The Georgetown Metropolitan

1000 block of 29th St.

What is it with people who live on corner lots that they think they don’t need to shovel the sidewalk along both sides? Above is the house at Potomac and O. The O St. sidewalk was clear last weekend, but the Potomac street side was a treacherous sheet of ice.

When people allow this to occur they are revealing  just how little regard they have for their fellow citizens. It’s a thirty foot long middle-finger to the world that says “I really couldn’t care less about you or your safety”.

Yes, some residents physically can’t clear their sidewalk. But there were plenty of entrepreneurs roaming the neighborhood all weekend offering to clear the snow for a fee. If you still can’t get your sidewalk clear it’s because you’re a bad neighbor and you just don’t care. Continue reading →

Photo by Leonard-B.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Signs of spring along the canal.
• Great photo of GU in the snow.

Seeing as most people are probably spending the day at home catching up on their Netflix queue, GM figured it would make sense just to repost his snowy film from last December. Enjoy!

As DC prepares for yet another snowy blast, reader Kyle Yost wrote in to remind GM that this week is actually the four year anniversary of the infamous blizzards of 2010 (known locally as Snowmageddon, SnOMG, etc.). To celebrate it, GM’s heading back into the archives to republish some of his old pics from that storm (along with some from Kyle):

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Photo by Afagen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Govinda Gallery will have a pop-up, of sorts, in Gypsy Sally’s through February.
• Couples workouts down by the waterfront.

Montrose Park

If you pay enough attention to Georgetown, you start to notice that a lot of times people put out plans that for whatever reason never get off the drawing board. Here are a few recent examples:

Exxon Condos

Way back in March 2011, Eastbanc announced that they had a deal to buy the Key Bridge Exxon and planned to build luxury condos. Objections soon poured in from residents of Prospect St. who complained that their fantastic views would be impacted. Although the Old Georgetown Board didn’t ratify those objections, they did object to the overall aesthetics of the plan.

The thing is, apparently Eastbanc president, Anthony Lanier, agreed. He announced an intention to start designing it all over again. But even that was a year and a half ago. The last GM heard, Eastbanc still intended to return to this project at some point, but don’t count on it happening soon. Continue reading →

Photo by Brendan Halleman.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nice article on the BID’s proposal to widen sidewalks temporarily.
• Bulldogs meet, cuteness ensues.