Anonymous wrote:RIP Loehmann’s

You forgot border's

Anonymous wrote:I think part of it is design/architecture issues. It doesn’t *feel* appealing, somehow.

this is the answer. it's got a pretty decent concentration of stuff, but it's not appealing at all to walk around. the cars are whizzing by, the buildings are not very attractive, there's nothing interesting to see or do as you are walking from one building to another. it all feels very disjointed. and the parking situation is confusing and kind of a pain. just bad urban planning/design. maybe some kind of sidewalk vendors would be nice. or a xmas market in the open space in front of bloomingdales with a few vendors selling jewelry, crafts, donuts . . .

Anonymous wrote:Mazza is going to be torn down.

Really? When?

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Anonymous wrote:Westbrook Montgomery (aka, the ghost town near Cabin John park).

You must mean Westfield Montgomery, also known as Montgomery Mall. If you call it a ghost town, you can't be the least bit familiar with it. That in turn makes me wonder how much you really know about the other DC-area places you mention.

You're right about the name; thanks for the gracious correction. But I'll stand by my characterization of the mall as a ghost town -- compare to Tyson's for example. And, I've lived in CCMD, just a 10-minute walk from FH Metro for 20 years, so I think I do know quite a bit about the area.

Yeah, that's why there are lines of traffic fighting to get off the beltway and park at Christmas. It's a ghost town. Right.

Anonymous wrote:I heard a rumor that the Chevy chase pavilion building is shifting away from retail and going to become a medical building/docs offices.

I was so sad when H & M closed.

Yep - losing H & M and the Anthropologie really ruined it. I even miss the Ann Taylor Loft. And Loehmans - much better than Nordstrom Rack/Marshalls/TJMaxx.

My favorite in town shopping is Penn Quarter/Gallery Place - Zara, H & M, Urban Outfitters, Anthro, Loft, Banana Republic and more.

Adams Morgan used to have great boutiques...anyone know where all those have gone?

RIP Loehmann’s

All the high-end stores and department stores need to be moved to the White Flint Mall site. What’s left needs to be razed for condos and apartments with functional retail (grocery, restaurants, coffee shops, etc.) on the ground level. It’d be a better use of space for both areas, because FH is disjointed as is and Mazza is old and stale. All those stores in a brand new, better integrated place with better parking in White Flint makes more sense. Win win for both places.

OP I LOVE the Lord and Taylor at Friendship and am afraid it's days are numbered.

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Anonymous wrote:Westbrook Montgomery (aka, the ghost town near Cabin John park).

You must mean Westfield Montgomery, also known as Montgomery Mall. If you call it a ghost town, you can't be the least bit familiar with it. That in turn makes me wonder how much you really know about the other DC-area places you mention.

You're right about the name; thanks for the gracious correction. But I'll stand by my characterization of the mall as a ghost town -- compare to Tyson's for example. And, I've lived in CCMD, just a 10-minute walk from FH Metro for 20 years, so I think I do know quite a bit about the area.

OP I LOVE the Lord and Taylor at Friendship and am afraid it's days are numbered.

Mazza is going to be torn down.

Tenleytown and Chevy Chase, DC have just about anything anyone needs, very walkable and a lot of independent shops. FH is cookie cutter in a bad way.

Anonymous wrote:Westbrook Montgomery (aka, the ghost town near Cabin John park).

You must mean Westfield Montgomery, also known as Montgomery Mall. If you call it a ghost town, you can't be the least bit familiar with it. That in turn makes me wonder how much you really know about the other DC-area places you mention.

I'm not a fan of Amazon -- I need to touch and feel and try on before buying, plus Amazon's labor practices are appalling. I can walk to FH, but agree with OP that it's dismal, so I never shop there -- just get on Metro to go to work. I also hate driving and malls. So, basically, I never buy clothes here, unless I have no other choice. But when I go to Chicago for work -- every month or so for a couple of days-- I love walking up Michigan Avenue and over to the Near North Side, where I can shop at all the same stores that I'd find in FH or Tysons or Westbrook Montgomery (aka, the ghost town near Cabin John park). When I was in Chicago last month, I had two hours to myself and shopped at Patagonia and Madewell. With more time, I would have stopped in at Uniqlo and Reformation too . . . I'll definitely hit those next time. What makes that area more inviting is the street feel -- the architecture, people-watching, and pedestrian-friendly street grid.

There is no great shopping in SC. City Center and Tyson’s are the only decent shopping areas in the area.