The Georgetown Metropolitan

Weekly roller skating night returns to Jelleff for the spring. From now until May 20th, every Saturday night from 7-9 pm, the gym will be reserved for free roller skating (and roller skates are available to borrow). What better way to shake off a week’s worth of stress like showing off your moves on the gym floor?

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nice breakfast and brunch guide for Georgetown.
• Who knew GU had a cricket team?

Dumbarton Oaks Park

Last year I made a video documenting the ten oldest shops and restaurants in Georgetown. Here it is, in case you missed it:

But I was mistaken in my compiling. I recently realized I missed a shop! Namely I left off Georgetown Hairstyling on 35th St. It dates to 1913. Here’s a real estate listing asking for tenants to come in an run the shop, dated January 1, 1913:

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Deadly car crash on Rock Creek Parkway by Rose Park late Tuesday night.
• Some great businesses are opening really soon!

If you’re planning on heading east of Georgetown by car this Saturday morning, be forewarned that there will be a lot of road closures for the Rock n Roll Half Marathon. The closures begin very early and will run, in part, through to noon.

The biggest closure that may impact Georgetowners is that Rock Creek Parkway will be closed from 7 AM until Noon. Virginia Ave. and Consitution will also face extended closures. While the bridges, like Pennsylvania, P and Q, will remain open, just keep in mind that your car won’t be able to go past the blue line in the map above. So if you need to get to Brookland, for instance, you’ll have to take the long way around.

Of course pedestrians and cyclists will be permitted to cross the blue line, so keep that in mind!

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• DC Council considers making your parking permit tie to your ANC not your ward.
• Grace Street coffee moving off Grace Street to Water Street. Will still be called Grace Street Coffee.

Dumbarton Oaks

It’s St. Patrick’s Day again this Friday. And with the last of the pandemic measures relaxed, you can enjoy it like you (may have) used to! So without further ado, here is GM’s annual St. Pat’s article giving you a guide to enjoy the day around Georgetown:

As you may know, during the early 20th century, parts of Georgetown were heavily Irish. The center of it was on the west side, close to the Catholic landmarks of GU, Trinity and Visitation.

The Irish concentration is long gone, but with the help of old photos you can imagine the ghosts still walking the streets. In the 30s, photographer Carl Mydans walked through the poor and heavily Irish blocks of west Georgetown and captured the scene of children treating the sidewalks as their playroom:

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Eleven notable Georgetown real estate proposals.
• GU reinstates weekend GUTS bus service.