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Library Cupola Restored
This week, the historic cupola of the Georgetown Public Library was finished and installed by HRGH Corp. The original cupola was destroyed in the 2007 fire:
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The Morning Metropolitan
Canal by Brownpau.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- New art house theater just across the creek.
- Marvelous Market reboot (GM hopes they consider selling prepackaged sandwiches without dressing).
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Follow the Georgetown Metropolitan on Twitter
Well, GM has finally done it. He’s entered the age of Twitter, which is to say he’s finally caught up with 2009. Phew!
Anyway, if you’re already one of the Twittering Twibobs of Twitterivity, why don’t you start following the Georgetown Metropolitan at Twitter.com/GeorgetownMet?
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Doscabeza.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Tons of good stuff in the Current yesterday:
- The National Pinball Museum should open in the mall by September
- The out-of-place Eagle Bank mural was rejected
- Streetcars should be at Georgetown’s doorstep by 2015
- Wingos still king.
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What Lies Beneath: Cobblestones, That’s What
GM happened to notice this weekend that a couple small patches of asphalt on 31st St.29th st. have eroded away to reveal the wonderful cobblestones that lie beneath (alright, if you must be a stickler, they’re really called Belgian blocks or setts, but let’s not get hung up on that).
GM tried to do a little research to find out how many of Georgetown’s streets still have these stones underneath the asphalt, but came up empty-handed. At the very least 31st street does (Update: an astute reader pointed out that this photo is of 29th st., not 31st. But GM does remember seeing Belgian blocks on 31st when they repaved it last year). Obviously there are cobblestones on O and P where you can still see the streetcar tracks, but (for now at least) those tracks and the stone continue underneath the asphalt along the route’s old loop by the University. (The tracks currently under asphalt will be removed during the streets’ rehabilitation, which is set to begin later this year). Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by VPickering.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Maybe if they were just streetcar wires, the Committee of 100 would pay to bury them?
- Pretty much right after word of their closing got out, the Body Shop and Riccardi are already closed.
- By the way, DDOT is still looking for feedback on Capital Bikeshare locations. If you want more in Georgetown, let them hear it. (GM suggests Rose, Montrose, and Volta Parks, as well as M and Pennsylvania).
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