Comments on: Gratuitous Shot http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/30/gratuitous-shot-10/ Your neighborhood news source Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:23:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mr.Gobbles http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/30/gratuitous-shot-10/comment-page-1/#comment-63044 Mr.Gobbles Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:24:16 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=5543#comment-63044 Should we compare with Montgomery Mall that was packed to the gills on Black Friday? Perhaps it's because MM has, like, good stores and stuff? City Place is a waste of retail space. It truly has nothing of value. Steve and Barry's was marginally acceptable - it was a great place to get T-shirts and work out clothes. But that's gone now... Should we compare with Montgomery Mall that was packed to the gills on Black Friday? Perhaps it’s because MM has, like, good stores and stuff?

City Place is a waste of retail space. It truly has nothing of value. Steve and Barry’s was marginally acceptable – it was a great place to get T-shirts and work out clothes. But that’s gone now…

]]> By: Susan Sermoneta http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/30/gratuitous-shot-10/comment-page-1/#comment-62962 Susan Sermoneta Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:42:26 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=5543#comment-62962 Thanks for using my picture. I often visit family near Silver Spring, and we do end up there for the bookstore, movie theater (always a kiddy film), Whole Food, and ice cream places. And then that mall.... which I went into for the first (and last) time last week. Thanks for using my picture. I often visit family near Silver Spring, and we do end up there for the bookstore, movie theater (always a kiddy film), Whole Food, and ice cream places. And then that mall…. which I went into for the first (and last) time last week.

]]> By: tj http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/30/gratuitous-shot-10/comment-page-1/#comment-62828 tj Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:10:04 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=5543#comment-62828 they should bring slot machines to city place mall. Afterall, DTSS is designated for arts and entertainment. they should bring slot machines to city place mall. Afterall, DTSS is designated for arts and entertainment.

]]> By: Springvale Roader http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/30/gratuitous-shot-10/comment-page-1/#comment-62819 Springvale Roader Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:12:11 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=5543#comment-62819 Ah, the magic of black & white photography. Were it not for the cheesy food court tables, that could almost be a shot of the lobby of some grand hotel. Ah, the magic of black & white photography. Were it not for the cheesy food court tables, that could almost be a shot of the lobby of some grand hotel.

]]> By: brh http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/30/gratuitous-shot-10/comment-page-1/#comment-62813 brh Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:07:18 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=5543#comment-62813 Agree with Steve. It's pretty telling when your 'actual stores' are a Marshalls and a Payless. City Place Mall is just such a… shame. On the other hand, I spent much of Black Friday at Pentagon City, and felt that the crowds there were rather thin as well. Didn't really feel the sales were so great this year, they seem to get worse and worse as time passes… Agree with Steve. It’s pretty telling when your ‘actual stores’ are a Marshalls and a Payless. City Place Mall is just such a… shame.

On the other hand, I spent much of Black Friday at Pentagon City, and felt that the crowds there were rather thin as well. Didn’t really feel the sales were so great this year, they seem to get worse and worse as time passes…

]]> By: tacodaemon http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/30/gratuitous-shot-10/comment-page-1/#comment-62794 tacodaemon Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:41:32 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=5543#comment-62794 I dunno, I was there in the evening that day and it was pretty crowded, at least in the areas with actual stores like around the Marshalls and Payless and especially the food court. I dunno, I was there in the evening that day and it was pretty crowded, at least in the areas with actual stores like around the Marshalls and Payless and especially the food court.

]]> By: Steve http://silverspringpenguin.com/2009/11/30/gratuitous-shot-10/comment-page-1/#comment-62792 Steve Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:28:39 +0000 http://silverspringpenguin.com/?p=5543#comment-62792 This photo really does capture the problem that is Sh**ty Place Mall - it's not a bad physical space (don't get me wrong, it could definitely be improved but I don't think my initial inclination is to blow it up), but it's populated with incredibly crappy stores that no one wants to visit. I'm really at a loss to explain why the owners of the mall persist with sub-par tenants given the very positive demographics of the sorrounding neighborhoods. This is a head-scratcher that has been talked to death on the various blogs, but until the owners either overhaul the tenants or close the mall we'll continue to wonder why Sh**ty Place Mall is so sh**ty. This photo really does capture the problem that is Sh**ty Place Mall – it’s not a bad physical space (don’t get me wrong, it could definitely be improved but I don’t think my initial inclination is to blow it up), but it’s populated with incredibly crappy stores that no one wants to visit. I’m really at a loss to explain why the owners of the mall persist with sub-par tenants given the very positive demographics of the sorrounding neighborhoods.
This is a head-scratcher that has been talked to death on the various blogs, but until the owners either overhaul the tenants or close the mall we’ll continue to wonder why Sh**ty Place Mall is so sh**ty.

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