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3000 block of P St.

This week in Old Georgetown in Color, GM pulled out all the stops and obsessed with getting this one right. And he thinks he may have finally succeeded.

Here are Dorothy Mondell and Elizabeth Taylor Jones in 1923. Miss Mondell was a resident of Georgetown (although it’s not clear if she lived there at the time of this photo). According to the diligent researchers at Shorpy here are couple society mentions she received:

Dorothy Mondell: “often spoken of as the best-dressed Washington girl.”

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Washington Post, Jul 26, 1927.

Mrs. Coolidge to be at Mondell Wedding

Mrs. Coolidge plans to go to Newcastle, Wyo., tomorrow to attend the wedding of Miss Dorothy Mondell, daughter of the former Majority Leader, Frank W. Mondell, to Alexander White Gregg, chief counsel of the Treasury Department. … President Coolidge wanted to attend but found that he could not get away. It will be a 60-mile auto trip for Mrs. Coolidge.

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Washington Post, Oct 25, 1931.

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Mrs. Alexander Gregg, who as Miss Dorothy Mondell, was often spoken of as the best-dressed Washington girl, has kept up her reputation for good dressing as a young matron. Recently, Mrs. Gregg wore a tweed mixture dress on strictly tailored lines and over this she wore one of the ultra modish box jackets of leopard with sleeves coming just below the elbows and the coat ending just above the hips. With this Mrs. Gregg wore a hatter’s plush tricorn.

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Washington Post, Oct 21, 1941.

Mrs. Dorothy M. Gregg Wed to Maj. Davis in Georgetown

Stealing a march on many of their friends, Mrs. Dorothy Mondell Gregg and Maj. Sherlock Davis were married yesterday morning. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s home in Georgetown, and they left afterward for Anniston, Ala., where Maj. Davis is on duty at Fort McClellan. Although the wedding was anticipated, it was expected to take place later in the week.
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The bride wore a black velvet suit, with epaulettes of braid and a cluster of white orchids. Two clips, of scroll design in three shades of gold, completed the ensemble.

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Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• This is really embarrassing for Eastbanc.
• Almost every time this site does a “guess what you can rent in Georgetown” it’s not really Georgetown.

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One more reminder that this Friday is the annual Spring cocktail party and silent auction for the Friends of Volta Park. It will have drinks, food, music, and all your neighbors! Win some great auction items, like vacation home weekends or a 24 hour test drive of a sleek Tesla Model S!

All proceeds benefit Volta Park and are crucially needed to keep the park’s landscaping in beautiful shape. So come on out, have a great time and support a worthy cause!

See you Friday night!

Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Councilmember Jack Evans is now a full-time councilmember.
• Georgetown ceased to exist as a municipality 144 years ago, yesterday.

3000 block of O St.

As mentioned earlier, buried in the $13 billion budget adopted by the DC Council was a measure providing $35,000 to contribute to a study proposed by the Georgetown Business Improvement District to analyze the feasibility of constructing an aerial gondola from the Rosslyn Metro stop to M St. in Georgetown and terminating at the Georgetown University campus. This proposal has generated biting contempt from several quarters, but this criticism is misguided and ill-informed. We should absolutely study the possibility of constructing an aerial gondola between Rosslyn and Georgetown.

As documented by the Post, this idea is the brainchild of the BID’s CEO Joe Sternlieb. Having seen an aerial gondola in action in Portland, Oregon, Strenlieb became entranced with the idea of bringing this idea to Washington.

After taking charge at the BID, Sternlieb was quickly able to persuade all the relevant stakeholders that the idea was worth pursuing. It was adopted as a particularly eye-catching action item in the Georgetown 2028 long term planning study produced by the BID with significant community-input two years ago. Funding the study is a significant step towards completing that action item. The BID has raised $130,000 from donors and is seeking an additional $35,000 each from DC and Arlington to fund the anticipated $200,000 study. While Arlington has not officially approved its contribution, a county spokesperson stated that it was working towards it. (Full disclosure: GM served on the steering committee of the Georgetown 2028 study). Continue reading →

Photo by Ron Cogswell.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Some more detail on the approval of the gondola study.
• The Sports Fix returns to the Q & A Cafe.

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