Destination Design: Where to shop on 14th Street NW
(Amanda Voisard / FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
The hottest design neighborhood in town, 14th Street between Thomas Circle and U Street NW, has no official name. Yet this once rundown corridor is becoming Washington’s street of dreams, an edgy retail destination for furnishing an entire home or picking up accessories for an apartment or condo.
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