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Re: "The Metro is no subway"

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From: Robert Coe
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 00:00
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On Wed, 10 Jul 1996 18:30:41 -0500, jwhitesi@concentric.net (John
Whiteside) wrote:
: I was in Georgetown for the first time in quite a while and was
: struck by how many vacant storefronts there are on Wisconsin Avenue. 
: 
: If a trendy, overpriced little store can't survive in Georgetown,
: where can it?

Newbury St, Boston.

: There were far more empty stores than I've been seeing in Dupont
: Circle, Woodley Park, or Adams Morgan. Maybe if people could get
: there without dealing with traffic and parking those stores would
: be doing better...

FWIW, there are three subway stations on the portion of Boylston St that
parallels Newbury St one block away.
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From: bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe)
Subject: Re: "The Metro is no subway"
Date: 1996/07/14
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