The Georgetown Metropolitan

Yesterday, DDOT released its final plan for new Circulator service for the coming years. GM has raised some alarms previously about how the apparently beneficial changes could ultimately mean reduced service for Georgetowners. Reflecting his later reporting, the initial changes are all positive for Georgetown, although future additional proposals may change that.

First the good news.

As expected, DDOT is proposing to extend the Union Station to Georgetown Circulator route all the way to the cathedral. It will continue up Wisconsin Ave. all the way to the underground garage at the cathedral.

This will obviously be a good benefit to Georgetowners heading up the hill, either to Glover Park or beyond. Yes the 30 series WMATA buses do the same route, but this will increase the frequency of options for Georgetowners. And while there’s only so many time you need to go to the cathedral, it’s worth noting that it’s only a short walk from there to the west Cleveland Park shops and restaurants along Wisconsin. Continue reading →

Photo by Rust Bucket.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Cool old map of Georgetown.
• What happens when the criminal looks like 9 out of every 10 people in the neighborhood?

3200 block of P St.

Photo by Sean Dreilinger.

Periodically as the Census Bureau releases various data on the population of Georgetown, on topic GM has written about is the apparent Baby Boom in Georgetown.

GM first wrote about it back in 2009, when he looked at the 1990 Census data and compared it to the 2000 data and found that Georgetown’s child population grew at a rate of 27% over ten years. Here’s updated the figures as newer data is released. The most recent hard data was of course the 2010 Census, that confirmed that the ten year growth was still booming.

If anything, the even more recent data shows the boom accelerating. Without further ado here’s the data:

The last column is the most recent data, the Five Year Estimate for 2009-2013 from the American Community Survey. What that means is that this is what the Census Bureau thinks the average number is over these five years; it’s not a snapshot as of 2013. Continue reading →

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 →