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Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey- Part 5 Life After Metro

Mary De Luca — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:21:36 +0000

The late 1970s– I66 was being built through Arlington along with the metro. Now the Arlington planners take advantage of it’s new metro stations with a 20 year plan for growth around the metro stations. These planners have given us the Arlington we know today.

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Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey- Part 3 The 1960s

Mary De Luca — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:59:23 +0000

In the 1960s, Arlington was out. Moving away from the city to Fairfax county was in. But– everyone still worked for the Federal Government in DC. The only way to get to DC from Fairfax county was the drive through Arlington. Even today- every road connecting Virginia to DC is in Arlington. The Arlington County Board stood strong and was not going to let Arlington be just a overpass from Fairfax. You gotta love these guys! They are the reason why I66 is still only 2 lanes through Arlington.

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Arlington Smart Growth Journey- Part 2 The Boom

Mary De Luca — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:51:25 +0000

In this chapter of Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey you’ll hear from long-time Arlington residents and their lives after WWII. I love these long-time residents- their oral histories are a treasure to the history of the county. Here you’ll learn about the start of its development plans with Rossyln.

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The Rap On Arlington

Mary De Luca — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:52:03 +0000

A big shout out to GoRemy for a funny look at Arlington on the Orange Line. He puts the urban in urban village! Check out his website for other raps.

He’s already been on the local news. Hey– Remy– come to Shrilington and let us know what you think!

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A Snowy Georgetown and Arlington

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:56:42 +0000

We had some snow here in the DC area yesterday. It was a nice snow until it turned to sleet and a rainy mist by the evening.

I was lucky enough to have an early appointment in Georgetown. So I took some pictures in Georgetown and on my way to my second appointment out in Fairfax, I stopped by the Iwo Jima Memorial and enjoyed some of the

3Q07 Arlington Sales: 1,831 Reasons Why Arlington Beats the National Trend

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:40:21 +0000

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