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Not So Long Ago: Wisconsin and Dumbarton
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This week for Not So Long Ago, GM moves down Wisconsin Ave. a bit further. The main subject of the photo was the subject of some recent news: the old Georgetown Theater.
As you can see, while the theater (and more particularly the sign) wasn’t in great shape in 1993, it has significantly degraded since then. It looks like pretty much nothing has been done to the facade of the theater except neglect by the Heon family.
One of the bits of news about the theater that came out in this recent attention is that the National Jewel Center is moving out by the end of the month. It’s interesting that in 1993, both the two stores to the north of the theater were also jewelry stores. Nowadays the stores are still of the run-down cheap variety that populate this section of Wisconsin, but they mostly sell clothes. In GM’s opinion, like the theater they look a lot worse now.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown got through Irene mostly unscathed, except for this poor house on Dent.
- While about taking shots of the wreckage, Carol Joynt found an even more disturbing sight.
- Is there a better option than a liquor moratorium?
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Barnes and Noble Closing
Photo by NCinDC.
GM was told that this was going to happen eventually, but he didn’t realize it would happen so fast: Barnes and Noble has lost its lease. GM has only heard a brief rumor about it, so he has almost no details. The only piece he heard is that the new tenant, whoever they are, are paying $65 per square foot.
GM’s no real estate expert, but that sounds awfully high, particularly for such a spacious building.
Either way, GM’s going to be seriously depressed when this finally closes. Yes this is a dying business model, but he wishes that at least in cities like DC they could hold on longer. The Barnes and Noble was a great “third space” and a wonderful resource for tourists and residents alike. Yes, you can get all you want at Amazon instead, but you have to wait days for it. And the Internet has yet to recreate the experience of browsing an aisle.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by David Chico Pham.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Brooks Brothers targets September 1st opening.
- These look incredibly fun.
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Competing Redistricting Plans Propose to Carve Up Georgetown
As mentioned briefly the other day, a commission of volunteers has been putting together a plan for how to redraw the ANC district boundaries to reflect the new census numbers (those districts are called “single member districts” or “SMDs”). Two competing plans have emerged from the committee, although only one has gained a majority of support.
The Co-Chairs’ Plan:
The plan that received majority support on the commission has been dubbed the “co-chairs’ plan” since it was produced by the co-chairs of the commission, Ron Lewis (chair of the ANC), Jennifer Altemus (President of CAG), and Lenore Rubino (President of the Burleith Citizens Association).
Their plan makes only a couple significant changes to the current map:
The biggest change to the old map in the co-chairs’ proposal is that all the dorms will be put into two districts. Currently, the dorms are spread out across four different districts, only one of which is “student only” (SMD 4). By putting all the dorms into two districts, the plan would guarantee two student commissioners. (Both plans call for a new eighth commissioner to account for the fact that the ANC population grew about 800 people.)
The co-chairs’ plan has one glaring flaw: the population numbers are completely out of whack. According to the redistricting law, SMDs are supposed to contain 2,000 people and should not deviate by more than 200. Here’s what the population numbers of the co-chairs’ plan are:
- SMD 1: 2,409 (Burleith)
- SMD 2: 1,660 (Upper West Village)
- SMD 3: 1,705 (Lower West Village)
- SMD 4: 2,581 (First Campus District, exact boundaries to be decided later)
- SMD 5: 1,710 (Lower Georgetown)
- SMD 6: 1,836 (Lower East Village)
- SMD 7: 1,983 (Upper East Village)
- SMD 8: 2,581 (Second Campus District) Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Ruth Flickr.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Yesterday, the Current reported on the old Georgetown Theater and confirmed that the old facade, shown here, is long gone. GM gets a kick out of the way the Current obliquely refers to the Georgetown Metropolitan as “some online discussions”. From now on, GM will call the Current “some hard copy discussions”.
- We Love DC reviews CB2.
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