Tag: waterfront

Close to Home: Tight-knit, waterfront community becomes home to longtime city...

By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] It’s not often that new construction finds its home in Old Town, but for Ronna and Patrick Traylor, they struck...

Love on the water:

By Kaitlin Murphy | [email protected] Civic-minded couple Jim Lewis and Trevor Riley met in July of 2013. Trevor, who works in theater, lived in Washington,...

High time for high tea: A new restaurant on Old Town’s...

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] “My husband and I have a culinary background. We met at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. We...

New view in Old Town

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] The City of Alexandria will unveil its newest public art installation, “Two Boxes of Oranges and Admonia Jackson,” in Alexandria’s...

Our View: The city taketh away, and the city sort of...

No one was surprised when City Council approved a six-townhome redevelopment project at the corner of Duke and South Union streets at Saturday’s public...

Council OKs townhouses on Duke Street, residents push back

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] City Council approved a development special use permit for the construction of six townhouses on Duke Street during a public hearing...

Your Views: Removal of waterfront parking impacts all

To the editor: According to the Alexandria Waterfront Plan, the City of Alexandria parking lot opposite Chadwicks Restaurant on Strand Street adjacent to the...

Your Views: In support of Old Town’s redevelopment

To the editor: Regarding the June 10 Alexandria Times editorial, “A post-mortem on the election,” I take exception with the statement: “For many older, long-term...

Waterfront condo model home opens at Robinson Landing: VIP preview event...

This article is sponsored by EYA. Panoramic waterfront views of the Potomac River with floor to ceiling windows. Stunning and sophisticated features and finishes throughout...

Our View: A flood of poor policies

“It’s a one time thing – it just happens a lot,” Suzanne Vega wrote in the song “Cracking.” Vega’s line seems to have been co-opted...