Georgetown's Retail Past, 9781493093625
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Georgetown’s lost shops: A journey through history, one store at a time.
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Georgetown's Retail Past

generations of shops and restaurants in one of america's great historic neighborhoods

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  • Paperback

    410 pages

  • Release Date

    2 March 2026

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Summary

Georgetown’s Retail Past: A Walk Down Memory Lane

Step back in time and rediscover the bars and restaurants, mom-and-pop shops, and bustling storefronts that shaped historic Georgetown.

Georgetown’s Retail Past is a history of retail stores in Georgetown, from the town’s eighteenth-century founding into the 1980s. That history reflects and illustrates trends in the economy generally and in retailing specifically, such as the transition from horse-dr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781493093625
ISBN-10:1493093622
Author:Kenneth G. Peters
Publisher:Globe Pequot Press
Imprint:Globe Pequot Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:410
Release Date:2 March 2026
Weight:0g
About The Author

Kenneth G. Peters

Ken Peters is a retired real estate lawyer who came to Washington in 1971 to go to law school, fell in love with the city, and never left. This is the first book to result from his lifelong interest in the history of Washington. Ken and his wife Ann Marie live in Georgetown.

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