![]() This final printed version, produced in 2010, contains 32 volumes and weighs129 pounds. To show a true sign of the times, Parade magazine claims that Americans purchased 120,000 printed sets in 1990, and Encyclopaedia Britannica made $650 million in revenue. The website is continuously updated, it’s much more expansive, and it has multimedia.” “Some people will feel nostalgic about it. “It’s a rite of passage in this new era,” Cauz said. The company put its first encyclopaedia on the internet in 1994. Communications director Tom Panelas, said the company produced the first digital encyclopaedia in 1981 (distributed through LexisNexis) and its multimedia encyclopaedias were invented in 1989. “We just decided that it was better for the brand to focus on what really the future is all about,” said Encyclopaedia Britanica president Jorge Cauz. With the new digital age and demand for constant news updates, the company can no longer keep up with the times through its printed version. Moved to Chicago by a new owner, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., has been on bookshelves across the world year after year, day after day. The 32-volume print sets will be discontinued the 2010 Encyclopaedia Britannica set is its final printed version.įounded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768, the encyclopaedia was a creation of the European Enlightenment which challenged the status quo of the day. Now, after 244 years, Encyclopaedia Britannica announced March 13 that it will no longer be printing its reference publications. We’ve already waved good-bye to video cassettes and pay phones. For additional information, visit Encyclopaedia Britannica Ends Print Run, Fully Embraces Digital World Michelle Kingston This is the ninth new executive offices facility Carr Workplaces opened in the past year. ![]() The Georgetown center was designed for collaboration, with a large open co-working room filled with co-joined desks complete with phones and wireless internet access ? useful for independent professionals who need ultimate flexibility. It is the first to offer shared common workspaces alongside conventional private office space. **Carr Workplaces**, a provider of alternative workplace solutions, has opened its latest business center in the heart of Georgetown at 1050 30th St., N.W. Register at **Dandelion Patch has moved to Book Hill** at 1663 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., (former spot of the Magic Wardrobe), but the Magic Wardrobe is still there, just next door at 1661 Wisconsin Ave., N.W. Parking Panda matches driveways and other private spaces with drivers who really need to park it. **It’s like ZipCar for parking spaces:** Private parking spaces available and shown online. It is run by Garrett Bauman, also of Annie Creamcheese vintage clothing. **Crave is a new sandwich and salad eatery on Potomac Street**, where GoFresh used to be. In California for years, Milko (Todorovic) is now at Roche Salon at Washington Harbour on K Street. **Hairstylist Milko has returned to Georgetown**. We are scouting new locations in Georgetown along with a possible downtown sister location.” Crepe Amour will also relocate to the Vienna/Tysons Corner area as well as launch a food truck, Crepe Love, in April (Find the truck’s position on Twitter Adler Furniture is slated to open March 22** at 1267 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., where GapKids used to be. “As difficult as the current circumstances are,” Suku continued, “our story is far from over. Suku comes from a family which has owned and operated businesses in Georgetown over the last 25 years. The rent on the property has “more than doubled,” Suku told his customers in a farewell letter, “making it difficult for us to survive as a business at a location where we have been tenants for the past 15 years.” **Crepe Amour Is Closing for Good** Co-owner Sri Suku confirms that the popular eatery at 3291 M Street will close Saturday, March 31. ![]() since 1933 at Wisconsin Avenue and N Street, will be closed for kitchen renovations until 5 p.m., Thursday, March 29. One of Georgetown’s most famous restaurants and its oldest tavern plans to close Sunday, March 25, at 5 p.m. Temporarily** Don’t freak out it’s just temporary. ![]()
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