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Nike Store Reportedly to Take Over Barnes and Noble Building
This info has bounced around a little in the comments section, but GM realized it’s probably worth its own post: GM has is on good authority that Nike is taking over the Barnes and Noble building once the book store moves out at the end of the year.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. GM’s not happy about it either. Do we really need a gigantic store for sneakers? Well, it seems that a lot of athletic goods providers are betting on Georgetown being a new sports gear hub. Just a few years ago, the only place to pick up new running shoes was Georgetown Running Co. and maybe Sports Zone.
Over the last few years, Georgetown’s added a Lululemon, a CitySports, and is about to add an Athleta. Add Nike to that (plus the four bike stores) and you can get pretty much any athletic gear you need.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. GM would rather have the Barnes and Noble too…
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Jim Malone.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The Key Bridge occupied without incident.
- An interesting perspective on the campus plan fight.
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One Last Round: GU Campus Plan Hearing Tonight
Photo by Boston Public Library.
Tonight the final round of the GU Campus Plan Zoning Commission hearings takes place. The record was held open to consider the plan’s transportation elements, although GM was also under the impression that GU would be given a chance to present its rebuttal to the ANC/CAG/BCA’s testimony. Either way, this is really supposed to be it, so either head on down to One Judiciary Square at 6:30 pm or check it out on the live feed.
GM would love to think this brings us close to the end of this process, but he predicts we’re still years away from that…
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Tacklebox keeps pushing back when they’ll reopen.
- Traffic through Georgetown could be a mess tomorrow night.
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The Other Washington
As mentioned yesterday, GM’s packing up and getting ready for a move this week, so he didn’t have time for a normal post. So even though it’s got nothing to do with Georgetown, here’s a film GM took this summer of his trip to Washington State. You ought to visit it sometime:
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Ehpien.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- This is really confusing. Are they getting back into the pie business or not?
- Four Seasons is moving ahead with their plans to add a wine bar, called Eno, next to Bridge Street Books.
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