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Shocking parents who arrived at a meeting expecting good news about the “swing site” location for its upcoming construction, the Deputy Mayor of Education announced Wednesday night that DCPS would use a school halfway across the city instead of a local option.

As GM wrote about recently, there was a strong push from Hyde parents to use a local spot for the temporarily location of the school. After our supposed friends in Burleith stopped one viable option (the Duke Ellington field) the only viable local option was to use space at Hardy that will be vacated by the Fillmore Arts program.

This push appeared to be successful when the mayor told Councilmember Jack Evans last week that a local option would be selected. Apparently Deputy Mayor Jenny Niles didn’t get the memo. She appeared before the School Improvement Team Wednesday night and announced that the decision is final and Meyer School (which is at 11th and Euclid, four miles away) was the choice. Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• House where Jackie Kennedy briefly lived in after JFK’s assassination is up for sale.
• Finally, a store that sells preppy clothes is opening in Georgetown.

3200 block of R St.

Can you believe it? Get this: the mighty city of Paris is totally copying Georgetown. Check it. They’re going to build a gondola system. What a bunch of copiers.

Ok, fine. They’re not copying Georgetown. If they’re copying anyone, it’s London. Ot better yet, Medellín. Any City Lab thinks they’re avoiding the mistakes that London made with their almost never used system.

Read the article, but here are the main points, points that Georgetown ought to keep in mind when considering a system here:

• Don’t be just a tourist attraction
• Don’t replace existing transit
• Address a real problem

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Photo by John Sonderman.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Barefoot in Georgetown.
• So long canal boat!

1000 block of Wisconsin Ave.

Recently GM was researching an old restaurant in the archives of the Washington Post and came across this interesting find. It’s a map from 1975 and it charts out 39 different restaurants or food markets that existed in Georgetown at the time. The theme that unites them is that the food can be taken away so that you can walk around the neighborhood and eat. Click on the photo to blow it up to read what it says for each, but here’s the list:

• La Ruche
• Cafe de Paris
• La Patisserie
• Macripodaris Gourmetisserue
• Black Olive
• Ikaros
• Number One Son
• YAFCA
• Gate Soup Kitchen
• Yes
• Swensen’s
• Le Sorbet
• Maison des Crepes
• Crumpets
• The Parlor
• Neams
• Booeymonger
• French Market
• Food Mart
• Wisemiller’s Deli
• Olde Georgetown Market
• Harlod’s Deli
• Hoya
• Tony’s G.T. Carryout
• Good Old Phil’s
• Le Gourmet
• Hector’s
• Hot Shoppes
• Blimpie’s
• Little Tavern
• People’s Drug Store
• Wine and Cheese Shop
• Eagle Wine & Cheese
• Georgetown Coffee House
• Hudson Bros. Greengrocers
• Paul Muir Cheeses
• Cannon’s Sea Food
• Antiques & Artisans

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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Say goodbye to the canal boat today as it gets towed away. Don’t be sad, it will live out its days on a farm in the country with other canal boats.
• Plans for Fillmore school building filed by the S&R Foundation.

Dumbarton Oaks Park