Park and Shop, ca. 1960 (credit: Cleveland Park Historical Society)

Park and Shop, ca. 1960 (credit: Cleveland Park Historical Society)

They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Park and Shop

“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.

Last Updated: December 17, 2020