More finishing touches are popping up as the team at Trader Joe's makes the final arrangements for the March 17 opening of the new grocery store at 7900 Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda. One addition is a set of Bethesda-themed artworks installed high on the walls, where they can be seen from around the store.
Scenes depicted include the crossroads of Old Georgetown Road, Wisconsin Avenue and East-West Highway, in which the new Marriott headquarters is replaced with a giant salt shaker; Glen Echo Park; the historic Bethesda Theatre; the Bethesda Metro Center; Bethesda Naval Hospital; the Clara Barton House; and - what else? - Bethesda Row. Trader Joe's private label products are interspersed with the otherwise photorealistic images.
Thank you, Robert, for another newsworthy post with information to be found nowhere else. Do you happen to know how much square footage this location has, compared to the old Trader Joe's farther down Wisconsin Avenue?
ReplyDeleteI will be curious to see how long Trader Joe's maintains two Bethesda stores.
ReplyDeleteAs was mentioned, I don't understand why they are keeping the other store open. That may be one of the worst commercial projects around. The parking is horrible and it's cramped, dark and dingy. No, I'll be happy to shop at this new location and not just because it's new.
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