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Article: Red Onion Records: Small Shop, Many Layers
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- The Washington Post
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- March 18, 2007
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When you walk into Red Onion Records & Books, a new shop at 18th
and T streets NW, the first thing you notice is its size. Red Onion
is small. Very small. And yet it doesn't come off as cramped,
claustrophobic or cluttered. The book and music shop has an
accessible, comfortable feel -- an atmosphere that's all part of
the plan, says owner Josh Harkavy, 30, a Long Island, N.Y.,
transplant by way of Richmond.
"I've been to plenty of record stores where it is so crowded and
dingy that I barely want to look for records myself," he says. "And
I am an avid record collector."
His own extensive collection formed the initial stock when the
store opened in December. The vinyl stacks are filled ...