Lover’s Lane
Sidewalks of Shame – Charter Member
By the time this post appears, the first few snow flakes of a supposedly historic snowstorm should be falling on Georgetown. Just Wednesday GM issued a call for photos of egregious non-sidewalk shovelers. So far he’s only received one entry. Surely this snowstorm will provide additional competition.
But to see if he can’t shame a few more homeowners into doing their duty, GM is posting that one photo he received. It’s from the corner of Wisconsin and R St.
The photo highlights one of the common causes of icy sidewalks: corner lots. In this particular case, the owner might be forgiven into think that the BID would clear the Wisconsin Ave. sidewalk (clearly the BID doesn’t and given the steep grade, the owner really should be especially certain it’s cleared). But as a general rule, as a corner lot homeowner, you have the responsibility to clear the sidewalk on the whole length of your property, not just the side you exit from. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Snowy Georgetown by Jim Malone.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown Visitation student teams with mentor for rewarding partnership.
- Georgetown’s getting another Circulator: Council approves new Circulator route to replace remaining Blue Bus route. The old route appears to be not affected by the change.
- Psst, the best places to sled around Georgetown are Montrose Park and Archibold Parkway (just South of Reservoir).
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How Many Bars Do You Have?
Cell Phone Tower by Forklift.
Do you have a T-Mobile or Verizon Wireless cell phone? Congratulations, you’re cell phone service is about to get better. GM noticed on the No Action calender for last week’s ANC meeting that new antennas for those cell phone companies are going to be installed on buildings in Georgetown.
This won’t help out GM, who finally made the jump to iPhone last summer before realizing his block is an AT&T deadzone. But this got GM wondering, what sort of cell phone coverage do you get on your block?
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Dine with 1789 executive chef Daniel Giusti.
- The Hoya looks into how many off-campus students received 61D citations, which comes with an arrest record.
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Clear Your Sidewalks!
Adorable Shoveler by Bigwibble6.
This has been the worst winter DC has seen in recent memory. Last night was the fourth respectable snowfall in a season that has already seen one blizzard. That said, citizens’ responsibility to shovel their sidewalks is all the more important in a winter like this.
So in the interests of keeping our sidewalks clear, GM is deputizing his readership to keep an eye out during the rest of the winter for flagrant violators of the keep-your-sidewalk-clear law. As you see flagrant violators, whip out your cell phone or camera and take a shot (preferably showing all the other sidewalks clear) and email it to Georgetownmetropolitan(at)gmail.com.
GM will choose the best shots, publish them and try to leverage a little public shaming into safer sidewalks.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by edwhitaker.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Council debates the future of the Circulator in Georgetown.
- Georgetown Cupcake to get its own reality show.
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