The store opened in 1965 in Northtown and H Street was its third location, though all the records of those early years burned. Immediate shock has been supplanted by the work of creating a manifest of what was lost for the insurance company. “We gotta get that back.” Wherever they find a temporary place, the plan is to return to H Street. Shields, who says he’s only recently been able to dedicate himself to making art, laments, “Peggy lost so much more than me. … People in the community and people who collect my work were so generous … it was such a validation.” An artist’s work, she says, is often solitary and she didn’t expect the outpouring.