Georgetown is DEAD. Georgetown used to be so much FUN. So what happened?

[Anonymous]

Do you remember the place that would sell fake id's in the back of the store?

[Anonymous]

Georgetown is living in the past in a world that is quickly evolving around it.
That’s also true of GU.

[Anonymous]

I've lived in DC for 13 years and literally never go to Georgetown unless I want to go to the movies and the AMC has a screening I can't find anywhere else. Pre-kids I would sometimes go for a long hike in Rock Creek and end up getting lunch on M st (remember that fish place that did really simply grilled fish and veg? that was good.) Also the Barnes and Noble. It's always a pain to get there, and I absolutely LOATHE walking down the crowded M st sidewalks.

[Anonymous]

I'm doing work at a sidewalk cafe here and it's more packed with pedestrians than many other places in DC. some may be tourists but it's not dead for businesses.

[Anonymous]

Charing Cross still there?

I was at Clyde's a week ago for a Thursday lunch. It was packed.

[Anonymous]

Georgetown retail is struggling just like retail everywhere. Same problem is happening in New York. People are shopping online. I'm someone who will spend money for quality clothing and linens and housewares and I'm now almost exclusively buying from online retailers, including luxury goods. I still go into stores to browse mainly to confirm sizes and appearances in reality but then I go home and order online.

Lq

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They didn't want the Metro and now they're paying the price......hahahahaha!

That’s why Georgetown has some of the highest housing prices in the area.

[Anonymous]

Commander Salamander back in the day...

[Anonymous]

I wish they would just convert those tired old storefronts into smaller condos/row houses. People would love to live on M St or Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand putting a Capitol One Cafe @ the corner of WI and M. Maybe I have no vision but I just don't see how these Capitol One Cafes can survive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Charing Cross still there?

I was at Clyde's a week ago for a Thursday lunch. It was packed.

Charing Cross burned down years ago. Too bad my kids won't be able to go there starting when they're 15 like I did.

[Anonymous]

I think the brand got ruined. There used to be a mix of shopping high and low, independents and chains.

Now its almost all gross chains, and the combo of h&m / tjmaxx / dsw killed it for me, along with the 7-11, just no. I dont want Rockville crammed into DC. I want unique, with some basic chains like gap if I need some gym shorts on no notice for my kids, etc. But not all chains. it's just gotten totally forgettable. Why bother?

Also with the new big box cut price stores the crowd has just gotten gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you remember the place that would sell fake id's in the back of the store?

Those were the worst fake ideas but back in the late 80’s nobody cared. Good times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what went wrong?

High retail rents?

Other areas of DC were developed and Georgetown could not keep up?

Everybody grew up, matured and simply moved on?

I don’t think it’s dead at all. We enjoy Georgetown shopping and there are some really great new eateries and smoothie places there. Yes there is a block on Wisconsin which has several shops which are empty and that is a little depressing but besides that there are many other areas which have been built up quite nicely. A few of those buildings that can’t keep commercial should become residential.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the brand got ruined. There used to be a mix of shopping high and low, independents and chains.

Now its almost all gross chains, and the combo of h&m / tjmaxx / dsw killed it for me, along with the 7-11, just no. I dont want Rockville crammed into DC. I want unique, with some basic chains like gap if I need some gym shorts on no notice for my kids, etc. But not all chains. it's just gotten totally forgettable. Why bother?

Also with the new big box cut price stores the crowd has just gotten gross.

This.

Also 14th st has a much hipper vibe.