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A former owner of this lovely old Scot had toured the continent on it with the small chainring for the Alps. How about the twin headlights? a CTC badge mounted on the front rack.
Georgetown is a historic neighborhood, commercial, and entertainment district located in northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River. Founded in 1751 in the state of Maryland, the port of Georgetown predated the establishment of the federal district and the City of Washington by 40 years. Georgetown remained a separate municipality until 1871, when the United States Congress created a new consolidated government for the whole District of Columbia. A separate act passed in 1895 specifically repealed Georgetown's remaining local ordinances and renamed Georgetown's streets to conform with those in the City of Washington.
The primary commercial corridors of Georgetown are the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue & M Street, which contain high-end shops, bars, restaurants, and the Georgetown Park enclosed shopping mall, as well as the Washington Harbour waterfront restaurants at K Street, NW, between 30th and 31st Streets. Georgetown is home to the main campus of Georgetown University and numerous other landmarks, such as the Volta Bureau and the Old Stone House, the oldest unchanged building in Washington. The embassies of France, Mongolia, Sweden, Thailand, and Ukraine are located in Georgetown.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed an audience on ‘Scotland, Brexit and the Future’ as part of Georgetown’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security’s Women World Leaders Week.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with Joel Hellman, Dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States. Georgetown administers 180 academic programs in four undergraduate and three graduate and professional schools, and the programs in international affairs and law are particularly selective and well regarded. In addition to its main campus, renowned for the neo-Romanesque Healy Hall, Georgetown operates a law center on Capitol Hill, as well as auxiliary campuses in Italy, Turkey, and Qatar.
Abandoned rails, Georgetown.
Shot hand-held with a Sony NEX7 and the SEL1018 ultra wide zoom.
The streets of Georgetown are largely paved with setts -- often mistakenly referred to as 'cobblestone' -- sett stones are quarried and shaped to form a more even roadway, and are a more 'modern' method -- but still as old as Roman roads. Sometimes described as 'Belgian blocks'.
The rails are long abandoned, and in some instances recently returned for appearance's sake.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed an audience on ‘Scotland, Brexit and the Future’ as part of Georgetown’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security’s Women World Leaders Week.