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Great Temporarily Closed Sign, Or Greatest?
Seen in the Georgetown Dinette window:
June 09 2012
Dear Friend
We are away from store about two weeks for family matter.
We are very sorry.
Don’t be mad, sad, cry.
We’ll be back soon and happy together again.
Emmy and Harry
Great temporarily closed sign, or greatest?
Filed under Around Town
Now and a Long Time Ago: Waterfront
This week for Now and a Long Time Ago, GM heads down to the waterfront and digs up the story of the great flood of 1918.
This is a story GM covered before. The Post reported on February 19, 1918:
30,000 Throng Aqueduct Bridge and Neighboring Roads to Witness Wreckage Left By Weeks’ Flood
Everybody nearly was out on the Aqueduct bridge yesterday…watching the ice in the Potomac go by. There were close to 30,000 of them during the height of the ruch witnessing and commenting on the greatest flood the Capital has seen since 1889…A young woman stood on the bridge. She was filled with poetry by the maelstrom which whirled beneath her feet. She grasped her escort by the arm “Ain’t it wonderful what nature can do?” she breathed.
The only boathouse that appears in the old shot that has survived in the green Washington Canoe Club you can see square in the middle of the new shot.
Another item in the old shot that catches GM’s eye is the block of rowhouses on Canal at the bottom of the hill. Nowadays that’s just a hillside of trees. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by elizjoy22.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- This is what is going to replace the canal barge. GM actually likes it. He’s always wanted a similar electric launch.
- Georgetowner makes the case to zone half the West Heating Plant property as parkland.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
Stuff to Do to Stay Cool
Photo by Dissolved.
It’s wicked hot out there right now. And you probably just want to stay inside all weekend. But you can’t stay inside forever! You’ve got to get outside, and here are some activities you can do to stay cool:
Jack’s Boathouse
Jack’s Boathouse is at the end of Water St. just on the other side of Key Bridge. They rent out canoes, kayaks, and GM’s new favorite: stand up paddle boards. You pay by the hour, but they’re not terribly strict about watching the clock on you.
So long as it hasn’t rained heavily recently, jumping out of the boat for a quick dip is safe. (Although, GM recommends avoiding opening your mouth). You can just slip off a stand up paddle board, but if you want to get out of a canoe or kayak, you should run it aground on a sand bar.
Jack’s gets pretty crowded in the afternoon, so GM recommends getting there early. Continue reading
Filed under Around Town
The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Pools open longer today.
- Evermay: $22 million guest house.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
Now and a Long Time Ago: M St. and 30th
This week on Now and a Long Time Ago, GM again focuses on Georgetown’s transportation past. The spot in question is M St., west of 30th.
The old photo is from DDOT’s archive. It’s from 1959 and it shows a desolate M St., presumably late at night. Down the center of M St. are the streetcar tracks, which were used only a few more years. On the south side of the street, it appears that M St. once had a service lane like there is on K St. downtown or up in Cleveland Park. GM’s not sure, but he suspects the purpose of this service lane is to give a place for people to stand while they wait for the streetcar.
On the corner where Juicy Couture is now once was Birch funeral home. Just to east of this building, where now stands Cusp was a Sinclair gas station.
It’s tough to make out any of the stores on the north side, but you can see the Riggs Bank golden dome glowing in the distance. Continue reading
Filed under Now and a Long Time Ago
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