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This week on Now and Long Time Ago, GM visits St. John’s Episcopal Church on O St. GM found a postcard selling on Ebay with the old photo on it.

St. John’s was originally built around 1804. But it underwent a significant redesign in 1870. This is the style you can see in this photo, which GM would classify as Italianate. The rectory, which is the building on the left, was built in 1875 and sports a Second Empire style. Continue reading →

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The sale of the old Latham Hotel finally went through.
• Nice write-up on the Book Hill neighborhood.

C & O Canal

GM is offering a free bookcase to anyone who can pick it up. He needs to get rid of it and offered it for free on Craigslist. But apparently when people agree to pick up free things over Craigslist they believe it means they are “free to not actually show up”. So now GM is trying a different route.

It’s an interesting bookcase. It’s solid hardwood. Possible walnut. He purchased it at Weschler’s Auction House about ten years ago. It’s about 6 feet tall and 30 inches wide.

The shelves themselves are somewhat oddly shaped. They only are six inches apart. It’s perfect for cds, if anyone still has them. Continue reading →

Photo by Paul Goddin.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• SportsZone has a sign in their window announcing that they aren’t closing, but they are moving. Apparently to somewhere else in Georgetown.
• One of those “Escape Rooms” is coming to Georgetown (in the old West Elm space).

3200 block of Grace St.

GM walked by the Riccardi store the other day and saw that they have put back up the “Going Out of Business” sign. As GM explained back in April the last time the sign was up, this is illegal.

To sum it up, the District makes it a crime to put up “going out of business” or “fire sale” signs if you’re not really going out of business or are engaged in a true fire sale. The reason is that it is a form of false advertisement. Shoppers, especially tourists, are mislead to believe that they are getting a really great deal from a shop just trying to unload its remaining inventory. Continue reading →

Photo by Marc Andre.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Former (and possible future) senator Evan Bayh moved to N St.
• Speaking of real estate, Georgetown hosts two of the ten most expensive home sales of the last year.

C & O Canal