Park and Shop, ca. 1960 (credit: Cleveland Park Historical Society) Back to Cleveland Park They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Park and Shop 07/17/2017 Washington DC by Jacob Kaplan “Immaculate” and “modern to the nth degree” read a Washington Post ad one December day in 1930. Sounds intriguing, but what dazzling, new technology was it describing? A television set? One of those new electric razors? Penicillin?The answer: a strip mall. View full article on Boundary Stones Last Updated: December 17, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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