The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by BeyondDC.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• If Visitation sponsored the Fort Reno concerts, who would play? (GM thinks the obvious answer is Shane MacGowen and the Popes).
• Start-up, Georgetown-style.

3300 block of P St.

In April, GM noticed that a new liquor store was coming in to replace Wagners. It’s name: Hop, Cask and Barrel.

This slightly fancy sounding name sounding promising to GM, but it wasn’t until last weekend that he had a chance to stop by. And his first impression is generally good. It certainly exceeds the last incarnation of Wagner’s, but that’s would be a pretty low standard. More to the point, for liquor it appears roughly on par with (if not slightly superior to) Wagner’s circa 2009. GM is basically useless when it come to evaluating the wine selection. Based upon numbers alone it seemed ok(?) Continue reading →

Photo by BKL.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A big maple fell down on 34th St. But oddly before last night’s storm.
• A North Carolina man was found dead floating by the waterfront.

3200 block of P St.

Last year, Eastbanc bought the gas station property at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave. and M St. The developer hired premier Portgugese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. And here is what he designed for the site.

Lots of brick, eh?

Frankly this is a bit of a disappointment for GM. Anthony Lanier has cautioned the community to be open-minded to the design. That led GM to believe Souto de Moura had something more radical planned. Something more like this house he designed:

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Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Maxime aims for a younger crowd.
• Sports-themed Q&A cafe this Thursday.

1300 block of 35th St.

In 2012, after years of conflict and then cooperation, the Zoning Commission approved Georgetown’s latest campus plan. One of the central parts of the plan is that the school commits to house 90% of its undergrads on campus by the fall of 2015.  With that date rapidly approaching, is the rental market already feeling the pinch of reduced demand? Some residents have concluded as much in conversations with GM, and some anecdata supports that.

What people have noticed are homes still available for rent that would usually be already rented for the fall. And one particularly prominent house that has been rented for years (and is awfully shabby for it) is not only vacant but now for sale. Its the home at 3348 Prospect (seen above). This large home can be yours for $3 million. Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Georgetown condo the most expensive condo for sale right now.
• Cafe cafe now open. You need reservations and you can’t bring kids.