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This afternoon, the Mayor, GU President Jack DeGioia, and ANC Chairman Ron Lewis will be holding a brief joint press conference to make an announcement about the GU campus plan. The event will be at 2:30 PM at the corner of 37th and O St.
The press release alerting GM of the announcement doesn’t clarify what exactly will be announced. This is a little awkward for GM because he knows exactly what is going to be announced but is still embargoed from giving you details.
Suffice it to say that it is going to be a good announcement that should make everyone if not happy, at least relieved.
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Last night the ANC met for its June session. Whereas many meetings the ancient art of turning molehills into mountains is practiced, this meeting was downright understated.
On top of the list of items that probably could have justified a bit more discussion was the Georgetown campus plan. Last month it was announced that Georgetown and the civic groups entered mediation to see if they can resolve the dispute without leaving it up to the Zoning Commission to decide.
As reported, the talks have been going really well and there is an expectation that a resolution may be at hand. But the sides apparently need just a little more time. So they’re asking the Zoning Commission for another week, which request most certainly will be granted.
Ron Lewis stated that the ANC will host a special meeting just of the topic of the agreement before the (likely) new filing date of June 19th.
What are the details of a likely deal? Lewis wasn’t talking. He joked that after announcing the extension request he would open up the floor to any questions that he would quickly evade. University reps were there too, and they’re equally mum. Through his role as Secretary of CAG, GM knows what’s being discussed. But he’s sworn to secrecy so he ain’t talking either. So stay tuned! Continue reading
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This week on Now and a Long Time Ago, GM heads up old “High Street” (now known as Wisconsin Ave.) to visit the old West Georgetown school. GM has written about this school before:
[Opened in 1910] the new West Georgetown School…was not like other schools in Georgetown. It was a vocational school targeted towards poor mothers.
Opening in 1912, the school offered cooking and food preservation classes to adults. The school eventually became known as the Central Lunch Kitchen and in 1934 began serving free hot lunches to 4,500 children as part of the Civil Works Administration. The school provided mothers with culinary and child care instruction. Â It also taught reading to illiterate adults.
From 1942 through 1949 the school offered canning classes as part of a culinary arts program. It appears that by 1950 the building no longer hosted classes and was converted to office and storage space for the school system.
The District finally sold the building in 1954. It has held a variety of tenants, most recently the American College of Surgeons. It was sold last year to the African Union, which is in the process of renovating the building.
The old photo above is probably from around 1917. One thing that GM noticed from the old photo: overhead wires. That supposed scourge of historical vistas was here in Georgetown north of P St. (where streetcars switched from underground to overhead power). Continue reading
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