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You can file this under "Plus ça change." There is a long and proud history of people trying to lock the door immediately behind themselves.

A related tale: when the 1789 restaurant was being proposed, it was stridently attacked. One Georgetown neighbor took it upon himself to write the Archbishop of Washington:

"The clock on Healy Hall strikes … pealing forth over our neighborhood the ominous suggestion that our days as a residential community are numbered and soon … Georgetown University will extend all the way to Rock Creek."

These days, it's the treasured favorite dining room of the local landed gentry, to the point that Georgetown's proposed expansion of its library was challenged by neighbors on the grounds that the parking lot currently there fulfills an indispensable role - valet parking for 1789.

by Dizzy on Nov 16, 2011 1:46 pm • link • report

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