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The Marlow Heights Shopping Center is an open air shopping complex located in Marlow Heights, Maryland, on Branch Avenue (Maryland Route 5) at St. Barnabas Road (Maryland Route 414), and is positioned just south of Iverson Mall. ==History== The Giant Food store opened at the $10 million shopping center on with of store space, on September 16, 1957.〔"37th Giant Store Opens On Monday," ''The Washington Post and Times Herald'', Sep 14, 1957, p. B7〕 At the time it opened it was the largest and most expensive shopping center in the Washington, D.C. area.〔"Marlow Heights Shop Center Nears Start of Construction," ''The Washington Post and Times Herald'', Jul 21, 1956, p. 35.〕 On August 29, 1960, Maryland Gov J. Millard Tawes opened the Hecht Company's new $4.5 million, store.〔"Hecht's to Open 5th Area Store," by Frank C. Porter, ''The Washington Post, Times Herald'', Aug 28, 1960, p. B6.〕〔"New Hecht Store Opens in Suburbs," by Marie Smith, '' The Washington Post, Times Herald'', Aug 30, 1960, p. B6.〕 This was the fifth Hecht Company store to open in the Washington, D.C. area. This addition to the original center expanded the site to .〔"Capital Commerce," by S. Oliver Goodman, ''The Washington Post, Times Herald'', Apr 30, 1960, p. B18.〕 Smaller shops included a Bond Stores outlet. The Hot Shoppes restaurant at Marlow Heights was the final location in the chain to close (on December 2, 1999).〔"Last Taste of a Tradition; In Marlow Heights, Hot Shoppes Closes Its Doors and an Era," ''The Washington Post'', December 3, 1999, by DeNeen L. Brown.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marlow Heights Shopping Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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