3200 block of O St.
Ghosts of Buildings Past
On Monday, GM posted an article showing how the waterfront has changed since 1918. One element of the old photo that GM found particularly interesting was the line of buildings along Canal Rd. and Prospect St. south of GU:
From another old GM post, you can trace back through the Library of Congress to find the survey records from 1920, which show these properties:
The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by (HP)Natural-Causes.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Cops get in shape in Georgetown gym.
- Hey, if you’re looking for plans for the Fourth, come on by Rose Park for CAG’s final summer concert. Come over at 4:30 for the parade!
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Georgetowner Running for the Olympics Tonight
Photo courtesy of the Times Union.
Tonight Georgetown grad and CAG program assistant, Elizabeth Maloy, is competing in the finals of the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon. She’s running the 5,000 meters, which GM can tell you, as a former high school distance runner, is a brutal race. But Maloy is more than up to the task. On Monday she ran and won a preliminary heat for the event. If she is one of the top three runners tonight, she’ll be bound for London.
The race is tonight at 10:15. It will be shown on the NBC Sports Network, which is channel 848 on Comcast.
Good luck Elizabeth!
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Don’t wait until the morning to put out your trash.
- Oldie but a goodie: the time Spinal Tap came to Nathans (well, not quite Spinal Tap, but close).
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ANC Preview: Last Call for Summer Edition
The ANC will meet for its July session next Monday. This is the last meeting before September, which probably makes it a tad longer as more project try to get through (and it definitely makes the September session interminable as two month’s worth of projects are reviewed).
The agenda has some typical projects but one jumps out at GM as potentially interesting. And it’s the West Heating Plant. This landmark property is being sold by GSA. The nearby neighbors want, at the very least, for the currently unbuilt property to remain unbuilt. GSA just wants to unload the property at a good price. And a sub-committee-worth of Congressmen want the same. These are not necessarily compatible desires. Since the auction is supposed to happen this summer, this issue will likely come to a head soon.
GM’s not sure whether the ANC will take a position on the matter. The hope among the neighbors is that either GSA or the city will take steps before the auction to ensure that the open space remain open. This could be either from GSA setting terms to the auction (somewhat unlikely) or the city zoning the property with restrictive zoning (somewhat more likely). Suffice to say a lot of developers are considering spending a lot of money to get the property in their hands. Continue reading
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Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The city says you shouldn’t swim in the Potomac. GM says life’s too short to not take a few risks.
- Farewell party of canal barge today.
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Photo by Mr. T in DC.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Sometimes it’s frustrating to see articles like this one (announcing the arrival of Noodles and Co.) when they don’t acknowledge that GM announced that months ago.
- This is what was going on at Grace Episcopal last weekend.
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