The Georgetown Metropolitan

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• As part of DC Water’s work on K St., there will be a bike route detour starting today.
• Fantastic DIY ghost walking tour for the neighborhood.

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, GM explores a snapshot of a lovely pool, now long gone. The photo, above, is taken from the April 17, 1932 issue of the Washington Times. The caption reads:

An unusual view in the rear of the old Dumbarton Club at Wisconsin Avenue and R St. now the residence of Alexander Kirk.

The property was featured because it was on the annual garden tour (which was only on its fourth edition that year). The article elaborates that the Dumbarton Club was “in years gone by the mecca of well known Capital tennis players.” It was open to the public for the first time that year.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Interesting history of the Whitehurst Freeway.
• An official behind a GU fraternity is in some hot water over the way he used his position for personal benefit.

If you are a registered voter, you should have received a mail-in ballot over the last week. And if you live in northwest Georgetown, I hope you will fill it out to vote for me for ANC! Here is how it appears on the ballot:

I’ve discussed my priorities for the ANC here, but if you’re a regular reader of the Georgetown Metropolitan you’ll know that, above all else, I love Georgetown and am wholly dedicated to it. I will bring the passion and commitment I’ve brought to this website to the role of ANC commissioner. I hope I’ve earned your support over these 15 years (and counting) covering our great neighborhood.

Here is a map of the SMD to see if you live in my district:

The district is mostly just north of Volta and west of Wisconsin, with the exception of the upper part of 32nd St. and the nearby blocks of Reservoir, R and S streets.

If you can and will vote for me, first, thank you!! Second, if you can, please let your neighbors know about your support, it is worth a million bucks in terms of persuasion. I’m in the process of canvassing, and if you’d be willing to accompany me on your block, I’d be hugely grateful! Please email me and we’ll set it up!

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Last night at about 5:00 there was a car jacking at 34th and Volta. A food delivery driver was out of her car when the thieves stole it and sped the wrong way up 34th St.
• Hobo bags opens in former John Fluevog space.

The annual Volta Park Fall Fest is set to take place this Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The weather looks like it will be a perfect autumn weekend, so come on out!

(And hopefully we can get a good long dry spell in before then to fully dry out the field. As recent visitors to the park surely saw, a leaking pipe was flooding the entire northwest corner of the park for months. After hearing from increasingly upset residents (including GM), the city finally came and shut the water off a couple weeks ago. At which point it promptly rained for four days straight….)

Here’s the info on the Fall Fest:

Volta Park’s Fall Festival is back on Saturday, October 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Families and friends come together each year for live music from bluegrass band Split String Soup, food prepared by the Georgetown University Grilling Society, carnival games, a petting zoo, bouncing on two bounce houses, face painting, and more!

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Great photo from the top of Healy Hall showing west Georgetown in the 1890s.
• Berliner set to close on Oct. 23rd due to construction of the new hotel. Some itteration of the restaurant will likely return once the hotel is complete.

A new mattress store is coming to Wisconsin Ave. Specifically, Sleep Number is coming to 1239 Wisconsin Ave.

The signage on the window indicates that it’s coming Summer 2022. As you may have noticed, Summer 2022 is now in the past. So lacking a time machine, Sleep Number will probably not open by then. (And were they to actually have a time machine, they probably should get into a different business than selling mattresses.)

This business will fill a space that has been empty a couple years since the Ann Taylor Loft closed.