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Join us Saturday, May 16, 2:00 PM for the discussion, Georgetown' Retail Past, featuring author Ken Peters and realtor Jamie Peva, as they explore the history of retailing in the neighborhood.
Join us Saturday, May 16, 2:00 PM for the discussion, Georgetown' Retail Past, featuring author Ken Peters and realtor Jamie Peva, as they explore the history of retailing in the neighborhood.
Georgetown’s Retail Past is a history of retail stores in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, over the decades when the original eighteenth-century tobacco port became a working class neighborhood, later a restored historic enclave, and in the 1980s a retail destination. The history illuminates trends that changed retailing, including the transition from horse-drawn to automobile transportation, the advent and growth of home appliances, the decline of the barbershop, and the evolution of the grocery and laundry businesses (Ken Peters).
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Educational Program |