The Georgetown Metropolitan

Right now–for about $600,000–you have a rare opportunity to own a piece of Pineapple Place. Pineapple Place, of course does not exist. It exists only in the charming children’s story about a boy living in Georgetown who finds a mysterious lane “located” between 3414 and 3415 P St. where the ghosts of children from another age live. Although Pineapple Place doesn’t exist, a house from the street that inspired it–Pomander Walk–is for sale.

Pomander Walk is really a special little street. It’s a group of ten tiny rowhouses on an even tinier alley. Once slave quarters, they now host modern residents who have learned to live small. Continue reading →

Photo by Paul Goddin.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Catching up with that impressive homeless teen who has now enrolled at Georgetown.
• The Daily Caller discovers old Hoya editorials, and you’ll absolutely guess how stupid their take is!

Montrose Park

Photo by Jason Pier.

Where would you like to see more Bikeshare docks in Georgetown?

GM is part of an ad hoc group of residents, ANC members and BID employees organizing an effort to request some more docks in Georgetown. GM has some ideas of where new docks are needed, but it’s always good to have some more opinions. So where would you put three if you had the choice?

GM would probably pick these spots:

• Rose Park (along P St.)
• Georgetown Library
• M St. near the Key Bridge

Any other ideas?

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A very, very old map of Georgetown
• The Georgetown Current owner tried to buy the Gazette Newspapers from the Washington Post. Then the Post closed the newspapers.

1200 block of 3oth St.

Last month, GM ranted that the liquor license moratorium is broken and not needed any more. One of the strongest arguments he offered was that when the licenses are available they have almost always ended up in the hands of speculators with no genuine business plans. For instance, last year four licenses were released and so far no restaurants have opened using them.

One of them went to an entity called MYIA, LLC. This group went as far as to enter into a settlement agreement with the ANC and CAG in order to open a brick oven pizza restaurant at 1419 Wisconsin Ave. Last month, GM noted that that space was vacant and had a For Rent sign with no signs of restaurant-related construction. This didn’t seem to portend well for a restaurant actually opening. Continue reading →

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Median one-bedroom apartment in Georgetown cost $2600/month.
• Some Georgetown restaurants in this Citypaper food issue, like Best Place to Bring Your Parents (Chez Billy Sud) or Best Place to Bring Your Grandparents (1789).

3100 block of R St.

At the Georgetown BID’s annual meeting yesterday, Councilmember Jack Evans announced that he secured $3 million in the city’s budget to contribute towards the critically necessary repairs of the C & O Canal, as well as the construction of a new canal boat.

This news was actually already reported by the Current last week, but it was tucked away in an article about how that is only half of what is necessary to achieve the BID’s goal. The other $3 million will come from fundraising via the newly created Georgetown Heritage charitable organization. Continue reading →