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Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Local...
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Date: September 25, 2014 08:11PM
Springfield1 Wrote:
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> There was a carnival in West Springfield at Keene
> Mill and Rolling Roads?
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> There was a traveling carnival in the Giant Food
> parking lot in Springfield Plaza back in the 60s,
> but I don't remember one in West Springfield.
>
> Or am I so old I can't remember??
>
>
> Nah man, I remember the one in Springfield too back around '75 or so, huge tent... It was where k mart plaza is... Anyone remember folks running eighth mile drag races down through the nearby neighborhood before Backlick Rd. was relocate in the late eighties? Used to see cops there at night on the side streets hoping to catch a rolling start race from near the Crestwood sign near the school heading towards Springfield... I forget what the neighborhood boulevard was called before the road was moved... Goofed around in the unfinished basement of the to be mikes grill before it was finished... It sat open for a long time before the building was finished...
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> Yes It Was Good Times Wrote:
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> > That carnival there. And so were the ones in
> > Annandale across from where Kmart is today. We
> > would hit the carnival then go to Wagon Wheel
> to
> > dance and drink.
> > And Carnivals at Fair City mall years ago and
> West
> > Springfield at Keene Mill and Rolling Roads. No
> > Pics sorry just memories..
> >
> > Old tall guy a huckster walking around the
> > Annandale carnival holding some big ballons
> >
> > " Its the Big One.....get the Big One" over
> and
> > over.. What a way to make a living and I was
> about
> > 22 back then..I felt sorry for him.
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> There was a carnival in West Springfield at Keene
> Mill and Rolling Roads?
>
> There was a traveling carnival in the Giant Food
> parking lot in Springfield Plaza back in the 60s,
> but I don't remember one in West Springfield.
>
> Or am I so old I can't remember??
>
>
> Nah man, I remember the one in Springfield too back around '75 or so, huge tent... It was where k mart plaza is... Anyone remember folks running eighth mile drag races down through the nearby neighborhood before Backlick Rd. was relocate in the late eighties? Used to see cops there at night on the side streets hoping to catch a rolling start race from near the Crestwood sign near the school heading towards Springfield... I forget what the neighborhood boulevard was called before the road was moved... Goofed around in the unfinished basement of the to be mikes grill before it was finished... It sat open for a long time before the building was finished...
>
> Yes It Was Good Times Wrote:
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> > That carnival there. And so were the ones in
> > Annandale across from where Kmart is today. We
> > would hit the carnival then go to Wagon Wheel
> to
> > dance and drink.
> > And Carnivals at Fair City mall years ago and
> West
> > Springfield at Keene Mill and Rolling Roads. No
> > Pics sorry just memories..
> >
> > Old tall guy a huckster walking around the
> > Annandale carnival holding some big ballons
> >
> > " Its the Big One.....get the Big One" over
> and
> > over.. What a way to make a living and I was
> about
> > 22 back then..I felt sorry for him.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Yes It Was Good Times
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Date: September 25, 2014 08:46PM
At the carnival in Annandale. A friend played some suckers game rolling a ball into a bin to win a prize to give to a girl in Wagon Wheel. He came close but could not win, he was pulling dollars out of his pocket, it went on for a half a hour till he was broke 40 dollars gone.. then he bummed some money from us to go to Wagon Wheel. 40 dollars was an enough money to go out and party two nights back then. All weekend, Unless you needed to win a prize at a carnival.
The carnival I went to at West Springfield was there in April 1970. It was not that big but was a carnival.
The carnival I went to at West Springfield was there in April 1970. It was not that big but was a carnival.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DLawson
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Date: September 26, 2014 11:07PM
another guy Wrote:
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> some guy Wrote:
> > Don't forget Tandy leather!
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> Yeah! The Tandy guy would come into the FCPS shop
> classes each fall and show us how to trace a
> pattern and cut or stamp it onto one of the
> leather practice discs. Then we would all bug the
> living shit out of our parents till they took us
> to that Tandy store and bought us
> This.............
Perhaps in your era. By 1976-ish 7th grade shop, the leather thing was a core element, and you could buy the kit from the shop teacher (at least at Washington Irving).
My best friend and I were each set up by our parents to buy that kit for each other, for christmas. He saw through the ruse. I was trusting.
Anyway, this is from the 1974-75 Sketchbook, for Washington Irving Intermediate School:
The panel on the right is leather tools, along with Mr. Randolph, the inflictor of leather skills (I wish him and his well), in front of the panel of shop owned leather tools.
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> some guy Wrote:
> > Don't forget Tandy leather!
>
>
> Yeah! The Tandy guy would come into the FCPS shop
> classes each fall and show us how to trace a
> pattern and cut or stamp it onto one of the
> leather practice discs. Then we would all bug the
> living shit out of our parents till they took us
> to that Tandy store and bought us
> This.............
Perhaps in your era. By 1976-ish 7th grade shop, the leather thing was a core element, and you could buy the kit from the shop teacher (at least at Washington Irving).
My best friend and I were each set up by our parents to buy that kit for each other, for christmas. He saw through the ruse. I was trusting.
Anyway, this is from the 1974-75 Sketchbook, for Washington Irving Intermediate School:
The panel on the right is leather tools, along with Mr. Randolph, the inflictor of leather skills (I wish him and his well), in front of the panel of shop owned leather tools.
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Yes I Know
Posted by:
DLawson
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Date: September 26, 2014 11:15PM
For whatever reason, th site won't post my acknowledgement that I buggered the Tandy Leather response.
For the interested, I know. I'm trying to convert.
For the interested, I know. I'm trying to convert.
Re: Yes I Know
Posted by:
DLawson
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Date: September 26, 2014 11:25PM
I hope this is the correct yearbook picture.
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Girls in 1976
Posted by:
DLawson
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Date: September 26, 2014 11:38PM
From the 1976 Sketchbook (Washington Irving).
This is how 7-8th grade girls dressed for shop class. Alas. the associated test did not name the subjects. (Yearbook standards in an era of transition.)
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This is how 7-8th grade girls dressed for shop class. Alas. the associated test did not name the subjects. (Yearbook standards in an era of transition.)
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Apologies
Posted by:
DLawson
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Date: September 26, 2014 11:42PM
Sorry about the image sizes on the scans.
I'm a bit used to (and occasionally annoyed by) sites that auto-resize.
I'll try to be better, asuming I find anything more worth sharing.
I'm a bit used to (and occasionally annoyed by) sites that auto-resize.
I'll try to be better, asuming I find anything more worth sharing.
Re: Old picture of Falls Church
Posted by:
lbss82
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Date: September 27, 2014 09:22AM
Hey! This thread is still making progress, very cool. Thanks to all you contributors!
1989 somewhere in Falls Church. Who remembers?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/27/2014 09:22AM by lbss82.
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1989 somewhere in Falls Church. Who remembers?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/27/2014 09:22AM by lbss82.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82
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Date: September 27, 2014 09:34AM
Car wash rt 50 @ Annandale Road then and now.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
*shudder*
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Date: September 27, 2014 12:25PM
DLawson Wrote:
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> The panel on the right is leather tools, along
> with Mr. Randolph, the inflictor of leather skills
> (I wish him and his well), in front of the panel
> of shop owned leather tools.
Look at all of those 'scary' sharp tools!
Guess that they're probably long gone now.
Do they even still have shop classes?
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>
> The panel on the right is leather tools, along
> with Mr. Randolph, the inflictor of leather skills
> (I wish him and his well), in front of the panel
> of shop owned leather tools.
Look at all of those 'scary' sharp tools!
Guess that they're probably long gone now.
Do they even still have shop classes?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Washington Irving Girl
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Date: September 27, 2014 03:09PM
Love the shop pictures and wanted to thank you for posting. Mr. Randolph was STILL there when I was a student in 1981-1983!
For Christmas one year, my big brother gave me a leather necklace/fob with my initials that my so hippie- fabulous! He made it at Irving in shop class!
For Christmas one year, my big brother gave me a leather necklace/fob with my initials that my so hippie- fabulous! He made it at Irving in shop class!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sheriff Bittle
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Date: September 27, 2014 04:31PM
Lbss82, that picture was taken at the West Falls Plaza along Broad Street in Falls Church after a fire at the old Dart Drug. The Dart was located next to Trak Auto (another Herbert Haft creation) and was being turned into a Fantle's. Fantle's was very short lived before everything around here became homogenized into a CVS or Walgreen's.
I remember FCPD officers Freed and Bach iced a guy behind the Trak Auto some time in the late 90's. Guy pulled a gun and got waxed. The Barney Fife's of the FCPD never got such boners in their lives to use their one bullet each.
I remember FCPD officers Freed and Bach iced a guy behind the Trak Auto some time in the late 90's. Guy pulled a gun and got waxed. The Barney Fife's of the FCPD never got such boners in their lives to use their one bullet each.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: September 27, 2014 04:48PM
@lbss82 way to keep it going...as well as others....trigger any memories with these old FFX/FC haunts?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DLawson
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Date: September 27, 2014 09:40PM
Retry -- This is the tool cabinet full of leather tools at Washington Irving, around 1974.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DLawson
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Date: September 27, 2014 09:42PM
Retry -- This is how girls dressed for shop class around 1975. OSHA would have fits.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Geez I'm Old
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Date: September 27, 2014 09:58PM
Sleepy,
The post card from Sweeney's Motel at Fairfax Circle mentions that it's within walking distance of "The Fairfax Golf and Country Club". The card was mailed in 1953. I moved to the area about 10 years after that and there's never been a golf coursse in that area besides the Army/Navy CC. Does anyone know where the Fairfax G&CC was? Maybe it was taken over by the Army/Navy?
The post card from Sweeney's Motel at Fairfax Circle mentions that it's within walking distance of "The Fairfax Golf and Country Club". The card was mailed in 1953. I moved to the area about 10 years after that and there's never been a golf coursse in that area besides the Army/Navy CC. Does anyone know where the Fairfax G&CC was? Maybe it was taken over by the Army/Navy?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: September 27, 2014 10:43PM
I've got a 1965 AAA map of NoVa which also calls the course on Old Lee Highway "Army Navy Country Club (Fairfax Course). If it had another name, it would be earlier than that. BTW the same map shows the Washington Virginia Airport in Baileys Crossroads, and I-395 is labeled Shirley Highway, State Route 350
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82
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Date: September 28, 2014 07:21AM
Does anybody remember this place? I sure don't.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: September 28, 2014 07:36AM
Is that the old Earps Ordinary building in downtown Fairfax?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82
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Date: September 28, 2014 09:41AM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> Is that the old Earps Ordinary building in
> downtown Fairfax?
I think you are right Bill. That is very interesting, Thanks!
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> Is that the old Earps Ordinary building in
> downtown Fairfax?
I think you are right Bill. That is very interesting, Thanks!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: September 28, 2014 11:17AM
@FFX Golf and CC...Google is an amazing thing...http://www.ccfairfax.org/Default.aspx?p=dynamicmodule&pageid=395778&ssid=318313&vnf=1
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: September 28, 2014 11:22AM
Still hangin' in Fairfax...how about this old gem...Taylor's Pharmacy?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Jess1
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Date: September 28, 2014 11:26AM
"The Fairfax Golf and Country Club" is the ANCC. Opened as a public course at first - my dad played there in the early 50's while stationed in DC.
The current FFX CC was the "Court House GC&CC" until much later.
The current FFX CC was the "Court House GC&CC" until much later.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: September 28, 2014 11:39AM
Thanks Jess1!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: September 28, 2014 11:45AM
Any bones of this left? Across from old FFX HS. Check out all that open real estate! Changed a little huh?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Geez I'm Old
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Date: September 28, 2014 12:40PM
Nope, thats the Country Club of Fairfax on 123 south of Braddock you Googled. Not even close to walking distance, as the Fairfax Golf and Country Club was said to be.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: September 28, 2014 12:43PM
As stated above...agreed.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: September 28, 2014 01:39PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Any bones of this left? Across from old FFX HS.
> Check out all that open real estate! Changed a
> little huh?
No, I believe the building was finally torn down and there's a, wait for it, bank on the land now.
My folks got their furniture for the first home at Fairfax Furniture, it was a Scan-type place for awhile after FF closed.
Ah the good old days.
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> Any bones of this left? Across from old FFX HS.
> Check out all that open real estate! Changed a
> little huh?
No, I believe the building was finally torn down and there's a, wait for it, bank on the land now.
My folks got their furniture for the first home at Fairfax Furniture, it was a Scan-type place for awhile after FF closed.
Ah the good old days.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82
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Date: September 28, 2014 02:00PM
Does this property still exist? I have not been up in that area for years.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82
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Date: September 28, 2014 02:06PM
Here is one just for you sleepy.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82
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Date: September 28, 2014 02:15PM
Reston 1973. Not sure if this has been posted before.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DH
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Date: September 28, 2014 03:50PM
lbss82 Wrote:
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> Does this property still exist? I have not been up
> in that area for years.
Yes, it is a Comfort Inn now
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> Does this property still exist? I have not been up
> in that area for years.
Yes, it is a Comfort Inn now
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Stinkly Fingers
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Date: September 29, 2014 05:06AM
DH Wrote:
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> lbss82 Wrote:
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> > Does this property still exist? I have not been
> up
> > in that area for years.
>
>
> Yes, it is a Comfort Inn now
I touched my first vagina in that hotel right around 1980. She was half Hawaiian and half Vietnamese.
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> lbss82 Wrote:
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> > Does this property still exist? I have not been
> up
> > in that area for years.
>
>
> Yes, it is a Comfort Inn now
I touched my first vagina in that hotel right around 1980. She was half Hawaiian and half Vietnamese.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
1995hoo
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Date: September 29, 2014 03:30PM
The picture of the old Dart Drug in Falls Church looks a lot like the location where the Staples is now in the strip mall just northwest of the W&OD overpass near Don Beyer Volvo's used-car lot. I base that guess on the building visible in the background, which looks like the funeral home that's still located next door to that location.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Allen Konigsberg
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Date: September 29, 2014 09:28PM
Stinkly Fingers Wrote:
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> I touched my first vagina in that hotel right
> around 1980. She was half Hawaiian and half
> Vietnamese.
...unfortunately divided lengthwise!
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> I touched my first vagina in that hotel right
> around 1980. She was half Hawaiian and half
> Vietnamese.
...unfortunately divided lengthwise!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Pimmit Hillian
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Date: September 30, 2014 11:11AM
That's correct. That's broad street. Across the way is the U haul center. You can see Trak Auto next door in the photo. Fantles wasn't around very long...what replaced it? Another drug store I think.
1995hoo Wrote:
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> The picture of the old Dart Drug in Falls Church
> looks a lot like the location where the Staples is
> now in the strip mall just northwest of the W&OD
> overpass near Don Beyer Volvo's used-car lot. I
> base that guess on the building visible in the
> background, which looks like the funeral home
> that's still located next door to that location.
1995hoo Wrote:
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> The picture of the old Dart Drug in Falls Church
> looks a lot like the location where the Staples is
> now in the strip mall just northwest of the W&OD
> overpass near Don Beyer Volvo's used-car lot. I
> base that guess on the building visible in the
> background, which looks like the funeral home
> that's still located next door to that location.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
1995hoo
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Date: September 30, 2014 11:18AM
Since you mention them, I miss Trak Auto. Always liked their stores better than Advance Auto Parts, and the two local Pep Boys locations of which I'm aware (Annandale and Hybla Valley) are both fairly inconvenient to where I live and aren't all that well-organized.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
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Date: October 01, 2014 07:25PM
From the 1979 Annandale High School Yearbook.
How many of these businesses do you remember?
How many of these businesses do you remember?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
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Date: October 01, 2014 07:32PM
The coolest place to hang out in Springfield Mall if you were a young teen back in the late 70's or early 80's. I remember they even had a bumper car racing track in the back. Or was that Time-Out 2? It was the one downstairs by Monkey Wards. The cooler and bigger of the two Time-Outs.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82
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Date: October 01, 2014 08:05PM
Thank you for the memories Fairfax Bob. There have been a couple of pic's of Time Out on this thread but I don't recall that particular shot being posted before. That taller kid on the right looks like he might be playing a "Saturday night Fever" themed pinball machine!
Great stuff Bob! Show us some more please.
Great stuff Bob! Show us some more please.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Just Another Old Fart
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Date: October 02, 2014 02:47PM
Here's an 1962 yearbook ad for Cherry Smash, which was a soft drink manufactured in Arlington. There's quite a history behind what is described here as "Arlington's oldest industry." The building at the listed address still stands and now is occupied by Enterprise Rent-A-Car (see the second picture). According to property records, it was constructed in 1948. Prior to that time, Cherry Smash was manufactured in a former brewery building located where the Marriott Key Bridge now stands (third picture). The brewery had been forced to cease operations as a result of Prohibition.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
I Remember Cherry Smash
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Date: October 02, 2014 09:43PM
It was a sweet cherry red drink. Is it still around? It was good.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dig Dug
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Date: October 02, 2014 10:05PM
Fairfax Bob Wrote:
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> The coolest place to hang out in Springfield Mall
> if you were a young teen back in the late 70's or
> early 80's. I remember they even had a bumper car
> racing track in the back. Or was that Time-Out 2?
> It was the one downstairs by Monkey Wards. The
> cooler and bigger of the two Time-Outs.
>
>
The downstairs arcade was first called Spaceway Raceway. They had bumpercars and then it switched to radio controlled boats I think. I remember they had their own outside entrance/exit for a while. Guys used to always hang out there selling pills. They eventually closed off that entrance, I think maybe after it became Time-Out 2.
What I really miss from old Springfield Mall is Taco Laredo. Loved their burritos.
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> The coolest place to hang out in Springfield Mall
> if you were a young teen back in the late 70's or
> early 80's. I remember they even had a bumper car
> racing track in the back. Or was that Time-Out 2?
> It was the one downstairs by Monkey Wards. The
> cooler and bigger of the two Time-Outs.
>
>
The downstairs arcade was first called Spaceway Raceway. They had bumpercars and then it switched to radio controlled boats I think. I remember they had their own outside entrance/exit for a while. Guys used to always hang out there selling pills. They eventually closed off that entrance, I think maybe after it became Time-Out 2.
What I really miss from old Springfield Mall is Taco Laredo. Loved their burritos.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Tank Commander
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Date: October 02, 2014 10:09PM
Dig Dug Wrote:
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> Fairfax Bob Wrote:
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> > The coolest place to hang out in Springfield
> Mall
> > if you were a young teen back in the late 70's
> or
> > early 80's. I remember they even had a bumper
> car
> > racing track in the back. Or was that Time-Out
> 2?
> > It was the one downstairs by Monkey Wards. The
> > cooler and bigger of the two Time-Outs.
> >
> >
>
>
>
> The downstairs arcade was first called Spaceway
> Raceway. They had bumpercars and then it switched
> to radio controlled boats I think. I remember
> they had their own outside entrance/exit for a
> while. Guys used to always hang out there selling
> pills. They eventually closed off that entrance,
> I think maybe after it became Time-Out 2.
>
> What I really miss from old Springfield Mall is
> Taco Laredo. Loved their burritos.
Slot cars. At least at one point anyway.
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> Fairfax Bob Wrote:
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> > The coolest place to hang out in Springfield
> Mall
> > if you were a young teen back in the late 70's
> or
> > early 80's. I remember they even had a bumper
> car
> > racing track in the back. Or was that Time-Out
> 2?
> > It was the one downstairs by Monkey Wards. The
> > cooler and bigger of the two Time-Outs.
> >
> >
>
>
>
> The downstairs arcade was first called Spaceway
> Raceway. They had bumpercars and then it switched
> to radio controlled boats I think. I remember
> they had their own outside entrance/exit for a
> while. Guys used to always hang out there selling
> pills. They eventually closed off that entrance,
> I think maybe after it became Time-Out 2.
>
> What I really miss from old Springfield Mall is
> Taco Laredo. Loved their burritos.
Slot cars. At least at one point anyway.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Smash Me
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Date: October 02, 2014 10:13PM
Just Another Old Fart Wrote:
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> Here's an 1962 yearbook ad for Cherry Smash, which
> was a soft drink manufactured in Arlington.
> There's quite a history behind what is described
> here as "Arlington's oldest industry." The
> building at the listed address still stands and
> now is occupied by Enterprise Rent-A-Car (see the
> second picture). According to property records, it
> was constructed in 1948. Prior to that time,
> Cherry Smash was manufactured in a former brewery
> building located where the Marriott Key Bridge now
> stands (third picture). The brewery had been
> forced to cease operations as a result of
> Prohibition.
Cool pics. I remember Cherry Smash, that stuff was great. I'm not old enough to remember these syrup dispensers, but I do remember seeing one on American Pickers once. We just got it in bottles at the grocery store.
http://www.cherry-smash.com/history-of-john-e-fowlers-cherry-smash.html
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> Here's an 1962 yearbook ad for Cherry Smash, which
> was a soft drink manufactured in Arlington.
> There's quite a history behind what is described
> here as "Arlington's oldest industry." The
> building at the listed address still stands and
> now is occupied by Enterprise Rent-A-Car (see the
> second picture). According to property records, it
> was constructed in 1948. Prior to that time,
> Cherry Smash was manufactured in a former brewery
> building located where the Marriott Key Bridge now
> stands (third picture). The brewery had been
> forced to cease operations as a result of
> Prohibition.
Cool pics. I remember Cherry Smash, that stuff was great. I'm not old enough to remember these syrup dispensers, but I do remember seeing one on American Pickers once. We just got it in bottles at the grocery store.
http://www.cherry-smash.com/history-of-john-e-fowlers-cherry-smash.html
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
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Date: October 02, 2014 10:22PM
Tank Commander Wrote:
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> > > The coolest place to hang out in Springfield
> > Mall
> > > if you were a young teen back in the late
> 70's
> > or
> > > early 80's. I remember they even had a bumper
> > car
> > > racing track in the back. Or was that
> Time-Out
> > 2?
> > > It was the one downstairs by Monkey Wards.
> The
> > > cooler and bigger of the two Time-Outs.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> >
> >
> > The downstairs arcade was first called Spaceway
> > Raceway. They had bumpercars and then it
> switched
> > to radio controlled boats I think. I remember
> > they had their own outside entrance/exit for a
> > while. Guys used to always hang out there
> selling
> > pills. They eventually closed off that
> entrance,
> > I think maybe after it became Time-Out 2.
> >
> > What I really miss from old Springfield Mall is
> > Taco Laredo. Loved their burritos.
>
>
> Slot cars. At least at one point anyway.
Ah yes, thanks to both of you for bringing back more memories.
I do remember now the cars changed to boats later in its existence.
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> Dig Dug Wrote:
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> > Fairfax Bob Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > The coolest place to hang out in Springfield
> > Mall
> > > if you were a young teen back in the late
> 70's
> > or
> > > early 80's. I remember they even had a bumper
> > car
> > > racing track in the back. Or was that
> Time-Out
> > 2?
> > > It was the one downstairs by Monkey Wards.
> The
> > > cooler and bigger of the two Time-Outs.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> >
> >
> > The downstairs arcade was first called Spaceway
> > Raceway. They had bumpercars and then it
> switched
> > to radio controlled boats I think. I remember
> > they had their own outside entrance/exit for a
> > while. Guys used to always hang out there
> selling
> > pills. They eventually closed off that
> entrance,
> > I think maybe after it became Time-Out 2.
> >
> > What I really miss from old Springfield Mall is
> > Taco Laredo. Loved their burritos.
>
>
> Slot cars. At least at one point anyway.
Ah yes, thanks to both of you for bringing back more memories.
I do remember now the cars changed to boats later in its existence.
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Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
()
Date: October 02, 2014 10:45PM
From the 1969 Annandale High School yearbook.
The address of 6920 Braddock Road puts this in the Bradlick Shopping Center, but looking at streetview on Google maps I don't see any building that looks like it today. Must have been torn down? Anyone know?
The address of 6920 Braddock Road puts this in the Bradlick Shopping Center, but looking at streetview on Google maps I don't see any building that looks like it today. Must have been torn down? Anyone know?
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Posted by:
Old Dude
()
Date: October 02, 2014 11:21PM
Fairfax Bob Wrote:
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> From the 1969 Annandale High School yearbook.
>
> The address of 6920 Braddock Road puts this in the
> Bradlick Shopping Center, but looking at
> streetview on Google maps I don't see any building
> that looks like it today. Must have been torn
> down? Anyone know?
>
>
It's still there. Between McDonalds and the newer bank where the gas station was.
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> From the 1969 Annandale High School yearbook.
>
> The address of 6920 Braddock Road puts this in the
> Bradlick Shopping Center, but looking at
> streetview on Google maps I don't see any building
> that looks like it today. Must have been torn
> down? Anyone know?
>
>
It's still there. Between McDonalds and the newer bank where the gas station was.
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Posted by:
KingsPark W GravelRoads
()
Date: October 02, 2014 11:27PM
Bank at Bradlick is still there.. been remodeled.. the picture is talen from the Grand Union, now Giant looking at Braddock Road.. the building is next to McDonalds.. behind the PNC bank that was Reid's American back then..
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Posted by:
1995hoo
()
Date: October 03, 2014 10:25AM
My father and a neighbor used to take my brother, the neighbor's son, and me to see the Globetrotters at the Capital Centre each year and then we always went to Time Out afterwards. I remember they had the Haunted House pinball machine. It had THREE levels, one a "basement" underneath the main board. As a little kid I had no idea of the nuances of playing pinball, I'd just put the ball in play and smack the flippers. That game was complex and I'd love to get the chance to try it again now.
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Dave Henery
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Date: October 04, 2014 06:45AM
I am told this picture is from somewhere in Baileys x roads in 1989. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Thanks.
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Posted by:
Sigmund
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Date: October 04, 2014 06:56AM
someone mentioned Cherry Smash. found some in the back of a basement refrigerator that we rarely use. Smells the same but it's been in there at least 10 years. Not going to try it. Is it still available locally? Good stuff. Sorry, I'm and old guy that isn't very tech savvy. Would resize the pics if I knew how.
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P.T. Barnum
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Date: October 04, 2014 07:58AM
Dave Henery Wrote:
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> I am told this picture is from somewhere in
> Baileys x roads in 1989. Can anyone confirm or
> deny this? Thanks.
I think that's Leesburg Pike, just east of the intersection with Columbia Pike. If I'm not mistaken that Blackeyed Pea is where the Krispy Kreme used to be, and now it's a City Diner.
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> I am told this picture is from somewhere in
> Baileys x roads in 1989. Can anyone confirm or
> deny this? Thanks.
I think that's Leesburg Pike, just east of the intersection with Columbia Pike. If I'm not mistaken that Blackeyed Pea is where the Krispy Kreme used to be, and now it's a City Diner.
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Posted by:
Poo Poo and Pee Pee
()
Date: October 05, 2014 12:01PM
I crossed over the Occoquan River via Old Yates Ford Road going into Prince William County the other day. I saw some old bridge in the river on the right-hand side. Was that a former road alignment of Old Yates Ford Road, or something else?
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Posted by:
sky lark
()
Date: October 08, 2014 10:10AM
Skylark before it became a Howard Johnson.
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AM2754
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Date: October 10, 2014 11:05AM
Redskin Park (pre-Ashburn era). I've heard it was designed by George Allen and built in the 70s. Today it is some kind of christian sports complex Located in an industrial park off Mclearen rd in Herndon.
http://ww2.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/archivestory.php?id=125857
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Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: October 10, 2014 01:42PM
Fairfax Bob Wrote:
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> From the 1969 Annandale High School yearbook.
>
> The address of 6920 Braddock Road puts this in the
> Bradlick Shopping Center, but looking at
> streetview on Google maps I don't see any building
> that looks like it today. Must have been torn
> down? Anyone know?
>
>
The building is still there, although the appearance is significantly altered. I believe the shot is from the shopping center parking lot towards Braddock Road, which may also account for the difficulty in recognizing it.
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> From the 1969 Annandale High School yearbook.
>
> The address of 6920 Braddock Road puts this in the
> Bradlick Shopping Center, but looking at
> streetview on Google maps I don't see any building
> that looks like it today. Must have been torn
> down? Anyone know?
>
>
The building is still there, although the appearance is significantly altered. I believe the shot is from the shopping center parking lot towards Braddock Road, which may also account for the difficulty in recognizing it.
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Posted by:
1995hoo
()
Date: October 10, 2014 03:01PM
AM2754 Wrote:
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> Redskin Park (pre-Ashburn era). I've heard it was
> designed by George Allen and built in the 70s.
> Today it is some kind of christian sports complex
> Located in an industrial park off Mclearen rd in
> Herndon.
>
> http://ww2.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/archivestory.php?i
> d=125857
You're correct. Edward Bennett Williams owned the Redskins and he joked that he gave George Allen an unlimited budget and he exceeded it.
As the story notes, after the Redskins moved to their current facility, they leased the old Redskins Park to DC United. I remember seeing references to it as United Park during that period. The street on which it is located is still called Redskin Drive.
Old Redskins Park is close enough to the south runway at Dulles that Joe Gibbs used to use the sound of incoming British Airways Concorde flights as his sign it was morning because he was there all night so often and he had had all clocks removed from meeting rooms.
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> Redskin Park (pre-Ashburn era). I've heard it was
> designed by George Allen and built in the 70s.
> Today it is some kind of christian sports complex
> Located in an industrial park off Mclearen rd in
> Herndon.
>
> http://ww2.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/archivestory.php?i
> d=125857
You're correct. Edward Bennett Williams owned the Redskins and he joked that he gave George Allen an unlimited budget and he exceeded it.
As the story notes, after the Redskins moved to their current facility, they leased the old Redskins Park to DC United. I remember seeing references to it as United Park during that period. The street on which it is located is still called Redskin Drive.
Old Redskins Park is close enough to the south runway at Dulles that Joe Gibbs used to use the sound of incoming British Airways Concorde flights as his sign it was morning because he was there all night so often and he had had all clocks removed from meeting rooms.
Neff's BUBBLE HOMES in IGLOO VILLAGE
Posted by:
mel
()
Date: October 12, 2014 01:59PM
Thank God they still do build them!!
The "monolithic" dome home is still alive and kicking!
These dome homes provide protection against wildfires and earthquakes...among other natural or man-made disaster.
The "monolithic" dome home is still alive and kicking!
These dome homes provide protection against wildfires and earthquakes...among other natural or man-made disaster.
Re: Neff's BUBBLE HOMES in IGLOO VILLAGE
Posted by:
Mel
()
Date: October 12, 2014 02:04PM
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2011/12/wallace-neff-shell-house.html
GOOD ARTICLE ON NEFF'S OLD BUBBLE HOME RESIDENCE...
GOOD ARTICLE ON NEFF'S OLD BUBBLE HOME RESIDENCE...
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Posted by:
Crossroads
()
Date: October 12, 2014 02:54PM
AM2754 Wrote:
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> Redskin Park (pre-Ashburn era). I've heard it was
> designed by George Allen and built in the 70s.
> Today it is some kind of christian sports complex
> Located in an industrial park off Mclearen rd in
> Herndon.
>
> http://ww2.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/archivestory.php?i
> d=125857
Still there, they turfed both fields and rent them out, have played Rugby there and my kids soccer team rents the fields for winter practice.
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> Redskin Park (pre-Ashburn era). I've heard it was
> designed by George Allen and built in the 70s.
> Today it is some kind of christian sports complex
> Located in an industrial park off Mclearen rd in
> Herndon.
>
> http://ww2.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/archivestory.php?i
> d=125857
Still there, they turfed both fields and rent them out, have played Rugby there and my kids soccer team rents the fields for winter practice.
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Posted by:
Stuart
()
Date: October 12, 2014 02:56PM
Dave Henery Wrote:
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> I am told this picture is from somewhere in
> Baileys x roads in 1989. Can anyone confirm or
> deny this? Thanks.
Yep that is east of the Crossroads, the White building behind the Texaco is Myer/Emco and REI.
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> I am told this picture is from somewhere in
> Baileys x roads in 1989. Can anyone confirm or
> deny this? Thanks.
Yep that is east of the Crossroads, the White building behind the Texaco is Myer/Emco and REI.
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Posted by:
Bang Bang Daddy
()
Date: October 12, 2014 06:26PM
You are correct; It is in the 5600 block of Leesburg Pike. The side street you see is Rock Spring Ave I believe.
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Posted by:
springmall
()
Date: October 13, 2014 01:46PM
Springfield mall date unknown.
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Posted by:
Durf26151515
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Date: October 13, 2014 10:25PM
Alexandria Amtrak, 1978
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Posted by:
Durf815514161515
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Date: October 13, 2014 10:30PM
Key motel in Alexandria
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Old Dude
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Date: October 13, 2014 10:36PM
Durf815514161515 Wrote:
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> Key motel in Alexandria
I don't remember that one.
Where was that?
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> Key motel in Alexandria
I don't remember that one.
Where was that?
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Posted by:
Dave Henery
()
Date: October 14, 2014 05:01AM
Old Dude Wrote:
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> Durf815514161515 Wrote:
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> > Key motel in Alexandria
>
>
> I don't remember that one.
>
> Where was that?
Shirley highway @ Duke st.
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> Durf815514161515 Wrote:
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> > Key motel in Alexandria
>
>
> I don't remember that one.
>
> Where was that?
Shirley highway @ Duke st.
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Posted by:
Joe Commuter
()
Date: October 14, 2014 05:19AM
Durf26151515 Wrote:
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> Alexandria Amtrak, 1978
Looks like it had more parking then than it does today.
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> Alexandria Amtrak, 1978
Looks like it had more parking then than it does today.
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Posted by:
blanche
()
Date: October 14, 2014 08:15AM
Dave Henery Wrote:
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> Old Dude Wrote:
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> > Durf815514161515 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Key motel in Alexandria
> >
> >
> > I don't remember that one.
> >
> > Where was that?
>
>
> Shirley highway @ Duke st.
Its was located where the Key Tower is now. We love it when the lights for the "e" are burned out...
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> Old Dude Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Durf815514161515 Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > Key motel in Alexandria
> >
> >
> > I don't remember that one.
> >
> > Where was that?
>
>
> Shirley highway @ Duke st.
Its was located where the Key Tower is now. We love it when the lights for the "e" are burned out...
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Posted by:
Old Dude
()
Date: October 14, 2014 11:44AM
blanche Wrote:
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> Dave Henery Wrote:
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> > Old Dude Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > -----
> > > Durf815514161515 Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Key motel in Alexandria
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't remember that one.
> > >
> > > Where was that?
> >
> >
> > Shirley highway @ Duke st.
>
>
> Its was located where the Key Tower is now. We
> love it when the lights for the "e" are burned
> out...
Thanks. Was around that area back then but still don't remember it. Been erased from long-term storage I guess.
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> Dave Henery Wrote:
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> > Old Dude Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > Durf815514161515 Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Key motel in Alexandria
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't remember that one.
> > >
> > > Where was that?
> >
> >
> > Shirley highway @ Duke st.
>
>
> Its was located where the Key Tower is now. We
> love it when the lights for the "e" are burned
> out...
Thanks. Was around that area back then but still don't remember it. Been erased from long-term storage I guess.
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Posted by:
Rebels!
()
Date: October 15, 2014 08:20PM
Fairfax High is behind this right!? This is where the gun store used to be correct?
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Posted by:
tgb
()
Date: October 15, 2014 08:30PM
springmall Wrote:
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> Springfield mall date unknown.
From what I've seen, that could almost be today.
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> Springfield mall date unknown.
From what I've seen, that could almost be today.
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xenodispo
()
Date: October 15, 2014 09:46PM
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Posted by: Just Another Old Fart ()
Date: October 02, 2014 02:47PM
Here's an 1962 yearbook ad for Cherry Smash, which was a soft drink manufactured in Arlington. There's quite a history behind what is described here as "Arlington's oldest industry." The building at the listed address still stands and now is occupied by Enterprise Rent-A-Car (see the second picture). According to property records, it was constructed in 1948. Prior to that time, Cherry Smash was manufactured in a former brewery building located where the Marriott Key Bridge now stands (third picture). The brewery had been forced to cease operations as a result of Prohibition.
>>>>>>>SO I found a website with google about the old brewery. I can't believe Arlington was the red light district of D.C. at one point and Alexandria had horse tracks. haha
http://www.capitolcitychapter.com/arlington.html
Posted by: Just Another Old Fart ()
Date: October 02, 2014 02:47PM
Here's an 1962 yearbook ad for Cherry Smash, which was a soft drink manufactured in Arlington. There's quite a history behind what is described here as "Arlington's oldest industry." The building at the listed address still stands and now is occupied by Enterprise Rent-A-Car (see the second picture). According to property records, it was constructed in 1948. Prior to that time, Cherry Smash was manufactured in a former brewery building located where the Marriott Key Bridge now stands (third picture). The brewery had been forced to cease operations as a result of Prohibition.
>>>>>>>SO I found a website with google about the old brewery. I can't believe Arlington was the red light district of D.C. at one point and Alexandria had horse tracks. haha
http://www.capitolcitychapter.com/arlington.html
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Posted by:
Durf251325142
()
Date: October 15, 2014 09:56PM
Obvious
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Durf1524254
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Date: October 15, 2014 09:59PM
No idea where Sweeney's was...
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fxcograd
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Date: October 17, 2014 04:57PM
Fairfax Bob Wrote:
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> The coolest place to hang out in Springfield Mall
> if you were a young teen back in the late 70's or
> early 80's. I remember they even had a bumper car
> racing track in the back. Or was that Time-Out 2?
> It was the one downstairs by Monkey Wards. The
> cooler and bigger of the two Time-Outs.
>
>
Hey! Springfield Mall (ahem "Town Center")is supposed to reopen today! lets see if Time Out is back! Something tells me it not though - the stores listing is too "Tysons corner like". Say "Town Center" in the same inflection of "Grey Poupon" hmm looks like the same mall on steroids to me.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/digger/wp/2014/09/04/springfield-town-center-reopens-oct-17-heres-what-it-looks-like-now/
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> The coolest place to hang out in Springfield Mall
> if you were a young teen back in the late 70's or
> early 80's. I remember they even had a bumper car
> racing track in the back. Or was that Time-Out 2?
> It was the one downstairs by Monkey Wards. The
> cooler and bigger of the two Time-Outs.
>
>
Hey! Springfield Mall (ahem "Town Center")is supposed to reopen today! lets see if Time Out is back! Something tells me it not though - the stores listing is too "Tysons corner like". Say "Town Center" in the same inflection of "Grey Poupon" hmm looks like the same mall on steroids to me.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/digger/wp/2014/09/04/springfield-town-center-reopens-oct-17-heres-what-it-looks-like-now/
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fxcograd
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Date: October 17, 2014 05:15PM
Burke Brat Wrote:
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> I remember going there with my mother shopping,
> Always used to jump up on the walls of the
> planters and walk along the top. I would love to
> see a Pic of Underground from there.
You used to run across the planters at Landmark too, huh? Probably why they don't have stuff like that at malls anymore- at a minimum they would have to be completely foam padded now. Its amazing we survived- we didn't use child seats, rode in the back of pickup trucks, ran across concrete planters, etc. etc.
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> I remember going there with my mother shopping,
> Always used to jump up on the walls of the
> planters and walk along the top. I would love to
> see a Pic of Underground from there.
You used to run across the planters at Landmark too, huh? Probably why they don't have stuff like that at malls anymore- at a minimum they would have to be completely foam padded now. Its amazing we survived- we didn't use child seats, rode in the back of pickup trucks, ran across concrete planters, etc. etc.
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Bill.N.
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Date: October 18, 2014 11:17AM
fxcograd Wrote:
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> Burke Brat Wrote:
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> > I remember going there with my mother shopping,
> > Always used to jump up on the walls of the
> > planters and walk along the top. I would love
> to
> > see a Pic of Underground from there.
>
> You used to run across the planters at Landmark
> too, huh? Probably why they don't have stuff like
> that at malls anymore- at a minimum they would
> have to be completely foam padded now. Its amazing
> we survived- we didn't use child seats, rode in
> the back of pickup trucks, ran across concrete
> planters, etc. etc.
You left out played football and rode bikes without helmets. And yes I was one of those who ran across the planters too.
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> Burke Brat Wrote:
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> > I remember going there with my mother shopping,
> > Always used to jump up on the walls of the
> > planters and walk along the top. I would love
> to
> > see a Pic of Underground from there.
>
> You used to run across the planters at Landmark
> too, huh? Probably why they don't have stuff like
> that at malls anymore- at a minimum they would
> have to be completely foam padded now. Its amazing
> we survived- we didn't use child seats, rode in
> the back of pickup trucks, ran across concrete
> planters, etc. etc.
You left out played football and rode bikes without helmets. And yes I was one of those who ran across the planters too.
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Posted by:
Dave Henery
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Date: October 20, 2014 01:06PM
Baileys x roads. Early 70s maybe?
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Dave Henery
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Date: October 20, 2014 01:11PM
I think this is Hechts at Landmark late 60s, early 70s?
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Dave Henery
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Date: October 20, 2014 01:15PM
rt 1 at the beltway maybe?
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Dave Henery
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Date: October 20, 2014 01:44PM
Thanks Wingnut! I grew up in the GMU area and I do remember the bradlee shopping center but I can not remember where it was, or is. Alexandria maybe?
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Posted by:
Dave Henery
()
Date: October 20, 2014 02:05PM
WingNut Wrote:
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> Dave Henery Wrote:
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> > Thanks Wingnut! I grew up in the GMU area and I
> do
> > remember the bradlee shopping center but I can
> not
> > remember where it was, or is. Alexandria maybe?
>
> Rt 7 at Quaker Lane/Braddock Rd (Alexandrias
> Braddock, not Fairfax's!) Directly across the
> street from Fairlington apts.
>
> They are building a new Safeway there, they opened
> a Fresh Market where the Giant was..
OK, I remember now! There was a Roy Rogers and a Chesapeake bagel place there in the 80s. My Dad had friends who lived in Fairlington and we went up there on weekends sometimes. Thanks!
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> Dave Henery Wrote:
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> > Thanks Wingnut! I grew up in the GMU area and I
> do
> > remember the bradlee shopping center but I can
> not
> > remember where it was, or is. Alexandria maybe?
>
> Rt 7 at Quaker Lane/Braddock Rd (Alexandrias
> Braddock, not Fairfax's!) Directly across the
> street from Fairlington apts.
>
> They are building a new Safeway there, they opened
> a Fresh Market where the Giant was..
OK, I remember now! There was a Roy Rogers and a Chesapeake bagel place there in the 80s. My Dad had friends who lived in Fairlington and we went up there on weekends sometimes. Thanks!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
1995hoo
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Date: October 20, 2014 02:38PM
Dave Henery Wrote:
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> rt 1 at the beltway maybe?
As others have said, that picture is of the original "Mixing Bowl" interchange (before the local media erroneously used that term to refer to the Springfield Interchange) during reconstruction in the early 1970s. It became known as the "Mixing Bowl" because Washington Boulevard (Route 27) ran tangent to I-95 for a very short segment and people had to weave on and off the highway, causing major backups; in addition, on the inbound side Washington Boulevard was on the left.
Prior to construction:
1971 view during construction; the reversible roadway now used as HOV lanes was built at the same time:
1979 view after construction was completed:
The photos seen above may be found on the "Roads to the Future" website, which, despite its name, has a lot of neat old photos of roads in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Here's a link to the discussion of the Pentagon Road System:
http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Shirley_Highway.html#Pentagon_Road_System
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> rt 1 at the beltway maybe?
As others have said, that picture is of the original "Mixing Bowl" interchange (before the local media erroneously used that term to refer to the Springfield Interchange) during reconstruction in the early 1970s. It became known as the "Mixing Bowl" because Washington Boulevard (Route 27) ran tangent to I-95 for a very short segment and people had to weave on and off the highway, causing major backups; in addition, on the inbound side Washington Boulevard was on the left.
Prior to construction:
1971 view during construction; the reversible roadway now used as HOV lanes was built at the same time:
1979 view after construction was completed:
The photos seen above may be found on the "Roads to the Future" website, which, despite its name, has a lot of neat old photos of roads in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Here's a link to the discussion of the Pentagon Road System:
http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Shirley_Highway.html#Pentagon_Road_System
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Times Have Changed
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Date: October 20, 2014 04:19PM
Durf1524254 Wrote:
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> No idea where Sweeney's was...
9625 Lee Highway -- aka, 29/211 at Fairfax Circle. Some worthwhile history here...
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20120413/NEWS/704139723/-1/getting-around-to-the-future&template=fairfaxTimes
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> No idea where Sweeney's was...
9625 Lee Highway -- aka, 29/211 at Fairfax Circle. Some worthwhile history here...
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20120413/NEWS/704139723/-1/getting-around-to-the-future&template=fairfaxTimes
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Just Another Old Fart
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Date: October 20, 2014 07:12PM
The Korvettes picture above is not of the Baileys Crossroads site but rather of another store, which I believe was located in New York. There is a short video of the Baileys Crossroads store that is easy to find online. Below is a rather crude panoramic view of the Baileys Crossroad location that I lifted from that video by piecing together screen shots as the camera pans from left to right. Below that is the site as it looks today. If you look closely you'll see that the front profile of the store configuration still approximates what you see in the older shot, with the higher elevation limited to a portion of the strip to the right of center.
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Posted by:
Just Another Old Fart
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Date: October 20, 2014 07:14PM
FYI - When viewing the Korvettes pic, be sure to scroll over to the right to see the full complex.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
korvette news
()
Date: October 20, 2014 08:19PM
Just Another Old Fart Wrote:
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> The Korvettes picture above is not of the Baileys
> Crossroads site but rather of another store, which
> I believe was located in New York. There is a
> short video of the Baileys Crossroads store that
> is easy to find online. Below is a rather crude
> panoramic view of the Baileys Crossroad location
> that I lifted from that video by piecing together
> screen shots as the camera pans from left to
> right. Below that is the site as it looks today.
> If you look closely you'll see that the front
> profile of the store configuration still
> approximates what you see in the older shot, with
> the higher elevation limited to a portion of the
> strip to the right of center.
Korvettes just became Kohl's.
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> The Korvettes picture above is not of the Baileys
> Crossroads site but rather of another store, which
> I believe was located in New York. There is a
> short video of the Baileys Crossroads store that
> is easy to find online. Below is a rather crude
> panoramic view of the Baileys Crossroad location
> that I lifted from that video by piecing together
> screen shots as the camera pans from left to
> right. Below that is the site as it looks today.
> If you look closely you'll see that the front
> profile of the store configuration still
> approximates what you see in the older shot, with
> the higher elevation limited to a portion of the
> strip to the right of center.
Korvettes just became Kohl's.
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Posted by:
do the bump!
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Date: October 21, 2014 08:20PM
Bump
More PLEASE! thanks.
More PLEASE! thanks.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Poo Poo and Pee Pee
()
Date: October 24, 2014 12:31PM
Could anyone please post some photos of the old/former train stations in Springfield and Newington? Thanks!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Railfan...
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Date: October 24, 2014 03:55PM
Poo Poo and Pee Pee Wrote:
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> Could anyone please post some photos of the
> old/former train stations in Springfield and
> Newington? Thanks!
Tiny one of one of the Springfield stations...
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> Could anyone please post some photos of the
> old/former train stations in Springfield and
> Newington? Thanks!
Tiny one of one of the Springfield stations...
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dave Henery
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Date: October 25, 2014 09:29AM
Got conflicting info on this shot. Supposed to be Rose Hill shopping center or someplace in Falls church. Anybody know for sure?? Wherever it is somebody was doing some seriously close parking.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Ye Ole Woodson Man
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Date: October 25, 2014 09:41AM
That looks like Bradlee shopping center off Rt 7 in Alexandria.
The old phone books at the Virginia Room at the Fairfax Central library would tell by looking up the address of Radio Shack and Grants and what looks like the auto parts store Hi-Gear.
The old phone books at the Virginia Room at the Fairfax Central library would tell by looking up the address of Radio Shack and Grants and what looks like the auto parts store Hi-Gear.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
NS 13
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Date: October 25, 2014 10:39AM
Sweet Pinto.