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1200 Block of 31st St.

The 1200 Block of 31st St.

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1500 Block of 31st St.

1500 block of 31st St.

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Georgetown’s Lost Beatnik Past

Bohemian Landmark?

Think Georgetown in the 1950’s and 60’s and most people think of JFK and socialite doyennes.  Almost totally forgotten from those days in Georgetown is a coffeehouse and a community of beatniks and free-spirits once located in a small courtyard off 31st st. Nowadays it’s the office complex called Hamilton Court at 1232 31st. St. Find out the wine-soaked pot-scented history of this perfectly ordinary looking office complex after the jump:

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Cannon Seafood Admits to Illegal Fish Trafficking

Cannons Seafood

As reported in the Post, on Thursday the owners of Georgetown’s Cannon Seafood on 31st St. pleaded guilty to violating the Lacey Act, which prohibits individuals or corporations from creating false records for fish, and from transporting, selling, or buying fish harvested illegally.  

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Around Town

Seen around Georgetown right now, snow:

Be careful with all those terrible drivers today.

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