Building Museum Tackles Brutalism
• August 15, 2024

Brutalism, which flourished for about 25 years — from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s — is the architectural style that people love to hate. Labeling it Cold War architecture […]

Profs & Pints DC: Unbuilt Washington—The City That Never Was
• May 2, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Unbuilt Washington—The City That Never Was,” with Martin Moeller, adjunct lecturer at the University of Miami, editor of ArchitectureDC magazine, and author of the fourth, […]

Ciné-Concert: The Blood of a Poet
• January 23, 2024

New score performed live by Matthew Nolan and Erik Friedlander The Blood of a Poet (Le Sang d’un Poète), the first part of Jean Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy, is considered one […]

The History and Architecture of Georgetown and Washington DC
• August 16, 2023

Georgetown was founded in 1751, predating the establishment of the federal district by 40 years, and remained a separate municipality until 1871. Many of the country’s founding fathers met in […]

Profs & Pints DC: Unbuilt Washington—The City That Never Was
• June 26, 2023

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Unbuilt Washington—The City That Never Was,” with Martin Moeller, adjunct lecturer at the University of Miami, editor of ArchitectureDC magazine, and author of the fourth, […]

90th Georgetown House Tour Has Thunderous Conclusion
• April 24, 2023

The hot tea, homemade crustless cucumber, olive, tuna and chicken-salad sandwiches and lemon, orange and chocolate cakes were greeted with special joy by dozens of somewhat bedraggled participants of all […]

Real Estate: Office-to-Residential Conversion at 2715 M St. NW
• January 23, 2023

A proposal is on deck for converting an office and retail building located at 2715 M St. NW into a residential building. The location, on the outskirts of Georgetown, currently […]

Georgetown House Tour Draws Record Crowds on a Perfect Day 
• April 25, 2022

It was a beautiful sunny, slightly breezy spring day in the 70s with blossoms in the gardens, as people of all ages stood patiently in sometimes long lines waiting to […]

Tudor Place, Historic Gem, Fully Reopens March 4
• March 3, 2022

Strolling up 31st Street towards Dumbarton Oaks, you may pass by another historic Georgetown gem without realizing it. Between Q and R Streets, glance over toward 32nd Street and you’ll see […]

The Taft Mansion Finds Its Proper Stewards  
• January 12, 2022

Almost two years ago, The Georgetowner published a short history of the neighborhood’s most expensive crumbling property, the Taft Mansion at 1688 31st NW which was once owned by Senator Robert […]