The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Anokarina.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Dog Tag Bakery open now. Check it out, it’s a great cause!
• Oh, and After Peacock Room reopened. Let’s hope they can stay open longer this time.

Volta Park

Last month, Joe Sternlieb of the BID announced that the Neam family was under contract to sell the old Neam’s Market building (which was more recently the Marvelous Market). He had no idea who the buyer is, though. The Georgetowner, however, did find out and identified the party: Roadside Development.

Roadside Development is a DC-based developer known for working with historic properties. Most recently, they brought the O Street market back to life as a Giant grocery store, with hundreds of condos. They’ve been selected to develop several other lots adjacent to the market, giving it an opportunity to put a huge imprint on the ultra hip Shaw neighborhood. Continue reading →

Photo by Rust Bucket.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• It’s really worth posting this again, just because it’s so ridiculous: the War over Katharine Graham’s house.
• For the story on another historic (yet long gone) Georgetown home, click here.

1500 block of 33rd St.

Yesterday DDOT released a very cool new program on its website: a personalized transit screen. Transit screens, which have appeared at some bars and other businesses around town, are flatscreen tv’s that display real-time data on all the various transit options that are within a certain distance of the establishment.

Now DDOT is letting you design your own by creating a profile and plugging in whatever address you want. For instance, the screenshot above is from a transit screen GM created for the Georgetown Metropolitan, whose offices happen to be GM’s couch. Continue reading →

Photo by Mike.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The capital “D” Drama at the old Katharine Graham house.
• How Marion Barry saved the Georgetown Waterfront.

Montrose Park

Today on Now and a Long Time Ago, GM merges the view of Dean and Deluca with the previous tenant of this historic structure: Southern Distributors Auto Parts (click on the photo for a larger shot).

This store occupied the building from 1945 until the mid-1970s. The old part of the photo above is from 1966. The building is actually owned by the city, although it’s held under a 99 year lease.

A federal mandate requires that the building be operated as a market. So after the auto parts moved out, the city attempted to have a farmers market. That promptly failed (early 1980s Georgetown wasn’t the foodie place it is now). In 1992 Dean and Deluca moved in and has been there ever since.

Photo by Rust Bucket.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Don’t forget: Breakfast with Santa this Sunday 10 an at Volta Park!
• Some other fun holiday events coming up.