July 14, 2006

A Row on the Potomac

By SAMANTHA HENIG

Building a boathouse has hardly been smooth sailing for Georgetown University. Nearly 20 years after Georgetown began negotiating with the National Park Service about a new home for its men's and women's rowing teams along the Potomac River, the proposed site remains empty, and some local groups hope to keep it that way.

Georgetown shares a facility with several other teams, and few dispute the need for a new boathouse. But cycling and preservation groups object to the planned location