Weekend Round Up April 26, 2018

April 26, 2018

Filmfest DC comes to an end this weekend, when two annual events will take place in Georgetown: French Market and the House Tour.

Georgetown Gateway Designs Shared

April 23, 2018

The designs will be presented at the next meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E on Monday, April 30, and are expected to have a preliminary review by the Old Georgetown Board soon after. 

Georgetown Theater Building Sold

April 12, 2018

Robert Bell, who bought the formerly rundown property at 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW in 2013, sold the iconic Georgetown building in early March to Martin-Diamond Properties LLC.

Gateway Designs to Be Shared April 19

April 9, 2018

The design work for the Georgetown gateways project was awarded by the Business Improvement District to architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle last February after a competitive bidding process.

Modern Trousseau and Angolo Replace Hitched, Pier 2934


Revolving retailers and restaurants in Georgetown: one bridal shop takes another’s place on Wisconsin Avenue and Italian subs for Cajun on M Street.

Not a Good Friday for Georgetown Zara

April 5, 2018

No explanation was given for the closure of the Wisconsin Avenue store. Signage referred customers to locations in Bethesda, Maryland; Pentagon City and Tysons Corner, Virginia; and downtown Washington, D.C.

Remembering APRIL 4, 1968: The death of Martin Luther King Jr.

April 4, 2018

A bulletin had just come in reporting Martin Luther King’s wounding by a sniper in Memphis. Shortly after, a second flash told the world of his death.

Georgetown Main Street Picks Board of Directors, Offers Grants


It’s been almost six months since the District Department of Small and Local Business Development designated the new nonprofit organization Georgetown Main Street to receive a $174,000 grant, meant for […]

Feds Deny Plane Noise Complaint

April 2, 2018

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit determined that the Fair Skies Coalition’s argument against new flight paths ran into “procedural and substantive obstacles.”

ANC Monday: MedStar, S&R, ABC, the Wing


On the April agenda: an update from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Regarding Georgetown University’s Central Utility Plant Project.