Woodstock Street Shopping Center (Arlington, VA)

ID: 5400 ~ Source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress ~ Creator: James Rosenthal ~ Date: 2009

This file appears in: Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Suburban Movement

Woodstock Street Shopping Center (Arlington, VA)

Photograph: shopping plazas like this one in Arlington brought more retailers to the suburbs, making it easier for residents to access goods and services.

This file appears in: Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Suburban Movement

Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Suburban Movement

Because of DC’s unique status as the nation’s capital, residential development ebbed and flowed depending on a number of factors. One major factor included the need for federal jobs, which expanded greatly during times of war, and stagnated during…