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Google Adds Bus Stop Info to Maps
About two weeks ago, Google finally added WMATA transit information to its DC map. So now you can quickly find out how to get from Point A to Point B in the District using the bus and/or metro.
One of the side-benefits to this improvement is that Google maps now shows where all the bus stops are. As you can see above, there are a lot of them in Georgetown. Unfortunately, if you click on the the little icons for each stop, it doesn’t give you any information other than the name of the stop. It would be nice if it were to at least tell you what bus-lines service the stop and where they go. But it’s still nice to be able to quickly locate where a stop specifically is if you only know generally where one is. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Industriarts.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Swarm of bees in Georgetown.
- Is grass-growing season one of the Four Seasons?
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Z-Burger May Be Coming To Georgetown
GM heard a an interesting rumor the other day. Apparently, Z-Burger is planning on moving in to Georgetown. He tried to confirm, but didn’t hear back. Nonetheless, the rumor sounded pretty reliable so GM is passing it on.
Z-Burger is a DC-based burger joint with two locations on Wisconsin Ave. (one in Glover Park, the other in Tenleytown). The Georgetown location would also be on Wisconsin, according to what GM heard. It would takeover the space currently housing Aashik at 1424 Wisconsin Ave.
If this turns out to be true, it would be emblematic of two changes creeping through the neighborhood. The first is obvious: we’ve got a lot of burger joints. Five Guys replaced Au Pied Cochon about 5 years ago, News Cafe turned into Thunder Burger, Bill’s Burgers is supposed to take over the old Cheesesteak Factory, and of course we’ve got old standbys like Wingos. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- GM hears that Serendipity 3 is finally opening next week. The soft opening should be Tuesday.
- Well, Georgetown went overwhelmingly for Mara, but Vincent Orange is still weighing in against the campus plan.
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Georgetown Businesses and Residents Don’t Support Evans’ Meter Proposal
Today, GM turns over the reins of the Georgetown Metropolitan for a day to his friend and fellow Georgetowner Ken Archer to discuss Jack Evans recent parking proposals:
Councilmember Jack Evans’ proposal to roll back parking meter rates and hours of enforcement in commercial corridors is based, according to Evans, on the complaints and requests of businesses and residents in his ward. However, a survey of organizations representing residents and businesses in Georgetown fails to find anyone asking Evans for his proposal.
His proposal passed out of his committee by a 3-2 vote and Evans frequently points to these complaints in defending the $5.2 million measure.
Evans told the Washington Examiner, “I get consistent complaints about the parking meters everywhere I go in my ward from residents. I can’t go into a restaurant without the owner coming out to complain about the cost of the parking meters.”
Despite this, neither the Georgetown BID nor the largest owner of Georgetown restaurants support the proposal.
The Georgetown ANC and Citizens Association have passed no resolutions and sent no letters to Evans requesting reductions in either meter rates or enforcement hours. In fact, the ANC has been working with DDOT for a couple years to put in place a performance parking pilot that would increase parking turnover and availability by charging market rates at meters. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by M. Rautumn.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown architects closing down.
- A bit more lengthy report on Monday night’s Zoning Commission hearing than GM provided the other day.
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