the Council.

3000 block of O St.

GM always puts out an advisory in April to start watering your trees. And without fail, we end up with a wet April and/or early May, which largely makes watering trees, even new ones, not strictly necessary.

But that always comes to an end. And that end is nigh. With temperatures creeping back up this week, and rain fairly absent, any young trees on your block will need someone to water them. At least 25 gallons a week, all summer long. Continue reading →