Category Archives: Stores of Georgetown
The State of Georgetown: 2010
In one of his earliest posts, GM documented all the stores in Georgetown that are on M St., Wisconsin Ave., or just off these two corridors. The study was inspired by an article by the great Marc Fisher lamenting the … Continue reading
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BID Sticks With a Good Thing
GM has given the BID a hard time in the past about its website. For the $30,000 it has budgeted for the website, it lacks a good deal of sparkle. In fact, GM has heard it unfavorably compared to one … Continue reading
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Retail Tenants Finally Gaining the Upper Hand?
Well probably not, but there was an interesting article in the New York Times yesterday discussing the fact that with the economic downturn, a lot of smaller retail shops who would have otherwise been cast aside for higher paying tenants … Continue reading
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More From That Survey
After posting that chart listing all the businesses in Georgetown that are on either Wisconsin or M (or just off either), GM realized there were some errors in the chart that needed the be corrected: The Georgetown Mall’s shops were … Continue reading
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Baby’s Got Me Locked Up in Chains
The inimitable Marc Fisher wrote a heartfelt piece the other day about the plight of Carol Joynt, her Nathan’s Restaurant, and the overall non-generic nature of Georgetown. Mr. Fisher writes: All around Georgetown and other retail areas, struggling merchants scramble for … Continue reading
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