The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Azeeze Bakare.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Georgetown DMV set to reopen April 29th.
• GU was one of the first college basketball team to play on television, 74 years ago today.

2700 block of P St.

This week on Old Georgetown in Color, GM checks out William Lee’s dance class. According to Shorpy, this photo is from Georgetown in 1919. Although GM can’t find any more information about Mr. Lee or his little ballerinas. So serious they look!

Photo by Jacquesofalltrades.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Circulator could be extended further north in planned expansion.
• Muriel Bowser thinks Jack Evans doesn’t know anything about DC outside of Georgetown. Come on, the baseball stadium’s outside of Georgetown, and Jack would live there if he could. You’ve gotta give him at least that much.

2900 R St.

GM reported yesterday that Eastbanc was going back to the OGB to renew their application to replace the Key Bridge Exxon with a condo building. Well the folks over at Urban Turf did GM one better and got some illustrations of the proposal.

Here’s another:

GM’s immediate response to these designs is mostly surprise. It’s an awfully dark and stark design. And it’s a dramatic departure from the earlier disavowed plans: Continue reading →

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Tim Sietsema likes the Grill Room.
• Is M St. on a weekend the “before” picture for what can be done? GM sure hopes so.

1300 block of Wisconsin Ave.

Photo by ThisisBossi.

Next week the ANC meets for its March session. Unlike the snooze-fest of last month’s meeting, this meeting has the potential to be quite interesting.

And the most interesting item up for discussion is the proposal to renovate the Duke Ellington School. This is the rare ANC matter that actually doesn’t involve Georgetown since the school is technically in Burleith. (The boundary between Georgetown and Burleith travels down the center of 35th St. in front of the school.)

Normally projects in Burleith are not subject to review of the Old Georgetown Board. And this project is no different. But since the school is a landmarked building, the changes must be approved by the OGB’s superiors at the Commission of Fine Arts. Continue reading →

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Celebrate St. Patrick’s at Bourbon Steak with fine Irish whiskey.
• And if you’re really looking to waste a lot of money on food and drink, head over to the Grill Room two days earlier where they’ll happily serve you a $3,500 per head dinner of fine wine and food.