Healy Hall by Brownpau.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- ANC Commissioner Bill Starrels has already thrown his hat in for another go around.
- BID has put out fun self-guided walking tour of Georgetown (c/o Vox Populi c/o We Love DC)
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On the Waterfront: Capital Traction Company Powerhouse
As part of his recently announced new series On the Waterfront, GM is taking a closer look at the buildings that once made up the industrial section of lower Georgetown. Today, GM starts with one of the more significant buildings that once stood along Georgetown’s waterfront: the Capital Traction Company Powerhouse.
Name: Capital Traction Company Powerhouse
Built By: Capital Traction Company
Constructed: 1910
Current Use: Demolished 1968
The Capital Traction Company was one of the two major streetcar companies that serviced the District at the turn of the 20th century. It was the primary streetcar company servicing Georgetown at that time and was centered around the massive Car Barn at 35th and M, which still stands today. Continue reading
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NPS Cleaning up the Canal by Byron P.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Construction finally to begin on townhouse phase of Wormley Row.
- Don’t forget Baked and Wired in this age of bridge closure (and remember, there’s a footbridge open right next to the closed bridge.)
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So You Think You Can Do a Better Job?
Georgetown, Burleith, and Hillandale have one of the most active and (in GM’s opinion) responsible ANC’s in DC. While GM has certainly had his complaints about certain decisions and commissioners, he generally thinks they’re a decent group of citizens who do a pretty good job within a legal entity that is, in many ways, functionally toothless.
But hey, maybe you think they an awful group of dictatorial killjoys and that you could do a lot better job. Well starting tomorrow, you can take your first step towards taking a shot. That’s when the District Board of Elections and Ethics allows you to start circulating a petition seeking signatures to get your name on the ballot. You only need to collect 25 signatures of people who live in your Single Member District (numbered 1 through 7 above). Continue reading
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1972 flood from DDOT.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Water main break knocks out water to lower Georgetown, how did you affect you? By the way, check out the video: apparently the break was on Thomas Jefferson between K and “Canal St.” Hmmm…
- Revolution Cycles in Georgetown will host a clinic focused on women and biking next Thursday 6:30 to 8:30.
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By Far the Most Expensive Thing at Safeway
Seen at the Safeway:
That’s not a typo. At least GM doesn’t think so. What you see there is a locked case of truffles in the Safeway produce section selling for $999.99 per pound.
GM did a quick run through of the store to see if anything came close to this in terms of price. Only a few bottles of wine and champagne topped the multi-hundred dollar range, but nothing close to this. Continue reading
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Biking under the Whitehurst by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Despite previously writing dreck about how city dwellers aren’t “ordinary”, Kathleen Parker miraculously finds “small town values” on Olive St. How about we drop the “small town” and just call them “values”?
- Georgetown should have its Capital Bikeshare stations by September.
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