Continuing with the theme of the U Street corridor’s retail retraction, turns out now Pop on 14th is closing. I asked the owner why yesterday and she said: a) because she has another store in Brooklyn and has been living in NY the past three years already, and b) Target. The new Target in CH has apparently lessened the market for her wares.

Now, I never quite thought Pop was quite right for the market here — the clothing all seemed really young for the neighborhood, both too expensive for the lower income residents (as compared to, say, Milo), and not well-made or sophisticated enough for the higher-income ones. But I guess it must have worked well enough for a number of years — the owner now is going to open an online store, ShopPop.com, as well as maintaining her Brooklyn shop.