After 10 years, will Northwest D.C. neighborhood get a new Giant?
(Courtesy Interface Multimedia / COURTESY INTERFACE MULTIMEDIA ) - A rendering of a proposed development in Northwest Washington called Cathedral Commons. Giant wants to make over its store there as part of a mixed-use development. The project has been a source of contention in the neighborhood for more than a decade.
By Lori Aratani
Washington Post
5/10/2011
"Nearly 10 years ago, Trudy Reeves moved to McLean Gardens, lured in part by the promise that a new Giant supermarket would be built within walking distance.
Today, there is a Giant nearby on Wisconsin Avenue, but the ’50s-era store with low ceilings and cramped aisles can hardly be called state-of-the-art. So Reeves, 68, takes the bus to do the bulk of her grocery shopping elsewhere.
In the history of the District, few redevelopment battles have been quite as bitter or as enduring as the one that has been waged over the supermarket in this Northwest Washington neighborhood..."
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