Good Friday morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Wingos maybe moving to M St.
- Four Seasons is like one big hybrid engine.
- Lines at Georgetown DMV longer since other service centers shut down.
The Morning Metropolitan
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Hurt Home Offers Due Friday
All bids to buy or lease the historic Hurt Home on R St. across from Montrose Park are due this Friday. GM reported this last month. His best guess for what will take over that space is high end condos. Although given Wormley Row’s slow sales, maybe condos aren’t the best choice.
A list of potential suitors after the jump:
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Harry Jaffe apparently thinks parties in Georgetown are all full of coke.
- You might find a gorilla trying to give you a deal around town this weekend.
Photo of C & O Canal by Flickr user dasmart used under Creative Commons.
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A Survey of the Historic School Buildings in Georgetown: the West Georgetown School
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Last week GM began a new series, a survey of the historic school buildings of Georgetown. Today he continues with the second school building: the West Georgetown School.
West Georgetown School
1640 Wisconsin Ave.
Built: 1911
Architect: Snowden Ashford
Current Owner: American College of Surgeons
Current Use: Commercial Office Space
Brief Story: You wouldn’t think it was once a school from looking at it, but the elegant Neo-Georgian building at 1640 Wisconsin Ave. was once the West Georgetown School.
There were actually two West Georgetown Schools. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- In case you missed it, GM totally got Roy Blunt’s house sold in a day flat. Anyone else out there need to sell a once-owned-by-JFK-house pronto? MoDo?
- NBC4 (via CityShopGirl) finds a denim deal at Barneys Co-op.
- Egyptian President likes Mortons, long walks on M St. with heavy security.
Photo of Washington Canoe Club by Flickr user Rory Finneren used under Creative Commons license.
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Safeway Hardship Discount Over
Safeway recently gave us one less reason to stay loyal during the construction of Social Safeway Mark II. As GM pointed out, Safeway offered an automatic 10% discount to Georgetown residents when they shop at one of Safeway’s other stores. GM naively thought this hardship discount would last during the extent of the construction. He found out last weekend that that’s not the case. Apparently Safeway stopped the discount in July.
GM didn’t notice until his Safeway Club Card discount seemed only as big as, well, a normal Club Card discount. The cashier verified our suspicions, the 10 percent discount was discontinued. Presumably Safeway figures whatever habits Georgetowners will form during the construction have already formed.
And hey, how’s that construction coming anyway? Construction photo after the jump: Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The produce (and everything else) at Dean and Deluca getting unintentionally steamed.
- Two looks at the slowly-heating-up town and gown issues in the West Village.
- A few more details on Ann Hand closing up shop.
Photo of Baked and Wired fare by Flickr user Vasta used under Creative Commons.
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