The Georgetown Metropolitan

1300 block of 30th St.

It does not take very long in reading an article about Georgetown before you’ll inevitably run across a variation on the phrase “cobblestoned streets”. For instance, last October when reporting on the GroupMe texting story, the Washington Post described the neighborhood as a “cobblestoned enclave of tony boutiques and historic rowhouses”.

But as anyone remotely familiar with Georgetown can tell you, we don’t actually have that many cobblestone streets. As the map above shows, we have about three blocks each for O and P St., and then a few small stubs on 35th, 34th, and next to Dean and Deluca. That’s it (outside some alleys).

Sure, this is being somewhat pedantic, but GM is going to be even more pedantic and point out that only the single blocks of 34th and 35th off of M St. are actually cobblestones. O and P St. are covered in Belgian blocks. Continue reading →

Photo by Bex Walton.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Healy Student Center gets the Architect Mag treatment.
• And so does the school’s CES building downtown.

Dumbarton Oaks Park

In what’s becoming an annual tradition, GM forgot to mark his seventh anniversary doing whatever this website is. That’s easily at least five more years than he ever figured he would do this. Maybe he should hire a editor in chief so that he can get fired and finally take a break?

Anyway, GM likes to review his most popular articles from the last year. Here it goes:

#5 – Loads of New Stores on the Horizon

This article was the first to announce the coming of Boulangerie Christoph, Lauderee, and Kit & Ace. The news of Lauderee caught the most attention, although it has yet to be confirmed. We’ll see.

#4 – Why do the Exorcist Steps Exist in the First Place?

In all the excitement over the designation of the Exorcist steps as a historic landmark, GM looked into why they exist at all. He didn’t get a terribly satisfying answer, but then again, they’re just stairs. Not all stairs have a dark secret. Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Yesterday was the 121st anniversary of the end of the city of Georgetown.
• What really happened at those famous Georgetown dinner parties?

Today on now and a long GM takes a swing by Dent Pl in May 1954. Walking down the street here is the new Massachusetts senator and his wife. JFK and Jackie lived at 3321 Dent Pl. on this block from 1953 to 1957.

The photo was taken by Orlando Suero. Of this series of photos, Jackie had to say:

They are the only pictures I’ve ever seen of me where I don’t look like something out of a horror movie.

As always, though, these old shots of Georgetown from the fifties keep reminding GM how much better the tree canopy was back then…

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Guy behind Bedrock Billiards and Penn Social is planning to bring some sort of a concept restaurant to the Georgetown Park building.
• GU has a surprising record in producing talented comedians.

1200 block of 31st St.