Wakefield Shopping Center (Arlington, VA)

ID: 5401 ~ Source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress ~ Creator: John Schwartz ~ Date: 1990

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

Wakefield Shopping Center (Arlington, VA)

Photograph: shopping centers like Wakefield Shopping Center were often built in suburban areas easily accessible by car.

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…