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As reported in the Washington Post, WMATA leadership is recommiting to the concept of constructing a new Potomac river crossing between Rosslyn and Georgetown.
This is a topic GM has discussed previously. In short, the construction of the Silver line out to Dulles and beyond will eventually put too much pressure on the tunnel between Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom. As ridership increases, Metro will have to come up with a new way to get Virginia riders across the Potomac. Short term solutions involve sending more Blue line trains over the 14th St. bridge, but ultimately a more radical solution will be necessary.
The solution Metro has floated multiple times before involve the construction of a new tunnel between Rosslyn and Georgetown, with the tracks continuing under M St. heading eastward through downtown. Most plans called for the Blue line to take this new route (otherwise known as the “separated Blue line”). But some proposals involve the Orange or Silver lines taking it instead. Continue reading
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In blog-years, the Georgetown Metropolitan is getting up there. It’s so old that its staff of one completely forgot to celebrate its fourth birthday last December.
Yes, on December 13, 2008, the Georgetown Metropolitan was revived from 171 years of dormancy with its first (modern) post.
Four years and 2,854 articles later, the Georgetown Metropolitan is still going, shocking nobody more than GM himself.
GM always likes to take this opportunity to review what articles from the past year got the most attention. So here goes:
#5 – GU Mulls Moving Medical Campus
GM had heard rumors that GU was considering moving its hospital and medical school off the main campus. But a series of articles from WBJ and Washington Post seemed to confirm it. So he added his two cents.
Shortly after publishing it, GM received a forceful denial from a Medstar rep. But GM is still confident in his reporting: GU is in early planning stages to move the hospital and medical school. It’ll take time, but it is a goal of the school’s long range planners.
#4 – Waterfront Begins Construction on Largest Outdoor Rink in DC
How great of an addition is the new ice rink down by the harbor? As a new parent himself, GM is thrilled to see more young family options like this open up in Georgetown (hopefully the bowling alley will also serve this group well). Continue reading
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As reported in the Washington Business Journal, the auction for the West Heating Plant began last Friday but has yet to receive a single bid.
The auction runs until February 19th, so there’s still plenty of time until the gavel comes down. But the lack of initial interest may be telling of significant challenges GSA will have finding eager buyers willing to pay a high value for the property. Continue reading
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As reported over the weekend by Aaron Wiener of the Citypaper, Paul Simkin, the owner of Jack’s Bathouse, is asserting the the National Park Service no longer owns the Georgetown waterfront.
Simkin’s assertion is based upon a reading of the original council resolution regarding the transfer of the land from the city to NPS in 1985. The resolution provides that the transfer will revert to the city if there are any amendments to the deed. There have been two amendments, in 2000 and 2005.
GM’s worst grade in law school was in property law, so he has zero idea how strong a case Simkin has. His initial thought is that it’s not terribly strong since the reversion language is in a council resolution and not the deed of transfer itself. But that’s a C+ property law student talking.
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One of GM’s favorite things is Google Maps’ Streetview. It enables you to explore a city on foot from the comfort of your computer. One drawback to the service is that the photos they use for the service are pretty old. So if you want to, say, see what a new (or even somewhat new) restaurant looks like, chances are all you’ll find is an image of what used to be there.
But for DC’s Streetview, Google has now jumped forward in time. It’s not quite the present, far from it, but it’s better. Specifically it now shows what DC looked like as of the summer of 2011.
How does GM know it was then? Because he remembers them driving by:
There’s GM, out prowling with his camera, captured for posterity by Google (at least till the update the photos again).
It would be great to have a more updated photo, but it takes a long time to go through each frame a blur faces and signs, etc.
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Photo by Elvert Barnes.
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