The Georgetown Metropolitan

3200 block of M St.

Photo by Warren Lemay.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nice piece on Georgetown’s African American history.
• Will GU be permitted to cut down a forest to erect a forest of solar panels?

Montrose Park

It’s a snow day, so GM thought it would be a good time to look back at snowstorms past. Hopefully you’re sipping cocoa by a fire:

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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• How a Georgetown family kept a summer home in Arlington (100 years ago) and preserved documents from the Smithsonian’s earliest days.
• Looks like DC hasn’t announced a delay in trash pick up, despite the snow. So keep it out for now. It’s already delayed one day due to the holiday, so they may push hard to get it today.

1200 block of Wisconsin Ave.

Over the weekend, the forthcoming Dent Place Market posted an Instagram story showing the new custom shelving they installed along with a question: What should they fill them with?

GM would link to the story, but it’s the nature of stories that they disappear fairly quickly. So there’s no way to weigh in via Instagram. But list your desires below and GM will make sure the market gets the suggestions!

GM wasn’t sure right away what he’d like to see. The market is already promising gourmet bagels, beer, and coffee, and that satisfies a very large percentage of GM’s basic needs. But what else could they offer? Continue reading →

Photo by Kent MacElwee.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A call to replace Jack the Bulldog with a rescue.
• This is a remarkably well designed home, especially considering it is occupied by four young roommates.

3500 block of M St.

Monday is Presidents Day, the day Generation X recalls vaguely that used to be two separate holidays: Washington’s Birthday and Lincoln’s Birthday. And while we ponder the lost extra day off, lets explore what connection these two presidents–arguably the two greatest presidents–have to Georgetown.

George Washington

As we all learned in grade school, George Washington never lived in the White House, nor any other Presidential house in DC. The first capital of the country following the ratification of the Constitution was New York.

But as president, Washington was given the power to choose the location of the new capital. And for various reasons (including the proximity to his own home in Mount Vernon) Washington chose to place DC on the banks of the Potomac and the Anacostia. This new 100 square mile diamond engulfed the existing cities of Georgetown, MD and Alexandria, VA.

And since Georgetown was the only developed part of the new DC north of the rivers, it was there that Washington set up shop when overseeing the planning of the new city. Specifically he met in the legendary Suter’s Tavern. This tavern is lost to history, but was located close to what is now 31st and K St. Continue reading →