Anonymous
Post 01/29/2024 12:15     Subject: Re:Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Anonymous wrote:Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?

It needs more urban vibrancy, density and bike lanes, of course!


Good call. Building more single family housing in greater Friendship Heights will definitely make it a more vibrant and attractive place for young successful professionals. Should also ensure there's lots of free and easily available parking while increasing the speed limits on the surrounding streets to make driving a breeze. That's the ticket!
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2024 18:45     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:IMO it served mostly as a retail destination with a lot of national chains. I don't think there was ever a big bar/restaurant scene, which is now evolving and will liven it up a bit (there was the sports bar, maggianos, and booeymonger?). I think the redevelopment will really liven it up once there are a lot more apartments and more experiential retail+food options

BOOEYMONGER IS BACK, BABY!!!
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/25/booeymonger-makes-a-comeback-in-friendship-heights/?fbclid=IwAR1safGOTI2H_h968Fbky_QryOJ-8reR9yeuCSas9hBy3DCCLMkQbV33mEk_aem_ARljDDqe4gtdMiutT8oJ3PE6nYw_oELVOju-ldDFvHbPXWBiLQ4ThgouRKn8kcyIh3c


I got a sandwich from there and it made Subway look good. No idea why people like this place.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2024 15:57     Subject: Re:Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Anonymous wrote:Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?

It needs more urban vibrancy, density and bike lanes, of course!


Yes, it obviously needs MORE small condos, not shopping or restaurants, no!
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2024 14:02     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
It's so lame because it's a gridlocked parking lot for a large portion of the day.

My kid has therapy once a week in downtown Bethesda. Traffic in downtown Bethesda might be worse than anywhere in downtown DC. It's a gridlocked zoo and it all starts bottlenecking in Friendship Heights.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2024 13:59     Subject: Re:Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?

It needs more urban vibrancy, density and bike lanes, of course!
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2024 13:58     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:IMO it served mostly as a retail destination with a lot of national chains. I don't think there was ever a big bar/restaurant scene, which is now evolving and will liven it up a bit (there was the sports bar, maggianos, and booeymonger?). I think the redevelopment will really liven it up once there are a lot more apartments and more experiential retail+food options

BOOEYMONGER IS BACK, BABY!!!
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/25/booeymonger-makes-a-comeback-in-friendship-heights/?fbclid=IwAR1safGOTI2H_h968Fbky_QryOJ-8reR9yeuCSas9hBy3DCCLMkQbV33mEk_aem_ARljDDqe4gtdMiutT8oJ3PE6nYw_oELVOju-ldDFvHbPXWBiLQ4ThgouRKn8kcyIh3c


That makes me smile.

Between this and Jon Stewart coming back the The Daily Show my week has greatly improved.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2024 13:47     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:IMO it served mostly as a retail destination with a lot of national chains. I don't think there was ever a big bar/restaurant scene, which is now evolving and will liven it up a bit (there was the sports bar, maggianos, and booeymonger?). I think the redevelopment will really liven it up once there are a lot more apartments and more experiential retail+food options

BOOEYMONGER IS BACK, BABY!!!
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/25/booeymonger-makes-a-comeback-in-friendship-heights/?fbclid=IwAR1safGOTI2H_h968Fbky_QryOJ-8reR9yeuCSas9hBy3DCCLMkQbV33mEk_aem_ARljDDqe4gtdMiutT8oJ3PE6nYw_oELVOju-ldDFvHbPXWBiLQ4ThgouRKn8kcyIh3c


That makes me smile.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2024 13:43     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Anonymous wrote:IMO it served mostly as a retail destination with a lot of national chains. I don't think there was ever a big bar/restaurant scene, which is now evolving and will liven it up a bit (there was the sports bar, maggianos, and booeymonger?). I think the redevelopment will really liven it up once there are a lot more apartments and more experiential retail+food options

BOOEYMONGER IS BACK, BABY!!!
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/25/booeymonger-makes-a-comeback-in-friendship-heights/?fbclid=IwAR1safGOTI2H_h968Fbky_QryOJ-8reR9yeuCSas9hBy3DCCLMkQbV33mEk_aem_ARljDDqe4gtdMiutT8oJ3PE6nYw_oELVOju-ldDFvHbPXWBiLQ4ThgouRKn8kcyIh3c
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2024 11:31     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Yes, it was called Tenley Circle when the stop opened in 1980. Metro changed it in 1989. If you were around back then, you likely never started calling it "Tenleytown" like most locals.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2024 11:15     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Yeah, I just found images of Metro signs on google. Says "Tenley Circle"
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2024 11:12     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tenley Circle (Not sure why this changed to Tenleytown...was always TC in the 70's and 80's, even on the Metro) was not a destination place for night life. Cleveland Park was more of that type of thing. When Maggies & Armands closed at TC, that took a big chunk of any nightlife you had there.


Tenleytown has been Tenleytown for well over 100 years. And the Tenleytown Metro station has always been the Tenleytown Metro station, never the Tenley Circle Metro station.


Incorrect. It was Tenley Circle and it was Tenley Circle Metro. If you called it Tenleytown in NW where I lived people would think you were not from the area.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2024 10:35     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Anonymous wrote:Tenley Circle (Not sure why this changed to Tenleytown...was always TC in the 70's and 80's, even on the Metro) was not a destination place for night life. Cleveland Park was more of that type of thing. When Maggies & Armands closed at TC, that took a big chunk of any nightlife you had there.


Tenleytown has been Tenleytown for well over 100 years. And the Tenleytown Metro station has always been the Tenleytown Metro station, never the Tenley Circle Metro station.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2024 10:32     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Tenley Circle (Not sure why this changed to Tenleytown...was always TC in the 70's and 80's, even on the Metro) was not a destination place for night life. Cleveland Park was more of that type of thing. When Maggies & Armands closed at TC, that took a big chunk of any nightlife you had there.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2024 09:59     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Always liked Bethesda. But Tenleytown is another matter.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2024 09:57     Subject: Why is Friendship Heights so empty and lame?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Friendship Heights was dead long before Covid… the days of Nordstrom Rack and TJ Maxx were not its healthy years. When it first emerged as a shopping area, it was the go-to for luxury, but City Center took all those stores. The rest went to Bethesda row or Pike and Rose. I remember reading in a survey group report that one respondent viewed FH as a dead zone between Tenleytown and Bethesda. Crazy to think that fifteen years ago, those were both unremarkable and people came from all over for FH.


Tenleytown and Bethesda were "unremarkable" in 2009? How about that.


Tenleytown was certainly unremarkable. Oooh, a Best Buy (?).