With all the wealth, why aren't there better/more stores? These rich people want to walk to stores and restaurants and spend lots of money, don't they?

When DCA flight paths changed and made Georgetown uninhabitable.

When Patrick Ewing became coach

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Park used to be a great holiday shopping destination. It felt so local and Christmasy with a good Santa. No more

Funny you mention Santa in Georgetown - I am assuming that the one I mention was not the one you refer to, but I did see a guy in a santa suit dodging traffic, flask in hand, about 15 (?) years ago. I called the cops.

It was seen by white people as the safe, walkable, charming part of the city when so much of the rest of DC was going through the drug wars. And Cleveland Park was the only place to live, unless you wanted to be somewhere frontier-ish like Dupont Circle. (I remember being attacked by a drug addict outside the Peoples Drug in Dupont -- 1987 or so.) No one would think it safe to walk from Foggy Bottom to Georgetown because of the number of people assaulted near the bridge on Penn Ave over Rock Creek. (We used to swear there were trolls living under the bridge.)

Much of that has changed, as things always change. 100 years ago, the waterfront was made up of warehouses, and cement, steel, and other factories.

No parking , no metro , no bars.

Bars were made unwelcome by residents. Georgetown would be smart to have microbrew bars all over and be a destination .

I find that I go to Georgetown FAR less often than I used to. So many other fabulous dining options at the Wharf and elsewhere...

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Park used to be a great holiday shopping destination. It felt so local and Christmasy with a good Santa. No more

Yes!!

Georgetown Park used to be a great holiday shopping destination. It felt so local and Christmasy with a good Santa. No more

I used to wait tables at a French place in Georgetown, roam around Georgetown park mall, and live in a group house. Dance at the fifth column. It was a fun time.

Georgetown killed the goose that laid the golden egg.

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Anonymous wrote:to me, it died when all the bars closed down. third edition, garrets, Charring cross, nathans, the guards, chadwicks, mr. smiths. even old glory is gone and they were late to the party. i have no idea what is there now

This is what i was thinking. PP here. Is it still a wild place to go on Halloween?

No. For one they no longer close the streets.

PP you missed the Fishmarket. It was THE place to be in around 1983-84. It showed music videos on the big screen with Thriller being the main event. Then the scene shifted to Garrett's.

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Anonymous wrote:Traffic is a nightmare, parking is a nightmare, no metro access.

You just described 90% of DC.

+1

Thank you.

Anonymous wrote:to me, it died when all the bars closed down. third edition, garrets, Charring cross, nathans, the guards, chadwicks, mr. smiths. even old glory is gone and they were late to the party. i have no idea what is there now

This is what i was thinking. PP here. Is it still a wild place to go on Halloween?

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Anonymous wrote:What about that mall? Was it ever nice?

Sure was.

When? And when was it built?

It was gorgeous. We used to go there all the time in the late 80s. I'm not sure why it closed.

The PP should check out the link above, "Georgetown closed stores." Great descriptions of the mall and the stores in it. Very pleasurable shopping experience.