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2010: The Year That Will Be
Last week, GM bid 2009 adieu and labeled it a bit of a transitional year for Georgetown. Why transitional? Well, many places went (or stayed) dark last year. 2010 will be the year when a lot of lights get turned back on.
Below are just a few of the closed establishments that will open their doors in 2010:
Safeway – Target Date May 2010
It’s hard to believe that it’s been eight months since Social Safeway closed down. But according to the recently amended schedule, the new and improved Safeway will open its doors May.
Don’t expect the new Safeway to look like the old one, just closer to Wisconsin. No, the new Safeway is part of the chain’s overall rebranding effort to stake out a place closer to Whole Foods in the grocery spectrum. If you want a peek at what it will look like, stop by the City Vista Safeway by the Convention Center sometime.
GM will just be thrilled not to have to hike out to the Palisades anymore.
Apple Store – Target Date May 2010
A year ago this month, the whole city was lamenting the failure of Apple to obtain approval of its designs for a new store on Wisconsin Ave. A year later, the designs are approved and construction well on its way. Or rather, deconstruction well on its way. The old French Connection building is gone. Supposedly the new building will be constructed between now and May.
While Safeway is supposed to open in May as well, GM’s predicting that Apple will make a bigger initial splash. Continue reading
Filed under Real Estate, Retail
The Morning Metropolitan
Bundled up by the Georgeotwn Waterfront by MuohaceDC.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetowner to auction off legendary wine collection.
- NBC stops by GM fave Bistrot Lepic.
- American Eagle closes up.
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2009 – A Georgetown Year in Review
2009 was the first full year of the Georgetown Metropolitan’s existence (except, of course, for it’s earlier existence as a genuine newspaper). While there were certainly some nights when GM has to stretch for content, overall Georgetown provided plenty of stories this year to fill these pages. So before we ring in 2010, GM wants to take one more look back at the year that was in Georgetown.
A Bad Apple Turned Good
2009 started off with a bang in Georgetown as Apple had four different designs rejected for its proposed store at 1220 Wisconsin Ave. While the decisions to reject the designs weren’t being made by “Georgetown,” there were howls of complaints from commentators who should know better lamenting about the monied-elite squashing their dreams of a District-based Apple Store.
The fact is that Apple simply made several bad decisions, perhaps out of pique, before they finally realized what they were up against. The first design was rejected based on the mild complaint that the wall of glass along the sidewalk was too monotonous:
Rather than actually address those concerns they went off the deep end and proposed these two successive designs, which may have their own merit but which are completely inappropriate for Georgetown:
Two designs later, Apple finally got a design approved by simply going back to the first design and making the glass wall slightly less monotonous. You know, like the Old Georgetown Board was asking for from the beginning. Continue reading
Filed under Celebrations, Restaurants, Retail, The Schools of Georgetown
The Morning Metropolitan
Dixie Liquors by Kevin H.
Good morning Georgetown, hope you’re already chilling your champagne by now:
- Are you missing an orange cat?
- Looks like it’s going to be a messy New Year’s Eve, why don’t you keep safe by keeping it local tonight?
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Georgetown’s Real Estate Results for 2009
As 2009 draws to a close, GM has decided to take a look back at the Georgetown real estate market for the last year. After crunching the numbers, GM has reached the predictable conclusion that it wasn’t a good year for sellers.
There were 199 homes sold in Georgetown in 2009. The average/median listing price was $1,374,447.13/$1,050,000. The large disparity between the median and average prices reflects the fact that the Georgetown market has a handful of extremely expensive properties.
Of course the more interesting number is what the sales price was. Not surprisingly, it’s a lower number than the listing price. The average/median sales price was $1,251,778/$975,000. Continue reading
Filed under Real Estate, Uncategorized
The Morning Metropolitan
Paolo’s by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Can’t wait till tomorrow to ring in the new year? Then head over to the City Tavern tonight for a Penultimate New Year’s Eve.
- Speaking of celebrating New Year’s early, you can catch the legendary Ahmad Jamal one more time tonight at Blues Alley before having to pay double for the honor tomorrow.
- If you’re heading out to Mei N Yu for New Year’s, try to get there before 9:00 to see Chi Chang, a real life terra cotta warrior.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
Sarah’s Market Dry Cleaning Service Starts Up
As described back in May, Sarah’s Market got approval to start offering dry cleaning services. The plan involved setting aside about a third of the store’s floor space for a clothing drop-off/pick-up area (no actual dry cleaning or laundering will occur on the premises).
After an extensive remodel, the store started its dry cleaning services yesterday. The dry cleaning services will be provided by Hurt Cleaners in Arlington. The dry cleaner window will be open from 7 AM till 7 PM Monday through Saturday. On top of dry cleaning, minor alteration services will also be available.
As an introductory special, there will be a 20% discount on all services until January 1.
Filed under Retail
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