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The Morning Metropolitan
Whitehurst Freeway by Ehpien.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Student sexually assaulted at gunpoint.
- Where the house tour homes at?
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New Circulator Route Targeted for Fall Rollout
Last October, DDOT started floating the idea of replacing the remaining Blue Bus route between Rosslyn and Dupont with a new Circulator route. There’s precedence for this since the Circulator already replaced the Foggy Bottom route of the Blue Bus.
Since the new route would require the District-run Circulator to cross jurisdictions, the Council needed to approve legislation authorizing it. But since then, there’s been somewhat of radio silence as to when the Circulator would actually take over.
GM made some inquiries to DDOT and found out that the target is to start up the route by the Fall. GM asked whether the route would be altered from the current Blue Bus route. In particular, GM is curious to know where the bus will stop in Dupont. As it is the Blue Bus stops in the slightly-off-the-beaten-path of N and 19th. It would be ideal if when the Circulator took over, it would stop directly in front of the Metro stop. Unfortunately those details haven’t been hashed out yet. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Jasonippolito.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Two seriously injured in G.U. fire.
- Spike Mendelsohn’s Good Stuff Eatery may open a new branch in Georgetown.
- Bistro Lepic turns 15. That’s old enough to drink in France, right?
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Ristorante Piccolo Finally Set to Reopen
It’s been a long 18 months since Ristorante Piccolo was gutted in a fire. Opening dates have been pushed back several times, but it appears that they have finally come up with an opening date they can meet: the last week of April. Georgetown’s Little Italy will finally be complete.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Creepy boat on the Potomac by Kineyas.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The Blog of the Courtier does a much better job with the Georgetown Mall story than GM.
- The fascinating story of the Healy behind Healy Hall.
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Georgetown Mall Heading to Auction Next Month
Photo by Mr. T in DC.
The Georgetown Mall is headed to auction next month, according to an article in the Post today (which marks Jonathan O’Connell’s arrival at the Post, bringing with him the real estate chops he honed at the Washington Business Journal).
As a quick background: Herb Miller’s Western Development and Anthony Lanier’s East Banc have been fighting over the future of the mall for years. Lanier claims that Miller broke an agreement they formed to buy the mall together when Miller bought the mall himself in 2006. Lanier sued and Miller’s plans to bring Bloomingdale’s collapsed. Western countersued for malicious legal filing. Eventually Western defaulted on a loan held by the now bankrupt Capmark Financial Group. As a result, the property will be auctioned off next month. Continue reading
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