Dumbarton Oaks—Cloud Terrace

Photos of Cloud Terrace an installation at Dumbarton Oaks by Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot. A few other photos from Dumbarton Oaks, and sunset from Holy Rood Cemetery.


Dumbarton Oaks 11/18/2012

Springtime in Georgetown

The daffodils are about gone, but I did go out this evening to get a few photographs of spring flower. Click the image below to see the full set.


Springtime in Georgetown - 4/2012

Christmas in Georgetown

After all the garish decorations for Halloween in Georgetown, the Christmas decorations are a bit more restrained. Here are a couple photographs.This must be the narrowest house in Georgetown, and has a wreath half as wide as the entire house.


Christmas in Georgetown - 2011

Yesterday on the Canal

A photograph from yesterday on the Canal in Georgetown.


Canal/River - 2011

Halloween in Georgetown

Some Photographs I took this morning around the east side of Georgetown.


Halloween in Georgetown - 2011

Sen. Percy & the Georgetown Waterfront

Sen. Charles Percy died this morning, just days after the opening of the final section of the Georgetown Waterfront Park. Going back to the 1970's, Percy was one of the primary promoters of the creation of the park.

Percy was a Republican senator back in the day when the term liberal Republican was not an oxymoron. I also I remember him fondly, because I wrote a paper about him in college that I got an A on.

Here is a photo of the plaque honoring him in the park, as well as a photo I took of the fountain at dusk tonight.





Georgetown Waterfront Park - 2011

Georgetown Waterfront Park

Today was the opening of the last section of the Georgetown Water Front. This culminated efforts that started in the 1970's to turn the industrial waterfront on the Potomac RIver into a public park. The completion of the final section was delayed when tons of concrete rubble was found buried in the ground, and had to be removed and trucked off.

It was a somewhat sad occasion. Former Senator Charles Percy, who lives in Georgetown, was one of the longtime backers of development of the Park. Percy, now 91, was supposed to speak, but it was announced that he could not make it, because he is gravely ill in the hospital. His daughter, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, spoke in his place.

Here are some photographs that I took. The fountain is at the foot of Wisconsin Avenue.



Georgetown Waterfront Park - 9/13/11

Dumbarton Buffalo

This is one of four buffalo, sculptured by Alexander Phimister Proctor, residing on the ends of the Dumbarton Bridge that carries Q Street from Georgetown to Dupont Circle, and across Rock Creek Park. This is the one on the North West corner of the bridge.


Sculpture - 2011

Tree Cutter's Stimulus

I think maybe we should look at the hurricane as a tree cutter's stimulus package. Certainly there are enough of them employed in my neighborhood now. I think this tree just got tired, and needed to rest against this row house. It was soon cut up anyway. The first photo was at 8:30 this morning, the second one at 12:30 this afternoon.


Earthquake\Hurricane Irene

Lessons Learned

The flood walls raised at Washington Harbor to keep out Hurricane Irene.


Canal/River - 2011

Canalworthy?

I posted a photography of the Georgetown canal boat a couple weeks back. Since then things for the boat have taken a turn for the worse. It has been removed from the water after tests determined that the wood inside has rotted. Further tests are planned to determine if it is salvageable. Here is what it looks like now.


Canal/River - 2011

Patrick Dougherty

A few weeks back I posted some pictures from Dumbarton Oaks. A couple of those photographs contained mysterious stick structures. Here is an article from the Washington Post about Patrick Dougherty, the artist who created them. And here is a video of Dougherty discussing his work.

The Old Stone House

I have added a couple photographs to my Georgetown photo set, including this one of the Old Stone House. Normally there is a set of stairs up to the door on the second floor. They have recently been torn down, so I guess they are being replaced.

Georgetown 2011

Rowing on the River

A photograph of rowing on the Potomac, off Georgetown, earlier this evening.

Canal/River - 2011

Dumbarton Rock

A video of Dumbarton Rock in Scotland.

In the 1703 Ninian Beall was granted 795 acres on the hill over looking Rock Creek, and the Potomac River. He named this estate the Rock of Dumbarton, presumably because the view of river from this hill reminded him of the view of the Clyde River from Dumbarton Rock, in his native Scotland.

Beall had an adventurous journey from his homeland to what was then Maryland. In Scotland he fought for the Royalist forces against Oliver Cromwell. He fell prisoner to Cromwell's Army in 1650, was sentenced to five years servitude, and shipped to Barbadoes. In 1652 he was then shipped on to Maryland, to finish his sentence. From here he went on to acquire 1,000's of acres, including a large chunk of what is now Washington, DC. Much of the land was granted to him in return for his services fighting the Indians. More Information here

My apartment building stands on ground that was once part of the Rock of Dumbarton Estate. So here is where it all started.

Goldfish Pond

A photograph I took today at Georgetown University. This is the only photograph in this set so far.

Georgetown 2011

Canal Boat Returns

After being dry docked for the winter, the Canal Boat has returned to the water in Georgetown. I took this photograph tonight.

Canal/River - 2011