Comments on: Former Commander Salamander Space Becoming an M & T Bank in Georgetown

By: Toto Coelo

Toto Coelo — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:37:05 +0000

This is Wendy’s new (well, around for 2ish years?) place in Bethesda! It’s nothing like Commander’s, but I was happy to learn that she’s still in the fashion game! http://www.reddztrading.com/index.php
I worked in the office @ CS for a bit years ago – I loved the store and made quite a few long-time friends. It was the first place I bought hair dye. It lost a bit of magic for me when it expanded (taking over bootlegger). Even after the shiny expansion, I can’t imagine it in Georgetown now. I did shed a tear when it went under. Memories. Sniff.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:38:21 +0000

Let me clarify: The bank is BOR-ING not the duscussion on the loss of this institution. The loss of Commander Salamander is down right depressing.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:33:51 +0000

BOR-RING!!

By: jenster8dc

jenster8dc — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:03:05 +0000

Aw, man. I wrote an article about Commander Salamander for my high school newspaper back in the early 80s. (I wrote it on a typewriter. Just shut up.) My mom took me to Georgetown so I could interview the manager. I made her stay down the street when I went in, and I immediately fell in love with the guy I was interviewing.

I spent a lot of time and a lot of money in that store. Bondage pants, buttons, hair dye — now memories.

By: saf

saf — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:01:05 +0000

Remember youngsters, in the 80s, there were no Hot Topics.

Thrift stores for clothes and Commander Salamander for hair dye. (street vendors for jewlery and Tops for shoes.)

Then, off to the 9:30, or One Flight Up!

By: saf

saf — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:57:06 +0000

That was my first thought too. Proof that my college punk kid days really did end all those years ago.

By: DJ Jason

DJ Jason — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:34:31 +0000

+100!!!

By: 15th St NW Resident

15th St NW Resident — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:33:32 +0000

Fun fact of the day: Georgetown gentrified during the Great Depression when a ton of young, educated people moved to DC (and G-town) due to the New Deal. Prior to that, the neighborhood was rundown and a bit of a slum. Yes, Georgetown was the old Columbia Heights.

By: rjs

rjs — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:31:26 +0000

Yeah, it had become a joke towards the end, but in the mid to late 80′s early 90′s it was pretty cool. Georgetown was very different then, but then again I guess everything was.

By: pdmtp

pdmtp — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:25:50 +0000

That’s not true. Some of those spaces are CVSs.