<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I'm sad to see them go too. I only found out about East-West a month ago by doing a Google Search for nearby hardware stores.<br>You could also go to the Hardware store in the Beltway Plaza mall. They aren't as exciting as E-W, but they are knowledgeable and very happy to help you.<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 10/8/08, Sarah Wayland <i><sarah.wayland@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland@gmail.com><br>Subject: [RP TownTalk] East West Hardware closing....<br>To: "TownTalk" <towntalk@riverdale-park.org><br>Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 5:23 PM<br><br><pre>Just saw this note on the University Park e-mail list. I'm really sad.<br>We've gone there since our neighbor recommended them about a month<br>after we
moved here in 1995. Now we will *have* to go to the Home<br>Despot or Loathes (as we call them.)<br><br>:-(<br><br>-Sarah<br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>Date: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:00 PM<br>Subject: {Univ. Park List} A sign of the times...<br><br><br><br>A major resource in the area that helps me do repair work on the 30's,<br>40's, and 50's built homes in our community is closing. East – West<br>Hardware in Hyattsville will close its doors on 27 November.<br><br>I use them for a variety of period-related and utilitarian items but<br>especially for the plumbing parts necessary to keep our vintage baths<br>going. They also are the area's source for window glass and have an<br>excellent small engine repair shop. East-West is a throw back to the<br>days when local stores carried the items and the expertise necessary<br>to serve their communities.<br><br>While customers haven't been able to just browse through the store
in<br>many years, Gene, Cecelia and the staff know where everything was in a<br>small store that carries thousands of items. Personnel always took<br>the time to cheerfully help with anyone's unique hardware<br>requirements.<br><br>The combination of escalating lease costs and constant pressure from<br>the impersonal behemoths like Home Depot and Lowes (the latter is<br>infinitely better in catering to the homeowner), has caused E-W to<br>finally give up the ghost.<br><br>While Gene has already begun to mark down some inventory, plans are to<br>have a bigger markdown in November. If you have patronized E-W in the<br>past I urge you to stop by and thank them for their commitment to the<br>community. And bring along a list of those odds and ends you' ve been<br>meaning to pick up.<br><br>If you've never been to East-West, they are located on 410 past the<br>Home Depot about a mile on the right. Stop in and get a last dose of<br>nostalgia before it's
too late. And, if any of your children are<br>planning to hit a ball through one of your windows, ask them to do so<br>before the end of November.<br><br>UP Handyman<br>_______________________________________________<br>TownTalk mailing list<br>To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<br>TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org is for automated subscription processing<br>only<br>http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk<br><br>For more information about Riverdale Park, visit<br>http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>