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Dubarton Oaks

Today for Old Georgetown in Color, GM brings some color to an old Hoya. This here is Agositino ‘Augie’ Lio, from the GU class of 1941. He was apparently rather versatile, playing fullback, guard and tackle. He went on to play professionally for seven years, for the Detroit Lions, the Boston Yanks, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Baltimore Colts.

After his playing days, Lio spent 37 years writing for the Herald and News of Passaic, Nw Jersey. He passed away in 1989.

Earlier today I posted a link to a letter to the editor of the Hoya and criticized its writer (a Georgetown resident) for harboring bigoted opinions on gay rights. I failed to realize the letter was actually written nine years ago (despite its age, it’s still linked to from the front page of the Hoya website). Once this careless mistake was pointed out to me, I deleted the post immediately. 

While I certainly object to the opinions expressed by the letter, times have changed a lot since 2006 and it wasn’t fair to bring up such an old letter and suggest it was only recently written. I apologize to the writer.

Tudor Place

May 15th is Bike to Work Day here in DC. And as it has the last couple years, Georgetown is participating in the festivities.

Bike to Work Day was started way back in 1956 by the League of American Cyclists. Recently it has grown in popularity, particularly in cities like DC that are putting serious efforts into encouraging those that can to consider riding around town on a bike.

How it works is that you register here and select a pit stop to stop at during your trip on Friday. These locations will have on hand “bike ambassadors” to answer any questions you have about biking and how to incorporate it more into your routine. Also, you’ll be entered to win prizes, such as a free bike. Plus there’s free food and drinks to help power your ride into work.

This year Georgetown will have just one pit stop this year, at the intersection of K and Wisconsin. It will be open from 7:30 to 9:30 am.

You get some pretty good stuff, like the stuff GM got a few years ago:

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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The cat cafe if hiring, but not, you know, paying.
• GM heard that the team behind the new liquor store at Wagner’s are behind Sherry’s in Woodley Park.

Photo by Marc Andre.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• GU students stand up against hate.
• When Springsteen played at the Bayou.

Tudor Place

If you’re like GM, you’ve taken note of the remarkable changes that have occurred to neighborhoods to the east of Georgetown. When GM first moved to DC over 15 years ago, he was frequently advised not to venture must east of 16th St. Whether that was ever genuinely sage advice, it certainly isn’t any more.

Now when he scans real estate listings in the newspaper, GM is often struck just by how damn expensive these formerly “no-go” neighborhoods have become. So much so that it makes him wonder if a neighborhood like Georgetown–which has traditionally been much more expensive than, say, Logan Circle–is still more expensive.

To test this, GM looked at all sales in Georgetown vs. Logan Circle in the last year. The results are that the gap remains, but it’s not as much as conventional wisdom would suggest. Continue reading →

1500 block of 15th St.