Rower by His Noodley Appendage.
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Yesterday the District’s new bike share program, unimaginatively titled Capital Bikeshare, officially started. GM mentioned here a few weeks ago that the bike share program would “come” to Georgetown by yesterday. Well, turns out that was a bit overoptimistic.
Rather than wait until all the stations are in place, DDOT and Arlington County started the program with only about half the stations ready. None of those are in Georgetown. This isn’t necessarily how GM would have started it, since it’s a bit confusing for riders. But since most of the initial adopters are probably bike share fans like GM, there is probably little risk they’ll give up on the program. Continue reading
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A long while back, GM occasionally highlighted some examples of people misapplying the name Georgetown to a variety places and things far beyond the actual boundaries of Georgetown. He called it Greater Georgetown. However, after a few posts, GM gave it a rest. Pointing out that people lie about where an apartment is on Craigslist is just not that interesting.
However, GM decided to dust off the feature after seeing an article in the Post this weekend. Under the headline “Georgetown’s Unapologetically Modern House” Nancy McKeon writes about a stunning modern home. You may recognize it, that is, if you go to Burleith much:
McKeon tries to come clean in the first paragraph of her article, but can’t quite admit that this home isn’t really in Georgetown:
A vacant lot is hard to come by in Georgetown, but Fred Bahrami found one, right on Georgetown’s border with Burleith. An unapologetically modern house is also hard to find in Georgetown, so Bahrami built one.
This house is at 36th and R. It is squarely in the heart of Burleith, not “right on Georgetown’s border.” It’s one thing to be a little sloppy about where one neighborhood starts and another ends, but the whole “hook” of this article is based on the idea that this house’s existence is newsworthy specifically because it’s in Georgetown. Which it isn’t. (For a quick primer on Georgetown’s borders, read this). Continue reading
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Circa 1930s
As part of his occassional series on the formerly industrial Georgetown waterfront, GM turns his attention to the Godey Lime Kilns. The kilns once stood on the east bank of Rock Creek just at the terminus of the C & O Canal.
Name: The Godey Lime Kilns
Built By: William M. Godey
Date: 1864
Current Use: Only ruins left
William M. Godey began his lime-making business in Washington in 1854. In 1864, he moved his business to just outside Georgetown where the canal meets Rock Creek.
On this site he erected five kilns to burn the limestone coming down the canal to convert it to quicklime: Continue reading
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