Georgetown's Kickk Spott caters to local sneakerheads

Wale, D.C.'s most successful rapper, emerges from the Wisconsin Avenue shop wearing a purple, fur-lined hoodie and bright yellow sneakers. As he walks out on a recent Friday afternoon, around 60 customers are in line waiting to get into the shop he and his entourage have just departed. The store is Kickk Spott, and for local sneakerheads, it's a little slice of heaven in Georgetown. Brimming with individually shrink-wrapped Air Jordans and rare pairs of Nikes that are kept behind glass, it's the...