WHERE WE LIVE | A D.C. tourism mainstay has a redeveloped waterfront to go with its old-world charm. : For many, Georgetown is an idyllic centerpiece of the District’s charm. The community in Northwest has cobblestone streets, trendy boutiques and an alluring waterfront that have made it a neighborhood unlike any other in the city. It has been a D.C. tourism mainstay for years. Founded four decades before the nation’s capital, Georgetown is in the National Register of Historic Places, becoming the first historic district in the city in 1950.