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District Grocery Stores (DGS) was a cooperative of small single-room grocery stores in Washington, DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia.It operated from 1921 to 1972. [1] The goal was to leverage the volume of purchasing power of the cooperative to negotiate better prices from wholesalers and therefore improve their competitiveness.
Map of Washington, D.C., with Chinatown highlighted in yellow. Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017. The current neighborhood was the second ...
The ROC kept it away from the People's Republic by transferring it temporarily for $10 in 1978 to a third-party owner, the Friends of Free China Association, [7] and purchased it again in 1982. [8] In the meantime, the Taiwan Relations Act of April 1979 provided additional legal protection to the Republic of China's ownership of Twin Oaks.
Canton Fair Complex. The Canton Fair Complex (Chinese: 广交会展馆; Jyutping: gwong 2 gaau 1 wui 2 zin 2 gun 2), formerly known as Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center (Chinese: 广州国际会议展览中心; Jyutping: gwong 2 zau 1 gwok 3 zai 3 wui 6 ji 5 zin 2 laam 5 zung 1 sam 1), is located on Pazhou Island in the Guangzhou (Canton City) in the People's Republic of ...
It is a free-trade zone near Hong Kong and Macau. The zone covers an area of 116.2 square kilometres and integrates three existing bonded zones in four areas — Nansha New Area in Guangzhou (60 square kilometres), Qianhai and Shekou Industrial Zone (Qianhai Shekou Subdistrict) in Shenzhen (28.2 square kilometres) and Hengqin Subdistrict in ...
BHG Mall near Anheqiao North station, Beijing SKP Beijing, a luxury mall under Beijing Hualian Group. The Beijing Hualian Group (Chinese: 北京华联集团; pinyin: Běijīng Huálián Jítuán, using the trademark BHG) is a leading Chinese retailer founded in 1998, headquartered in Beijing.
Union Market is a food hall located in Washington, D.C. It anchors the Union Market District, a neighborhood encompassing high-rise apartments, office buildings, retail, and entertainment options. It was formally known as Union Terminal Market when it started as a replacement market center for the old Center Market located near the National ...
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue (now Western Market), formerly known as The Shops at 2000 Penn and Red Lion Row, is a shopping center and eight-story office complex located on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. It forms a busy gateway into the main campus of the George Washington University, which owns the property. [2]