Then and Now and Future: Park View/Petworth commercial corner
Then: Photographed in March, 1965, the southwest corner of Georgia Avenue and New Hampshire, NW. The store on the corner is the Orchid Dry Cleaners. (Historical Society of Washington, Emil A. Press Slide Collection, Buildings at the intersection of Georgia and New Hampshire Avenues NW, #PR 1086A).
Now: This lot has been vacant at least since Metro initiated construction for its final Metro stop in the original plan. The Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro, across the street to the north, began service on September 18, 1999.
Future: A rendering of the proposed CVS for the location. As Petworth News reported yesterday, construction is scheduled to begin late this fall, with the store expected to open in late spring of 2010.