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Out of the Attic: Montgomery Ward and the ‘Spirit of Progress’
Montgomery Ward, first established in Chicago in the 1870s, was a mail order business that allowed customers, even those outside of urban areas, to purchase dry goods through a catalog. After more than 40 years as [...]
Out of the Attic: Before CVS and Diversions – Fairlington Centre in 1950
Between 1942 and 1944, the Defense Homes Corporation financed construction of more than 3,400 housing units to comprise the new Fairlington community, located in Arlington, to accommodate defense workers and their families. This development followed the [...]
Out of the Attic: The Hugo Black House
Around 1800, Thomas Vowell, Jr., a prominent Alexandria merchant, built a new home along what was then called Water Street. It later became South Lee Street. The brick house was on the west side of the [...]
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Bellevue and berries [...]
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Unfit for murderers [...]
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306 North Washington Street [...]
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Alexandria was always a little scrappy [...]
Out of the Attic | Battery Rodgers
Battery Rodgers [...]
Out of the attic | D.C. boundary markers
The new federal city, the District of Columbia, was laid out in a diamond shape and marked with boundary stones in 1791 and 1792. [...]
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Franklin and Armfield Office [...]
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Editorial: Post-election tax hike: predictable and lamentable
Can't forget the city must spend $45 mil on a school that is failing s
South Peyton Street hostel garners city council's support
Once again City Council has has ignored residents and issued another s
Editorial: Innovative hostel proposal is no slam dunk
I can't say if a hostel will be a success in Alexandria - although it
Alexandria successfully courts National Science Foundation
News article about NSF move to Alexandria
Hostel hostility
Neighborhood residents and the daycare patrons are not operating under