Tag: waterfront
Your Views: Time to declare climate emergency
To the editor:
On June 3, the Alexandria Democratic Committee passed a resolution to declare a climate emergency and take action to reduce carbon emissions....
Replica historic tall ship officially approved
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
City council unanimously approved a short-term lease agreement with the Tall Ship Providence Foundation, allowing the organization to sail replica...
New Robinson Landing restaurants, including a restaurant on the pier, earn...
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Council voted unanimously to approve three new restaurant spaces at the former Robinson Terminal South site on the waterfront at...
Your Views: A vote for bike lanes throughout the city
To the editor:
As someone who bikes from Old Town to Chinquapin Pool and back twice a week, I am thankful for the bike lanes...
Your Views: Planning commission ignores neighbors’ concerns
To the editor:
Our Alexandria Planning Commission professes to be engaged in a competition with the D.C. and National Harbor waterfronts. The Old Town waterfront...
Two restaurants proposed for former Robinson Terminal South site
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Proposed changes to a development at the former Robinson Terminal South site on the waterfront would add a second restaurant...
Our View: Something stinks along the waterfront
The stench rising from Alexandria’s waterfront is not the D.C. wastewater treatment plant on a day when the wind is blowing east to west....
Your Views: Keep Alexandria’s lights on
To the editor:
Recently it dawned on me that with all the ideas flowing into the city about alternatives to bolster the traffic flow for...
Torpedo Factory launches vibrancy initiative
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Two months after the city assumed permanent control of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, artists and administrators are settling into...
Letter to the Editor: Name the waterfront park for Patsy Ticer
To the editor:
A subtle turn of phrase in the letter “Keep Fitzgerald’s name on waterfront park” in the Nov. 8 Alexandria Times illustrates the...