The Georgetown Metropolitan

3500 block of O St.

Photo by Ehpien,

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Seems to be some sort of controversy over how the Nike store handled in demand sneakers.
• How much further your rental dollars go outside of Georgetown.

3000 block of R St.

On Friday, following a meeting with parents DCPS issued a letter announcing that the planned construction of a new wing of Hyde-Addison school would be delayed for a year. This delay comes following four months of uncertainty after the DC Department of General Services determined that the school could not remain open at its current location during construction. While several options were discussed, for whatever reason (GM will get to that again below) DGS decided that no adequate “swing space” could be identified in time for the next academic year and decided therefore to delay the construction at least one academic year.

In the same letter, DCPS proposed Meyer school as a swing space starting in 2017 for two years. Meyer is a former elementary school located in Pleasant Plains at Euclid and 11th. Why DCPS didn’t just propose to use the building starting this fall is because it is currently occupied by the Duke Ellington School for the Arts while that school undergoes massive construction (more on that below too).

This announcement was not well received. For those that have been working very hard for years to get the construction started, the new delay is heartbreaking. It continues a long string of broken promises from DGS for a project that was originally planned to be started over four years ago. Continue reading →

Photo by Mr. Gray.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Hats off to Gunter Stern.
• Moody library for sale.

3300 block of O St.

Nothing like spring in Georgetown. It’s here. Enjoy.

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Photo by Mr. Gray.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Tiny furniture store moves into Cady’s Alley. (The furniture is tiny. Not the store. Although it’s probably not large either.)
• Beers, Bocce, and charity at Pinstripes.

Dumbarton Oaks Park

This week for Now and Long Time Ago, GM stops by 33rd and M St. The old photo comes courtesy of Black Georgetown Remembered. The book says the photo is from the 1920s, but GM is skeptical. It looks like a much older photo, more like 1860s. But that’s just a guess.

Nowadays a large surface parking lot covers the southeast corner, but an old federal style building once stood there (and did well into the 20th century).

On the right is the Monticello House. According to Black Georgetown Remembered, it was host to a variety of black social groups. It was obviously torn down at some point, probably the mid 20th century.