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Washington Senators Secure Moran of Georgetown
The front page of the Washington Times reported a big local signing in December of 1902 for the Washington Senators. They had inked the Georgetown shortstop, Charley Moran, to a contract
Washington Times Headline (1902)
District National Bank Branch Office (1924)
WOW. This one is awesome. It’s a colorized photograph from 1924 and it shows cars lined up outside the District National Bank, Dupont Circle branch.
I’ll need a little help locating exactly where this is. It’s highly likely that this building no longer exists. I can’t quite place it.
District National Bank, Dupont Circle (1924)
If Walls Could Talk: Au Pied De Cochon and 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW – Part 1
The Facebook post that spurred the most recent chatter was the question about which restaurant to research for a post. So, the second installment of “Reader’s Choice” will be a post about Au Pied de Cochon — which is now a Five Guys, like a quarter of the restaurants in the D.C. metro area. This was the suggestion from our reader Nick (sorry it took so long).
I do want to give two shout outs for a couple posts in the blogosphere that helped me out in my research … so, thanks to The City and the World and the Georgetown Metropolitan (photo below is from GM).
Au Pied de Cochon
Read about Au Pied de Cochon and its tenure at 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW below. The rest of the building’s history will be in the second part of this piece coming out tomorrow.
If Walls Could Talk: The Looking Glass Lounge – 3634 Georgia Ave. NW
This next installment of “If Walls Could Talk” will be the Petworth watering hole, The Looking Glass Lounge. This is one of my favorite places for a Sunday afternoon beer, especially in the warmer months, out on their back patio. I imagine the place will be packed this evening, and now you guys have another interesting conversation topic … what’s the story of the building inside which you’re drinking beer? So, let’s look into the history of the building at 3634 Georgia Ave. NW.
The Looking Glass Lounge, 3634A Georgia Ave. NW
I should also add that two businesses occupy the top floor of the building — Fission Strategy and Big Window Labs.
The Georgetown to Glen Echo Trolley
Here’s another cool old streetcar video. This is the The Washington & Great Falls Electric Railway line (“Cabin John Trolley”) from Georgetown. Disclaimer: the music is horribly cheesy, so you might want to mute it.
Here’s a little about it from Wikipedia:
Incorporated in 1892 and opened in 1895, The Washington & Great Falls Electric Railway began in Georgetown at 36th and Prospect Streets and ran in a private right-of-way along the lands of the Washington Aqueduct to Glen Echo and from there along the old tracks of the Glen Echo Railroad to Cabin John. Because the railroad never reached Great Falls, but instead terminated at Cabin John, it was often referred to as the “Cabin John Trolley”. It was acquired in 1902 by the Washington Railway and Electric Company. The railway was dismantled in the 1960s, but the former roadbed is still discernible in The Palisades and in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Related articles
- The Georgetown to Glen Echo Trolley (ghostsofdc.org)
- Glen Echo Park (raoulpop.com)
- Washington Senators Secure Moran of Georgetown (ghostsofdc.org)
- Palisades of the Potomac (1890) (ghostsofdc.org)
A Country Mourns With the Kennedy Family (1963)
The country was in mourning, having just lost our President a few weeks earlier in Dallas. This is a pretty somber, powerful and moving video of the Kennedy family leaving the White House and moving into their new Georgetown home at 3038 N St NW. There’s another shot of Jackie visiting JFK’s grave in Arlington Cemetery.
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