3000 block of R St.
Georgetown is a Walker’s Paradise
Most Georgetowners don’t need to be told what a joy it is to walk around our neighborhood. So they won’t be surprised that it’s been “proven” scientifically that Georgetown is just barely a “Walker’s Paradise” according to the Walk Score website.
Although GM is hardly one to argue with that conclusion, frankly the methodology isn’t quite sound. When you type in an address, it tells you a list of the closest coffee shops, or pharmacies, etc. But when you type in 3000 M St., it helpfully points out that the closest grocery store is some outfit called “Emerging Markets Private Equity” on Thomas Jefferson St. Something tells GM that they don’t stock much fresh produce.
Filed under Around Town
The Morning Metropolitan
Sunset on Potomac by Brownpau.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Wisemiller’s Grill was broken into yesterday morning.
- Susan G. Koman “Breat Cancer 3 Day Walk” will come through Rose Park this morning.
- The Georgetowner digs a bit more into the story of Philadelphia Pizza.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
Survey of Historic School Buildings in Georgetown: The Wormley School
As part of GM’s continuing series on the historic school buildings in Georgetown today he explores the historically significant Wormley School.
The Wormley School
3325 Prospect St.
Built: 1885
Current Owner: Private residences
Brief Story: The Wormley School was built and opened in 1885.
James Wormley - Courtesy of Blackpast.org
It was built specifically to educate Black children and was named in honor of James Wormley, a prominent African-American from Washington who lived from 1819 to 1884. Among other ventures, Wormley ran the Wormley Hotel at the corner of 15th and H. Its proximity to the White House made it a perfect location for secret meetings between the Tilden and Hayes factions during the great election controversy of 1876.
Filed under The Schools of Georgetown
The Morning Metropolitan
Georgetown Hospital by Ehpien.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The Current reports that Fire inspectors think that while the fire on O St. started after Nadegsda Stanley passed away, a cigarette is not the suspected cause.
- Did a couple of guys really jump off the Key Bridge?
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
To the Georgetown Metropolitan,
GM occasionally receives an email inquiring about a particular building (e.g. “what’s going on with that construction?”). For instance yesterday he received this note:
I don’t know if you have ever noticed the building that stands on the SE corner of M and 31st Streets…It’s currently occupied by German television Channel 2, I believe. Anyway it is under scaffolding right now and I wonder what they are up to. It’s a beautiful old building but had some regrettable alterations – from a purist’s point of view – made to it over the years.
Ask, and you shall receive.
The current tenant of that space is ZDF (that’s “Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen” or, as the reader suggested, “German Channel 2”). ZDF is a German television station based in Mainz, Germany. Continue reading
Filed under Development
The Morning Metropolitan
Georgetown garden by Vpickering.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- MPD officially releases the name of the elderly woman who died in the O St. fire (or rather, as initial reports indicated, who’s death caused the fire on O St.). Nadegsda Stanley was 78 years old.
- Average price of homes sold in Georgetown dropped $120k from June to July.
- Gallery tour this Friday.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
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