For Seafood Entrepreneur Greg Casten, the Point is ‘The Point’
WEBJul 22, 2021 · Greg Casten of The Point as well as Profish and other restaurants. Located at 2100 2nd St. SW, this massive restaurant on Buzzard Point’s newly developed waterfront “is a really special spot,” Casten exults, with its unique nautical “vibe.”. A soaring interior and huge outdoor patios with panoramic vistas are backed by a state-of-the ...
New Life for Holy Rood Cemetery - The Georgetowner
WEBDec 21, 2020 · More. Holy Rood Cemetery, located on a hill above Georgetown, has new life. Holy Trinity Catholic Church and Georgetown University have recently completed the long-awaited restoration of this beautiful, sacred space. Holy Rood was established in 1832 as Holy Trinity’s parish cemetery. Its unusual name is taken from the Scottish “haly ruid ...
Graham Mansion Dispute Nearing End? | The Georgetowner
WEBMay 12, 2021 · The vacant mansion at 2920 R St. NW. Georgetowner photo. The drawn-out dispute between neighbors over renovations to one of Georgetown’s most treasured historic mansions, formerly owned by the late Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post, surfaced again at the May 3 meeting of the Georgetown …
The Kennedy Center: A Fresh Look for Its 50th Anniversary
WEBSep 16, 2021 · Celebrating its 50th anniversary this September, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts deserves a fresh look. As the nation’s preeminent “national cultural center,” it has served for 50 years as a unique global institution. No other arts enterprise has done as much to showcase, preserve, celebrate and educate the …
Homelessness: A Growing Neighborhood Concern | The ... - The …
WEBSep 3, 2020 · Positive developments regarding the issue of homelessness include the reopening of Georgetown Ministry Center at 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. “Modified window services” are being offered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Among them are coffee and snacks to go, mail pickup ...
Celebrate Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week, Jan. 15-21
WEBJan 11, 2024 · Dine Out. Take Out. Eat Up. So begins the special offerings and discount listings for this winter’s Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week – a celebration of area restaurants and the “diversity of world-class cuisine” in the region – from Jan. 15-21. Sponsored by the Washington Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington’s (RAMW) – of Rammy Awards fame – this season’s ...
Our Black History ... in Georgetown | The Georgetowner
WEBFeb 20, 2019 · Roaché’s family was part of “Black Georgetown Remembered,” a 1989 video and book project by Georgetown University, authored by Kathleen Lesko, Valerie Babb and Carroll Gibbs. Crediting the university, Roaché calls the book “an encyclopedia of Georgetowners’ shared experience.”. University Confronts Slavery Ties.
Who Lives Here Georgetown | The Georgetowner
WEBOct 17, 2013 · Each year around the Georgetowner’s anniversary, we list a few of the more famous who live in this remarkable neighborhood, so full of history, so grateful of its present well-to-do situation -- and so hopeful of its future achievers, now arriving or being born. Those who lived in Georgetown include Thomas Jefferson, William Corcoran, Francis Scott Key, Alexander Graham Bell, Jack and Jackie ...
Mapping Georgetown: Growing Up on Poplar Street, NW
WEBJan 31, 2022 · Chris Chaconas grew up at 2718 Poplar St. NW. in the yellow house with the green shutters shown here (middle). Photo courtesy of Chris Chaconas (from 2015.) In our Mapping Georgetown project, it’s been a delight to discover how Georgetown’s alleyways have yielded such fascinating local histories. Poplar Street, NW in Georgetown.
Why Is D.C. Losing So Many Residents? | The Georgetowner
WEBDec 27, 2021 · Just last year on Tax Day, April 15, 2020, Washington, D.C. was reported to be growing for the 14th straight year. According to Census Bureau statistics, D.C.’s residential population grew “more than 14 percent from 2010 to 2020, from 601,723 in the 2010 count to 689,545” in the 2020 count, a “healthy gain,” according to reporter ...