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ANC Round Up: Stay in Your Lane Edition
Photo by me and the syop.
Last night the ANC met for its April session. While GM had to leave after little more than an hour, most of the interesting stuff is up front, so here’s what he caught:
Close Lanes Not Roads
During two items last night, the ANC touched on an underused solution to a frequent problem. The problem: street closures for special events. The solution: close just a lane instead.
The two items were the annual French Market fair on Book Hill and the Thai Festival on lower Wisconsin.
The BID will hold the French Market April 19th and 20th. One problem with the success of this event is that the narrow sidewalks of Wisconsin Ave. get overcrowded with the crowds and the booths. The ANC posed the reasonable solution that the BID ought to seek to spread the event over to the parking lane. John Weibenson of the BID responded that he was working with the city to arrange for just that.
As for the Thai Embassy, they would like to shut down Wisconsin from South St. to Grace for their annual festival June 29th. The ANC objected to the request, but proposed a similar solution to the French Market problem: why not just take over the parking lane?
The problem is that the city has shown a strong aversion to allowing, essentially, pedestrian and automobile traffic to share the road like that. Even when proposing appropriate barriers, groups seeking permits like this have been rejected. Thus if these requests are granted, they would represent a great possible solution to the problem of too many street closings in Georgetown. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Jacquesofalltrades.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Something is going on with Blues Alley and a tax incentive, and possibly the Lincoln Theater. Beyond that, GM can’t figure it out.
- Waaaay back during the late 90s Internet bubble, GM had an idea for a website called parkthecar.com. You’d be able to go on and find out where parking lots had space and you could reserve and pay for the spot before you left. Never getting planning beyond choosing the website name, GM decided to go to law school instead. So he gets a kick out of reading that a Georgetown-based parking lot company is finally catching up to the idea.
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Irish Pub to Take Over Mei n Yu Space
Update: it’s going to be a Ri Ra.
GM heard a rumor from a reliable source over the weekend that an Irish pub was planning on taking over the old Mei n Yu space on M St. GM did not learn the exact name of the restaurant, but was informed that it was, sadly, a chain.
While pretty much all chain Irish restaurants lack authenticity, at least some aren’t that bad. Ri Ra and Fado’s come to mind. But many are pretty terrible. Just look down Pennsylvania Ave. to McFadden’s (which, when it opened, the owners laughably tried to claim would not become a college bar).
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Jacquesofalltrades.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Is the fro-yo bubble popping? Pink Smile closed down.
- Nice shots of the inaugural egg hunt at Evermay.
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Easter in Georgetown
If you’re like GM, you can only seem to get to church twice a year: Easter and Christmas. As such, you might not know what sort of options you have for that semi-annual visit. GM’s here to help you out. The who, what, where and when of Easter weekend in Georgetown:
Georgetown Presbyterian:
- Good Friday ecumenical service at Mt. Zion Methodist Church at 12:00 pm
- Easter Services: 9:30 & 11:15 AM
Trinity Catholic:
- Good Friday ecumenical service at Mt. Zion Methodist Church at 12:00 pm
- Easter: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:30 AM, & 1:15 PM
Christ Church Georgetown:
- Good Friday ecumenical service at Mt. Zion Methodist Church at 12:00 pm
- Easter: Holy Eucharist at 8:00 AM, Festival Choral Eucharists at 9:00 AM and 11:15 AM, Choral Evensong at 5:00 PM Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Aaronvandorn.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Mayor Gray budgets enough to build a streetcar from Georgetown through downtown to Union Station (and out H St. NE).
- Spot the difference between two photos of Georgetown.
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