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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This morning's Washington Post has a nice article on the thriving upscale shopping district downtown that's doing more business post-pandemic than pre. Near City Center, the flagship Apple Store and a flagship Macys bookend the shopping district.

Not far away the National Theatre, Warner Theatre, and Ford's Theatre round out the bustling theater scene. And now with the reinvestment by Monumental in the downtown arena, the sports entertainment scene will thrive for decades to come.

The FBI site redevelopment should bring in even more retail, entertainment and food options worthy of a world class city. And the bloop (blue line loop), an innovative K Street Transitway, and all the office to residential conversions in the pipeline will further strengthen the downtown customer base.

So much for all the doomsayers. [/quote]

The "nice article" mentions the Peruvian Collection store in 10th and F Street as a signal of downtown business revival. That store closed weeks ago because of all the problems Downtown DC has: low people traffic, crime, mentally unstable people wandering around downtown, etc. What a joke of journalism1[/quote]

That store was always empty because they have horrible looking clothes. It outlived its usefulness. Their demographic no longer shops downtown. They shop at the old lady stores in Montgomery Mall. The other stores in the block are thriving - Zara, Sephora, Express, Lululemon, etc.[/quote]

That must be why there is no J Jill downtown. Our honored citizens typically don’t shop for their outfits downtown. [/quote]

Hipper ones do. I shop at Zara and City Center equally. I would not be caught dead in a J Jill.[/quote]

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