3200 block of O St.
Not So Long Ago: Wisconsin and S
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This week on Not So Long Ago, GM sticks with the same block he’s been covering the last couple weeks: Wisconsin and S.
Nowadays, this stretch boasts Baytok Tailors, Talio hair salon, Collins Hospital for Animals and a Starbucks.
Eighteen years ago the space that contains Baytok appears to have been empty (the windows are covered). There is red fretwork in the windows that makes it look like it might have hosted a Chinese restaurant at one point, but that’s a wild guess. By 2004 at the latest, Baytok was already occupying this space.
Next door, 18 years ago the space now occupied by Talio was occupied by, well, Talio. They may be the longest standing business on this block.
Or it could be Collins animal hospital, which was also open next door in 1993.
So to a large extent, other than some design changes, much of this part of this block has stayed very much the same.
That is except for the Starbucks. As covered in an earlier Not So Long Ago, the Starbucks used to be a used car dealership of all things.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by K_Delaquilla.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Remember when GM said that during last week’s ANC meeting some neighbors warned of a new Cady’s Alley north of M St.? Turns out their suspicious were justified: East Banc looks to redevelop alley behind Coach store.
- Another review of the new Paul restaurant.
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NPS Supports Keeping Rose Park Path as Multipurpose
Photo by Csuspect.
As discussed a while back in connection with the possible placement of a Capital Bikeshare station in Rose Park, there has been a long simmering fight in Rose Park over the use of a path that travels from P st. down to M st.
The National Park Service has periodically floated plans to improve the path, widen it and maintain it as a multiuse path (i.e., able to be used by walkers and bikers). The Friends of Rose Park would also like to see the path improved, but doesn’t want it widened, and wants bike riding banned from the park.
NPS has consistently refused to assent to FORP’s requests, both in the plans for the physical design of the path and the allowed uses. But recently Rock Creek Park (which includes Rose Park) came under the control of a new superintendent. With that change, some hoped that NPS would reconsider its stance on the Rose Park path.
Last week, however, NPS issued an environmental impact statement for the long-planned improvements to the path (both in Rose Park and throughout Rock Creek Park). The report comes out in favor of widening the Rose Park path to six feet (it’s currently varies in width from five to six feet). The report rejects the request to simply repave the path at its current width: “Because the existing trail is too narrow, this option was dismissed. Trail users routinely leave the paved trail surface in order to walk side by side or pass other users.” Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by K_dellaquila.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Nice work reproducing historic millwork.
- A couple disturbing breakins near the campus last week.
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What Would You Like to See Open?
Tuesday night, GM moderated a discussion for the Citizens Association of Georgetown on the topic of the retail district of Georgetown, and in particular Wisconsin Ave. A lot of time was spent talking about what people would like to disappear in Georgetown, but only a little time was spent on what people would like to see come in.
There is a school of thought that says you should just accept what is as what is, and not try to change things (frequent commentor RNM is a big fan of this approach). And to a large extent, this is true. But it is not entirely and always true. As described Monday night, residents of the Logan Circle area lobbied Fresh Fields heavily to move into the location at 14th and P (Fresh Fields was eventually bought out by Whole Foods). Fresh Fields didn’t think that location would work, but was convinced after the residents’ campaign. Now it’s one of the most profitable locations in the chain. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Jason Pier in DC.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Vox Populi stops by Paul.
- Nice photos of a night out at Bonaparte.
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