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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Rats take over Georgetown streets late at night, and other things you’d rather not think about.
- DC Mud goes in deep on the future of the mall.
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Did the OGB Screw These Up?
Two new projects have appeared on the 3200 block of M St. over the past month: All Saints, and Calvin Klein Underwear. In both cases, the design choices seem potentially troublesome. Did the OGB drop the ball by approving these projects?
All Saints is actually a pretty nice renovation. Between the old billboard-style type in the name across the top of the building and the repeating rows of sewing machines in the window, the building has a vaguely steam punk feel.
And that’s all great and definitely a step up from the generic look it had before. But doesn’t that black building paint give this tall building a rather looming feeling over the block. It has the potential to be a giant black hole in the middle of the streetscape.
The Calvin Klein Underwear store is troubling for a different reason. While Carol Joynt has complained about the anatomy lesson in the window, GM is concerned about the architectural features. The bay window was built to replace the faux-historic bay window that served the Body Shop. Continue reading
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- One of those non-crimey flash mobs is going to, um, flash on September 8 behind the PNC Bank.
- Checking up on Chris Furin.
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ANC Round Up: Picking Your Voters Edition
Monday night, the ANC met for its September session. This is normally an extremely long meeting due to the backlog of projects that builds up due to the July ANC break (or does it count as a recess?)
The room was packed, which normally means there’s one particular issue that has riled people up. And on Monday, that issue was redistricting.
GM has covered this issue already. In short: students want 3 seats on the ANC, and the non-students in charge want no non-students represented by students (if you want a more nuanced take than that, click the link).
Monday night was not about arguing over numbers or lines. It was a chance, primarily, for students to stand up and say that they don’t think this is right or fair. And several did just that. (And quite well GM might add). Mike Meany, president of the GU Student Association, did a particularly fine job making the case that this plan would be a violation of DC law and is against basic democratic principles.
But a chance to stand up and speak is about all it was. The ANC didn’t take a vote and the committee already chose the co-chairs’ plan. Nothing that happened Monday night will change that. The co-chairs’ plan will be sent to Tom Birch, he’ll approve it, and Jack Evans will submit it to the Council, where it will be approved (despite a Hail Mary from the students to make noise at the Council).
Obviously the non-student neighbors didn’t realize they already won. If they did, then somebody like Ed Russell from Burleith, who stood up and argued that people who pay property taxes should have more rights, wouldn’t have said something so stupid like that. Continue reading
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Bored with doors, PoP now judges fire escapes, including this one on the GU campus.
- Possible awkwardness at O St. and 27th.
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Fashion Night Out coming September 8th.
- The Examiner runs a piece on the redistricting controversy.
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