Convention Center Spurs Land Rush; District Development Displacing Businesses From: The Washington Post | Date: June 27, 1987| Author: Tom Precious | Copyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

When the Washington Convention Center was hailed at its 1983 opening as the old downtown's economic savior, H Street restaurateur Tung Lam Shu envisioned booming business from the millions of conference-goers promised for the area.

Since then, more than 4 million trade show attendees and conventioneers have come and gone through the center. But Shu, like other small-time retailers nearby, is barely hanging on to his Great Shanghai Restaurant at 809 H St. NW.

Today, Shu is on t...