Photo by insEyedout.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Blogger stops by L2.
- Jack Evans doesn’t see much of a role for himself in fighting GU’s ten year plan. Their ten story smokestack on the other hand, well, that’s a different story.
The Morning Metropolitan
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On the Waterfront: Ray’s Warehouse
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As part of his occassional series on the buildings that once made up Georgetown’s industrial waterfront, GM turns to Ray’s Warehouse, which once stood at 3260 and 3262 K St.
Name: Ray’s Warehouse
Built: 1855
Built By: Ray family
Current Use: Demolished 1974
A little while ago, GM wrote about Bomford’s Mill at the corner of Grace and Potomac St. It was one of a few prosperous flour mills that used water power from the canal. Another of these flour mills was built by Alexander Ray and his two sons. It was built in 1847, just two years after Bomford’s Mill. In fact, the Rays had to “sublet” 100 inches of water pressure from Bomford (Bomford had rights to 400 inches). Eventually the mill built for the Ray’s was torn down and rebuilt as the building that currently stands at the corner of Potomac and K.
To provide storage space for the mill and to have a dock, the Ray family built a warehouse on the 3262 K St. property, which they had acquired in 1853. Previous to the construction of the warehouse, the property was vacant.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Serge Melki.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest,
- Commander Salamander will close at the end of the year. This time it’s for real.
- Tomorrow Dumbarton Oaks goes to its winter hours, which means it’s free admission till next spring.
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The Multi-Outfitted Skeleton of Volta Place
This October, GM has noticed that Georgetowners are getting a lot more into Halloween decorations. It used to be just Nancy Taylor Bubes at 31st and Q who went over the top (and she still does), but now a lot more people are investing in giant spiders. But there is probably no house bringing more laughs (and probably some confused looks) than the house of Marnie and Dennis Kenney on Volta Place.
You see, just outside their door lives Mr./Mrs Skeleton (s/he is of indeterminate sex). This Halloween season, Skeleton has been wearing a completely different outfit every day (sometimes more than one a day).
Here he is exploring his French impressionist side:
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Jacquesofalltrades.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Another look at the new Muncheez place (which GM is now convinced failed to get approval for their signs on the front of the building. Hell, they have a schoolbus stop-sign!).
- Georgetown Cupcake turns back into a TV set.
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Halloween Road and Parking Restrictions Announced
As expected, DDOT announced yesterday a series of road closures and parking restrictions for Georgetown this Halloween weekend. They are similar to what has been done in the recent past.
The governing theory is to keep traffic off the side streets (because of the kiddies walking around in the dark) and to push all the traffic onto M and Wisconsin. So even though it would be great for the partiers on M St. to shut the whole road down to traffic as they used to, this is probably a safer plan overall. Plus it has the benefit of allowing partiers to catch a cab on M St. and Wisconsin rather than off on a side street.
Here’s a map of the closings. The red streets are streets that are closed to everyone except residents and employees (if it’s a commercial street). The purple streets allow traffic but don’t have any on-street parking:
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Mr. T in DC.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Celebrate Halloween a little early with a night of Edgar Allen Poe at Dumbarton House.
- Speaking of narcotics users: yet another drug bust at GU.
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