The Georgetown Metropolitan

Two huge projects are on the agenda for next week’s ANC meeting (and the subsequent Old Georgetown Board meeting that Thursday): the new MedStar Georgetown Hospital building and the West Heating Plant.

The hospital is planning a new building (seen above) which will have a hugely transformative impact on the larger Georgetown campus, particularly the northern end. Where now there’s an ugly and pedestrian-unfriendly surface parking lot will (hopefully) be replaced by a tree lined L-shaped quad. The new building (seen in blue in the picture) will run north-south partially over where the parking lot now stands. The surface parking lot would be replaced by an underground one.

It should be said that GM once confidently predicted that the hospital would move. It was decision widely discussed among various planning committees at the time. But they changed their mind. (Some will say GM wrong along. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) Continue reading →

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Pretty soon when you have a gripe about Metro, you can ring up your neighbor Jack.
• After a few pop-ups in Georgetown, Ledbury is opening a real-real store in Cady’s Alley.

Dumbarton Oaks Park

Last year Warby Parker opened up in Georgetown to sell its hip-but-affordable eyeglasses to the public. Soon it will have company, when the German brand Mykita opens up to sell its hip-and-actually-pretty-expensive eyewear down the street.

According to the Old Georgetown Board agenda, a Mykita will be opening at 3001 M St., which used to house a frozen yogurt shop, and the late, great CD Warehouse before it. Continue reading →

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GM walked around yesterday and most sidewalks were clear. Good job everyone!
• Snowy Georgetown from above.

1600 block of 33rd St.

Cross-country skiing on Wisconsin, as one does.

Braving the elements

Huge flocks of robins picked this tree clean of berries hours later.

French bulldog, in his element.

Sunset, Sunday night.

Montrose Park hill was jumping.

Lots of shops on Wisconsin were pretty good about clearing the snow.

Others, like Cafe Divan, were not good neighbors. It’s particularly annoying when places like Cafe Divan clear out the sidewalk to their entrances, but leave the rest of the sidewalk fronting their building covered in snow. GM heard that other places, including Vinyard Vines, Paolo’s, Nine West and Reebok were also being bad neighbors.

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• With all the snow, there’s not much news to report. But report in the comments where any bad neighbors or stores aren’t shoveling their sidewalks. Name and shame!

It’s going to be a mid-winter jicker out there starting tonight, so GM thought he’d dig into the archives a bit a remind you what it looked like the last time a storm (or two) like that came through Georgetown, enjoy!:

Potomac River