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1600 block of 31st St.

Today on Know Your Trees, GM is discussing a tree that rivals cherry trees and magnolias in terms of springtime flash: the redbud.

The redbud (or, rather, eastern redbud, to be specific) is a medium-to-small sized tree, growing only to about 30 feet. It has a spade-shaped leaf that looks like this:

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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• If you’ve missed the old Proper Topper shop on P St. (owned by Georgetowner Anna Furhman) it will be opening a new branch just up Wisconsin Ave. in Cathedral Commons (by the Giant) for the holidays. Check it out!
• Some sort of a performance art piece is coming to the Georgetown Waterfront Park this Saturday.

1600 block of 31st St.

Photo by Ji Joo Song.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Speaking of Amazon opening a bookstore within blocks of where a Barnes and Noble closed, it’s doing the same thing in Bethesda.
• Some good options to eat out on Thanksgiving, if you’re so inclined.

1500 block of 30th St.

According to several job listings for positions at the planned new Amazon bookstore on M St., the store appears set to open in early 2018.

The store was announced last spring, but no opening date was also announced. There is signage up at 3040 M St., where the store will be, but that doesn’t carry a date either. Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• HPRB named the West Heating Plant an historic landmark.
• The “Tony” from Tony & Joes.

1300 block of 30th St.

Today for Georgetown Time Machine, GM is visiting the center of Georgetown: Wisconsin and M St.

The shot is an aerial shot of the intersection and the nearby blocks. It is probably from the late 1950s or early 1960s. It can’t be later than 1963, as GM will explain below.

Here are some interesting details:

You can see the 3100 block of M St. fairly well. You can make out the large Woolworth’s on the right (which now is Urban Outfitters). On the left side you can see Kosto, which was a craft store, and Scott’s Shoes. The stretch looked quite different from how it appeared a few decades earlier:

By the date of today’s photo, a lot of those awnings were gone. Continue reading →