Originally Posted by
slawecki
before you were born, i guess, rosslyn was pawn shops and whore houses. rosslyn was recreated in the 60's. m st beyond wisconson ave was pretty shabby also.
Not before I was born, but I didn't arrive in DC until the 70s as a lowly Hoya freshman. I still remember the stench of Georgetown's Hopfenmaier rendering plant, and Georgetown, Arlington and Alexandria were TEEMING with divey bars.