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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Former interim Stoddert Elementary principal taking over at Hardy.
- Sale of Washington Harbour complete. Sale price was $370 million.
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When Georgetown Was West Washington
Right now the businesses and residents of the neighborhood near Nationals Stadium are arguing over what that neighborhood should be called. Residents seem to prefer the more established name of Navy Yard, while the BID prefers its own name: Capitol Riverfront.
If Georgetown is any precedent, then the newer Capitol Riverfront name won’t stick, at least not forever. As Georgetown shows, while a new name might stick around for a little while, eventually people are drawn back to historic names.
Georgetown preexisted the District of Columbia by fifty years. With the formation of the District, Georgetown remained an independent city under the umbrella of the new capital.
In 1871 the charter for Georgetown was revoked and the city was merged with the city and county of Washington. Ever since there have been no independent municipalities in DC.
In 1878, Congress revoked DC’s limited democracy and imposed an appointed commissioner system that lasted until 1967. In doing so, Congress redubbed Georgetown as “West Washington”. Continue reading
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- GU Dean assistant arrested by embezzlement (over 100 years ago).
- Bandolero’s got problems. (And that’s not even counting the fact that Mike Isabella has disowned the place.)
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More Details on What a Metro to Georgetown Would Look Like
As a follow up to yesterday’s post about changes to the Rosslyn Metro Stop, GM thought it would make sense to re-run an article he published a few years ago laying out more details of what a new Metro line through Georgetown would look like:
Earlier this week, GM went over all that you need to know about a Georgetown Metro station. That same day, GGW pointed GM to a little bit more information on the possibility of finally bringing Metro to Georgetown.
GM originally wrote that other than a couple statements about the need to build a new split Blue Line through the central core–which would include a new station in Georgetown–little progress towards planning has been accomplished. That wasn’t quite right.
WMATA has convened a group of regional transportation and land use experts to form the Technical Advisory Group (TAG). TAG has been meeting for a little over a year to plan for the long term future of Metro.
Already the group has issued several reports of the problems Metro faces in the future and the possible solutions. Most interesting, for Georgetown, was the presentation published last October. This presentation discussed, among other solutions, the split Blue Line (as well as a split Yellow Line).
The presentation puts a little meat on the bones in terms of the numbers behind why a new line is needed and how it will help, but there are a couple other interesting points too. For instance, the group is contemplating two Georgetown stations, not just one:
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Could Georgetown have grown bigger than Baltimore? One of its old town fathers used to think so.
- Hardy close to picking a new principal.
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How Metro’s Mid Term Future Affects Georgetown’s Long Term Future
What Metro plans to do over the next ten years will significantly impact if and when Metro finally comes to Georgetown. GM recently became aware of a report by Metro’s long term planning project: Momentum.
The report is chock full of interesting stuff regarding the future of Metro, but today GM wants to focus on what Metro’s plans are for our neighbors to the south.
As part of preparing for the Silver Line, Metro made a couple of significant changes to rush hour service on the Blue Line. Called “Rush Plus“, the changes resulted in fewer Blue line trains going through Rosslyn during rush hour (essentially Metro added more Yellow line service and reduced Blue line service). Continue reading
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- GU students learn to love the Old Georgetown Board.
- Work-out on a stand-up paddle board in order to look better riding a stand-up paddle board.
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