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On the Waterfront: A Survey of Georgetown’s Historic Industrial Buildings
Photo Courtesy of DDOT.
Recently, GM became alerted to the vast archive of historic photos that DDOT has been publishing in its Flickr feed. GM was particularly drawn to the above photo which shows a bird’s eye view of the Georgetown waterfront circa 1946. It inspired GM to start yet another building survey series (even though he’s a school or two short of finishing his survey on historic school buildings-by the way, if anyone knows anything interesting about the Corcoran School on 28th St., let GM know). Thus GM introduces today a survey of Georgetown’s historic industrial buildings.
Georgetown was industrial before it was residential. As the most upstream an ocean-going vessel could reach on the Potomac, Georgetown became an important port for Maryland’s tobacco farmers. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Carol Joynt.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- House fire on O St.
- Be careful wearing any G.U. apparel in Chicago.
- Georgetown Village senior support network planned.
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Tree Carnage Around Georgetown
At least two large trees snapped apart during yesterdays heavy storms. In both cases, heavy branches fell onto parked cars, but only one car appeared significantly damaged.
The tree seen above is (or rather was) on 33rd St. just south of P. It simply snapped in two at about 12 feet up the trunk. While the branches fell squarely on the parked car, it appears to have received only a few dents:
The dearly departed tree: Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Doscabeza.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Grammar improved at the Georgetown Loews.
- Who’s got the best wings in Georgetown.
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Branding Georgetown
Yesterday, Housing Complex writer Lydia DePillis published a thoughtful piece on the ongoing effort of the BID to “rebrand” Georgetown. What she’s talking about is that earlier this year, the BID hired the Roan Group, a professional brand consultant, to advise the BID on the state of brand Georgetown.
While a lot goes into how people throughout the area (and nation) think about Georgetown, there’s only so much that the BID can control. They can’t change the type of stores we have here, for instance, but they can change how those stores are presented, and, more importantly, how they’re perceived. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Canal by Brownpau.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- A constitutional scholar walks into a Safeway elevator…
- Don’t just spread rat poison around willy nilly, ok?
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