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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The area was hopping around 2007. Barneys was there, Bloomingdales was brand new. Lots of shopping options in the pavillion. I loved seeing movies at Mazza. (Ward 3 needs more cinemas, but that's another post.)

I think online shopping and covid were the causes. But I'm not sure the new options are going to be much better from a retail perspective. DC used to be the place to go to shop, not people in DC have to go to the burbs to shop. 
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[b]FH never had much residential.[/b]  I can only hope that all the new development at Mazza, the old Fox 5 and the DSW building which all include a major residential element will allow the new retail to succeed.

It feels like there is a lot of residential stuff when you go West of Wisconsin over the MD border, but that residential trends elderly and it is surprising how far of a walk it actually is when you map those buildings to the intersection of Western and Military.  [/quote]

WTH are you talking about? The Maryland portion of FH is literally the densest CDP in the country. Maybe the residential stopped at the DC line, but there are huge apartment buildings just steps over the border. And in five years, the DC portion will be hugely built up with residential.[/quote]

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