Wednesday, July 19, 2006
History, me complaining, history, stuff about the immediate hood (Truxton Circle) and the surrounding neighborhood (Shaw), gentrification, demographics, and some more history.
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4 Comments:
I've been to that one to get my Mac serviced too. The parking is terrible but my iMac is too big to carry on the metro.
The Pentagon City Mall aslo has a Mac Store, it's metro accessible and much larger.
Friendship Heights like, or Reston Town Center? It is amazing how much it has changed over there. Even the old 7-11 on Wilson is gone in courthouse.
I is definately different, although not completely sure it is better. The same has happened in Silver Spring, a bunch of chains in a small area. Kinda strange.
But, they actually have places to eat, and good stores to shop as opposed to TC.
Parking there isn't too bad if you're willing to use the garage. The Apple store will validate for like half of it and Whole Foods validates 2 hours free. The Arlington County Dept. of HHS also has free parking evenings and weekends several blocks away.
I lived in Clarendon for decades before moving to Shaw a year ago. I saw it go from its funky Little Saigon phase to the current yuppie haven it has become. I have mixed feelings about what happened to the area, especially the invasion of all the chain stores and restaurants. I basically knew it was all over when Cheesecake Factory opened up.
But I gotta say it would sure be nice to have some of those businesses, eateries, and services around here. In Clarendon, I could walk to my bank, post office, 20 restaurants, shoe repair shop, hardware store (now gone, alas), Whole Foods, Container Store, Barnes & Noble, Stein's Costume & Theatrical store, etc. in just a few blocks. It would be sweet to have even a few of those amenities around here.
That's one reason I like what Shaw Main Streets is trying to do, and I wish our ANC reps would quit bickering with each other and help support fledgling business that would give us something beside plexiglass-protected corner stores that sell nothing but singles and lotto tickets.
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