Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Some great photos of the ghosts and ghouls around the neighborhood (skip down a bit).
- Blues Alley seeking large tax rebate.
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Some New Shops Announced
GM previewed the ANC meeting yesterday, but there were a few tidbits about new stores that didn’t make it in. Plus, GM is aware of some other openings. So here’s a brief roundup:
Goorin Bros. Hat Shop
GM mentioned this hipster hat shop last week, but now he knows the address: 1214 Wisconsin Ave. (the former location of Aerosoles). It’s a small little shop that hasn’t had a particularly attractive store front for a while. Hopefully the Goorin Bros. will spiff it up a bit.
Amina Rubinacci
Some store called Amina Rubinacci is apparently moving into 2822 Pennsylvania Ave., which previously housed Lorenzo Donna. It appears to be a women’s clothing shop, but GM is not certain of that. Continue reading
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Taking 21 minutes to get to work hardly counts as “soooo long“.
- Wouldn’t it be possibly true that most GU students want to stay on campus while also being true that enough would want to live in their own apartment outside of Georgetown?
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ANC Preview: West Heating Plant Edition
Next Tuesday at 6:30 pm the November ANC meeting will be held at its normal location at Georgetown Visitation. On a personal note, this will be a sad occasion since it will be the first ANC meeting without fellow blogger Shaun Courtney to share the pain with. Oh well, GM will beat on, boat against the current, born back ceaselessly into the mundane particulars of local governance.
West Heating Plant
The big item on the agenda is the West Heating Plant. There are actually two items, the design review of the new construction and the proposed sky bridge, and a second item for the raze permit to tear down most of the building.
As GM previewed last week, the Four Seasons/Levy Group is lobbying hard to present the need to tear down three of the four facades as unavoidable. There are some (both on the ANC and in other community groups) that object to that position and would like to push back on the need to tear down the structure. (Full disclosure: GM is on the board of CAG, which may or may not take a position on this question. For what it’s worth, he has not personally made a decision either way.) Continue reading
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Photo by Shishi Adventures.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Even before the death threats, this doesn’t seem to have been a good idea.
- GM hasn’t been by, is the Dr. Marten’s store already open? And will lacing them up magically transform GM back into a early 90s high school sophomore?
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Mixed Use Project Envisioned for Georgetown Theater Building
As GM mentioned last Friday, local architect Robert Bell has purchased the old Georgetown theater building at Wisconsin and O. GM has seen the plans and can report that the project envisions a truly mixed use for the building, with residential, retail, and office space all under the same roof.
But first one disappointing feature: it does not appear the Bell will attempt to recreate the whimsical facade that once adorned this building:
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Sweet Frog finally opened up for that prime fall frozen yogurt season.
- Where was the Recruit filmed in Georgetown? (And actually, Curbed, those apartments are not super expensive. It wouldn’t be weird at all for a government employee to live there).
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