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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown drains overflowing sewage?
- Come on down and grab a deal at Smith and Hawken before it closes.
- Vox Populi tracks some recent campus burglaries.
Photo by Flickr user Ehpien used under Creative Commons.
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Georgetown Library Plans
GM was alerted by DCist and We Love DC that the plans for the renovated Georgetown library are available online. GM saw them from afar briefly during an ANC meeting last winter, but it’s nice to see them up-close without having to sit through two hours of applications to replace old windows.
Above is an image of the new library’s lobby. It will retain a lot of the traditional feel of the old library, but will open up the space considerably. After the jump, more of the images:
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The brand spanking new pizza place, Fratelli la Bufala, is apparenly already closed. That would possibly set a record for shortest life-span for a restaurant in Georgetown.
- American Apparel isn’t backing down from threats of vandalism.
- WashBizJo visits Four Seasons’ new brunch.
Photo b Flickr user La Citta Vita used under Creative Commons.
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After Spring Thaw, Georgetown Real Estate Crashes Further
First the good news: this spring, Georgetown had a mini real estate bubble. Now the bad news: like all bubbles, it popped. Hard. And it wasn’t a widely experienced bubble anyway. Check out the chart of average price per square foot over the last 12 months (in red) with the listing prices (in blue):
Courtesy of Redfin.Com
There appears to have been a run up in listing prices over the winter, which in turn drove up the average price of the sales. However, in spring the listing prices plummeted about 16%, and the sales prices fell even harder at 21% down, and dropping fast.
But did that uptick even represent a boom, or did it just mean only the expensive homes were being listed and sold? The overall volume numbers seem to indicate that that may have been the case:
Courtesy of Redfin.com
So it appears that after a brief thaw in the sales of more expensive homes, the Georgetown market has continued its downward march in volume and price. GM has noticed that homes on his block have been selling at 2003 prices. Have you noticed the same?
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown American Apparel receives homophobic threat; Silver Spring store already vandalized.
- The Georgetown cocktail party, deconstructed.
- Don’t forget the Rose Park Farmers Market tomorrow.
Photo of Baked and Wired Sign by Flickr user Advertisingelyse used under Creative Commons.
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WMATA Re-Evaluating 30 Series Changes
Tonight at 6:30 pm at St Columba’s Episcopal Church at 4201 Albemarle St. in Tenleytown WMATA will be hosting a public meeting on the 30 series. Last year WMATA adopted several significant changes to the line, incorporating semi-express routes and chopping up the line into shorter segments. GM evaluated some of the changes here, and found that they short-changed Georgetown. To wit:
While it was slow, it had an incredibly short headway of only 3-6 minutes (meaning there is only 3-6 minutes between buses). From a Georgetown perspective, the 30 Series offered a very frequently non-transfer ride straight through downtown or up to Cathedral Heights, Tenleytown or Friendship Heights…After the changes only three lines go through Georgetown: the 31, 32, and 36. Moreover, the 31 bus only goes to Foggy Bottom. The crosstown route now only comes every five minutes during peak and only every fifteen minutes during off-peak. That’s a significant cut in service, particularly for the off-peak hours which is when a lot of Georgetown’s senior citizens use the 30 Series to get around.
To WMATA’s credit, they are taking the chance to re-evaluate the changes and see whether they’ve worked out as planned. Are you unhappy with the changes? Come to Tenleytown tonight and let your voice be heard.
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