in a story in today's WashPost about the Shakespeare Theatre Company's new Sidney Harman Hall across from the Verizon Center's ticket booths on F Street, WashPost cultural writer/critic Philip Kennicott had a great lede that perfectly encapsulated the Main Street USA Disneyland vibe of Chinatown:
Sixth Street near Verizon Center is one of those curious Washington dead spaces. Only a block away, on the redeveloped Seventh Street NW, there is teeming nightlife, a forest of signs and logos and other enticements to eat, drink and shop. It is a suburbanite's fantasy of urban life -- brand names and bright lights -- but love it or hate it, there is bustle there.
in a story in today's WashPost about the Shakespeare Theatre Company's new Sidney Harman Hall across from the Verizon Center's ticket booths on F Street, WashPost cultural writer/critic Philip Kennicott had a great lede that perfectly encapsulated the Main Street USA Disneyland vibe of Chinatown:
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