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Old Georgetown in Color: Hoya Football
This week in Old Georgetown in Color, GM tries his hand at some old Hoyas again. This time it’s the Hoya football team. The year in 1923, and the scene old Griffith Stadium. Georgetown played the Marines of Quantico (Quantico fielded a football team from 1919 till 1973). Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Brett Davis.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Despite the “booey” and movie theater references, cash was not hid around Georgetown.
- New restaurant called Orange Anchor coming to fill old Cabanas space.
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Council Action Puts Streetcar at Risk
One of the central components of all future transportation planning for Georgetown was the construction of a streetcar line that would travel from Georgetown through downtown to Union Station. With its budget action yesterday, however, the Council has put that component at serious risk.
As reported several places, the Council approved a preliminary budget yesterday that took $165 million from the streetcar project and moved it to tax cuts. The primary actor behind the move, Chairman Phil Mendelson, tried to paint the move as not endangering the ambitious plans for streetcar across the city. He claimed money could be returned to the project in the future. But seeing as the slashed budget is being directed towards tax cuts, GM’s skeptical such a decision could be reversed. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Mark Linsangan.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Bangkok Joe’s to become “Mama Rouge” an Asian-French fusion restaurant.
- Somi, a “New restaurant serving a variety of cuisine including noodle soup and pastries from Tokyo and Hong Kong” coming to Wisconsin and P.
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ANC Preview: Race Season Heating Up
The ANC will meet for its June session next Monday at 6:30 at Visitation.
For regular followers of the ANC, you’ll be all too familiar with the great Race Closures War of 2010. That was when the ANC started forcefully pushing back against the increase in street closures due to races, etc. While a marker may have been placed, it does seem like there’s been no actual decrease in the proliferations of races through Georgetown lately. And next monday, we get to hear about two more: the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure and the Four Seasons Sprint Four the Cure 5K.
But races aren’t the only thing on the agenda. One thing that jumps out at GM is an item stating “Bike and pedestrian safety on K and Water Streets”. GM is not sure what that indicates, but some commissioners take any and all opportunities to complain about bicyclists’ behaviors down on K St. Keep in mind, it’s not bicyclists that are killing people every few years in Georgetown, yet some commissioners elevate the bike threat above all reason. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Colton Brown.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Roll off container causing some hubbub on 31st st.
- Where GU kids get booze. GM’s not particularly surprised to see Wagner’s listed as the place where it’s “easy to use fake ID”.
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