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Montrose Park

Next Tuesday, the ANC will be meeting for its “May” session (it will still be April). As usual it will begin 6:30 pm at Georgetown Visitation.

The agenda has a bunch of issues likely to draw extended discussion. They include:

• The installation of 5G cell phone antennae all over Georgetown
• The proposed restoration and enhancement of the C&O Canal
• Washington Gas leaks
• The location of two Capital Bikeshare stations
• Signal light timing for streets approaching Key Bridge

Each one of these issues could probably generate a half hour of talk, easily. So hopefully the Commission will keep a tight lid on things or it’ll be a long, long night. Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Washington Times’ take on the state of Georgetown restaurants. (Staying on brand, it gets the history wrong.)
• This isn’t very different from other plans floated over the years, but the Mayor is trying to push forward big changes to K St., which would benefit Georgetown Metrobus riders a lot.

Dumbarton Oaks Park

The French Market returns this weekend to Book Hill. The festivities start Friday and they run all the way till Sunday. Friday and Saturday, it is from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sunday it’s noon to 5:00.

This is always a great opportunity for huge crowds to descend on Book Hill, with stores from Q to Reservoir out showing their wares on the sidewalk. Like the past several years, this will also be a great example of temporary sidewalk widening, as the parking lane is shut down.
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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• People are always surprised to hear this, but Georgetown has a really, really good sailing team. (Sure, it fits with the stereotype, so in that way it’s not surprising. But that a campus not particularly near any sailing hotspot is so good is what’s surprising.)
• If you’ve got a free afternoon this week, this is the week to get to Dumbarton Oaks for its incredible collection of wisteria.

Dumbarton Oaks

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The story behind the man behind the piano behind the Georgetown Piano Bar.
• Another look at the bizarre new art gallery on Cady’s Alley.

1300 block of 31st St.

GM is going to shamefully take the idea of Washingtonian writer, Jessica Sidman, who this week asked: If you could bring back from the dead any restaurant from DC’s history, what would you choose? GM would like to take a local spin on it and confine it to Georgetown. If you could bring back any now closed Georgetown restaurant, what would you choose? Continue reading →