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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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Dave Henery
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Date: September 20, 2015 04:23PM
1961 washington post
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Joke Insurance
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Date: September 20, 2015 08:50PM
There was a driveway close to what is now Zion Drive and Guinea Road. Historical Aerials as it crossing the railroad tracks and ending somewhere in the Coffer Woods neighborhood. I think the house is now community owned. Is that correct?
On the note of Zion Drive and Guinea Road, anyone know the history of the house located at the NW section of that intersection?
And last, for now, Historical Aerials shows a house at the intersection of Burke Road and Lake Braddock Drive, next to the pond there. Was that a residential house or something else?
On the note of Zion Drive and Guinea Road, anyone know the history of the house located at the NW section of that intersection?
And last, for now, Historical Aerials shows a house at the intersection of Burke Road and Lake Braddock Drive, next to the pond there. Was that a residential house or something else?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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baboon_on_phone.jpg
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Date: September 21, 2015 04:57PM
Anyone have old pictures of Fairfax High school inside/outside? Kids who go there now don't believe there were yellow/orange lockers and full-wall chalkboards.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
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Date: September 23, 2015 06:32PM
baboon_on_phone.jpg Wrote:
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> Anyone have old pictures of Fairfax High school
> inside/outside? Kids who go there now don't
> believe there were yellow/orange lockers and
> full-wall chalkboards.
Look thru old Fairfax High School yearbooks here to see the pics:
http://www.classmates.com/places/school/Fairfax-High-School/1898
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> Anyone have old pictures of Fairfax High school
> inside/outside? Kids who go there now don't
> believe there were yellow/orange lockers and
> full-wall chalkboards.
Look thru old Fairfax High School yearbooks here to see the pics:
http://www.classmates.com/places/school/Fairfax-High-School/1898
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Burke Brat
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Date: September 23, 2015 08:47PM
Joke Insurance Wrote:
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> There was a driveway close to what is now Zion
> Drive and Guinea Road. Historical Aerials as it
> crossing the railroad tracks and ending somewhere
> in the Coffer Woods neighborhood. I think the
> house is now community owned. Is that correct?
>
> On the note of Zion Drive and Guinea Road, anyone
> know the history of the house located at the NW
> section of that intersection?
>
> And last, for now, Historical Aerials shows a
> house at the intersection of Burke Road and Lake
> Braddock Drive, next to the pond there. Was that a
> residential house or something else?
When Guinea was realigned from Behind Target to infront of it (Overpass), it crossed at that point, but stayed the same course. There is however a road from Sideburn that was cut off by the tracks, it went up Premier Drive or past the Burke Center Conservancy Maintenance yard and Boat Storage and went through the lake, to Oak Leather Drive from what I recall. That CC is the Commons Community Center, there is the Woods CC also off Coffer Woods Rd.
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> There was a driveway close to what is now Zion
> Drive and Guinea Road. Historical Aerials as it
> crossing the railroad tracks and ending somewhere
> in the Coffer Woods neighborhood. I think the
> house is now community owned. Is that correct?
>
> On the note of Zion Drive and Guinea Road, anyone
> know the history of the house located at the NW
> section of that intersection?
>
> And last, for now, Historical Aerials shows a
> house at the intersection of Burke Road and Lake
> Braddock Drive, next to the pond there. Was that a
> residential house or something else?
When Guinea was realigned from Behind Target to infront of it (Overpass), it crossed at that point, but stayed the same course. There is however a road from Sideburn that was cut off by the tracks, it went up Premier Drive or past the Burke Center Conservancy Maintenance yard and Boat Storage and went through the lake, to Oak Leather Drive from what I recall. That CC is the Commons Community Center, there is the Woods CC also off Coffer Woods Rd.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dave Henery
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Date: September 26, 2015 04:34AM
Logan ford.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
swingerr
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Date: September 26, 2015 02:58PM
Who got one of these for Christmas??
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Joke Insurance
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Date: September 28, 2015 08:51PM
Historical Aerials shows a house at the intersection of Burke Road and Lake Braddock Drive, next to the pond there. Was that a residential house or something else?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Thanks pal
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Date: September 30, 2015 11:27PM
thanks Dave Henerey scum bag stealer
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
xenodispo
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Date: September 30, 2015 11:35PM
Isnt this it?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Old Goat
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Date: September 30, 2015 11:43PM
thanks Dave Henerey scum bag stealer
Why do you care?
Why do you care?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 01, 2015 12:11AM
wrong intersection. first one is Kamp Washington (236 at 50/29), second one is 123 & 50 (new Northfax)
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fireman
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Date: October 01, 2015 12:38AM
Belle View Shopping Center sometime around 1991. Peoples Drung (Now CVS) & Primo's Pizzarea in the background. I don't know what happened to Primo's since we moved, I assume its still there?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
james grear
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Date: October 01, 2015 02:22AM
Fireman Wrote:
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> Belle View Shopping Center sometime around 1991.
> Peoples Drung (Now CVS) & Primo's Pizzarea in the
> background. I don't know what happened to Primo's
> since we moved, I assume its still there?
My brother had one of those cars. a 86 delta 88 i think. a dealer in maryland costomised them as a ss. his was black with white stripes. he bought it used and i rememmber he had a lot of trans problems with it. he sold it after the 3 used trans still runnings. motor was still good
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> Belle View Shopping Center sometime around 1991.
> Peoples Drung (Now CVS) & Primo's Pizzarea in the
> background. I don't know what happened to Primo's
> since we moved, I assume its still there?
My brother had one of those cars. a 86 delta 88 i think. a dealer in maryland costomised them as a ss. his was black with white stripes. he bought it used and i rememmber he had a lot of trans problems with it. he sold it after the 3 used trans still runnings. motor was still good
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fireman
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Date: October 01, 2015 02:27AM
i dont know about the fog lites. dont rememmber them on his
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Nancy Perry
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Date: October 01, 2015 12:51PM
I am looking for this picture of the construction of the Pentagon. I found it in a book, attributed to U.S. Army. Does anyone know where I can find a better resolution copy? Thanks.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 01, 2015 10:15PM
I think this is it:
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Double Action Jackson
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Date: October 01, 2015 10:40PM
Primos is still there owned by other Greeks today (Jimmy) and still has good Greek Pizza and chicken souvlaki plattersa and Gyros.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Eric T
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Date: October 03, 2015 07:26PM
TT Reynolds was an antique store earlier
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
eric t
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Date: October 03, 2015 07:30PM
anyone else participate in Punt Pass and Kick sponsored by Logan Ford?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Pre 1957
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Date: October 03, 2015 10:21PM
Eric T Wrote:
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> TT Reynolds was an antique store earlier
It was the Wayne Feed Store before it became TT Reynolds.
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> TT Reynolds was an antique store earlier
It was the Wayne Feed Store before it became TT Reynolds.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 03, 2015 11:15PM
Original Springfielder Wrote:
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> Lee Highway, 1963. Anyone know where?
This has probably already been answered but this is east of Cherrydale and right before you get into Rossyln. I think it was right after that furniture store on the right in the white building that looked like it was built into the hill.
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> Lee Highway, 1963. Anyone know where?
This has probably already been answered but this is east of Cherrydale and right before you get into Rossyln. I think it was right after that furniture store on the right in the white building that looked like it was built into the hill.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Greybeard
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Date: October 04, 2015 12:22AM
causeican Wrote:
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> Original Springfielder Wrote:
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> > Lee Highway, 1963. Anyone know where?
>
>
> This has probably already been answered but this
> is east of Cherrydale and right before you get
> into Rossyln. I think it was right after that
> furniture store on the right in the white building
> that looked like it was built into the hill.
The furniture store was Colony House. Went down a few years ago.
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> Original Springfielder Wrote:
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> > Lee Highway, 1963. Anyone know where?
>
>
> This has probably already been answered but this
> is east of Cherrydale and right before you get
> into Rossyln. I think it was right after that
> furniture store on the right in the white building
> that looked like it was built into the hill.
The furniture store was Colony House. Went down a few years ago.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 04, 2015 12:36AM
Does anyone know where this is?
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 04, 2015 12:37AM
Here’s the article with the pumpkin picture.
https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/joel-sternfeld-mclean-virginia-december-1978/
Joel Sternfeld; McLean, Virginia; December 1978
On the cover of American Prospect, Joel Sternfeld’s ode to roadside America, was a ghoulish photo. A fireman shops for a pumpkin as the farmhouse — whose fire presumably brought him to this very acres — burns in the background. Its fiery destruction perfectly complemented the wintry leaves, the spoilt pumpkins, and from the foreground, with his hands tightly clasped upon a prized possession, the orange-clad firefighter: an American Nero.
It was not a staged Leibovitzian spectacle. Joel Sternfeld indeed witnessed the fire while driving his Volkswagen through McLean, Virginia. However, if there is one thing the readers should take from Iconic Photos, it is that photographs lie too. In this case, the fire was a controlled training exercise and the firefighter was on a break.
But this fact wasn’t even clear to the reviewers of his works (here, here). When the photo was published, firstly in Life, and then in many other magazines and exhibitions, it was only with pithiest of captions: “Joel Sternfeld; McLean, Virginia; December 1978”. The photographer himself reveled in this ambiguity; in a 2004 interview where the Guardian called him the chronicler of “the sinister curiousness of modern America”, he confided:
“Photography has always been capable of manipulation. Even more subtle and more invidious is the fact that any time you put a frame to the world, it’s an interpretation. I could get my camera and point it at two people and not point it at the homeless third person to the right of the frame, or not include the murder that’s going on to the left of the frame. You take 35 degrees out of 360 degrees and call it a photo. There’s an infinite number of ways you can do this: photographs have always been authored.”
https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/joel-sternfeld-mclean-virginia-december-1978/
Joel Sternfeld; McLean, Virginia; December 1978
On the cover of American Prospect, Joel Sternfeld’s ode to roadside America, was a ghoulish photo. A fireman shops for a pumpkin as the farmhouse — whose fire presumably brought him to this very acres — burns in the background. Its fiery destruction perfectly complemented the wintry leaves, the spoilt pumpkins, and from the foreground, with his hands tightly clasped upon a prized possession, the orange-clad firefighter: an American Nero.
It was not a staged Leibovitzian spectacle. Joel Sternfeld indeed witnessed the fire while driving his Volkswagen through McLean, Virginia. However, if there is one thing the readers should take from Iconic Photos, it is that photographs lie too. In this case, the fire was a controlled training exercise and the firefighter was on a break.
But this fact wasn’t even clear to the reviewers of his works (here, here). When the photo was published, firstly in Life, and then in many other magazines and exhibitions, it was only with pithiest of captions: “Joel Sternfeld; McLean, Virginia; December 1978”. The photographer himself reveled in this ambiguity; in a 2004 interview where the Guardian called him the chronicler of “the sinister curiousness of modern America”, he confided:
“Photography has always been capable of manipulation. Even more subtle and more invidious is the fact that any time you put a frame to the world, it’s an interpretation. I could get my camera and point it at two people and not point it at the homeless third person to the right of the frame, or not include the murder that’s going on to the left of the frame. You take 35 degrees out of 360 degrees and call it a photo. There’s an infinite number of ways you can do this: photographs have always been authored.”
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Robb Krebbs
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Date: October 04, 2015 11:57AM
Lovin this thread!!!!
Yearbook picture of Farrel's ice cream place in Springfield mall. 1970s I think.
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Yearbook picture of Farrel's ice cream place in Springfield mall. 1970s I think.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: October 04, 2015 12:13PM
Greybeard Wrote:
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > Original Springfielder Wrote:
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> > > Lee Highway, 1963. Anyone know where?
> >
> >
> > This has probably already been answered but
> this
> > is east of Cherrydale and right before you get
> > into Rossyln. I think it was right after that
> > furniture store on the right in the white
> building
> > that looked like it was built into the hill.
>
> The furniture store was Colony House. Went down a
> few years ago.
The last I had heard "they" were planning on turning it into a boutique hotel, a rather odd place for it though. Haven't been on that stretch of Lee Highway lately to know what's going on with the building.
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > Original Springfielder Wrote:
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> > > Lee Highway, 1963. Anyone know where?
> >
> >
> > This has probably already been answered but
> this
> > is east of Cherrydale and right before you get
> > into Rossyln. I think it was right after that
> > furniture store on the right in the white
> building
> > that looked like it was built into the hill.
>
> The furniture store was Colony House. Went down a
> few years ago.
The last I had heard "they" were planning on turning it into a boutique hotel, a rather odd place for it though. Haven't been on that stretch of Lee Highway lately to know what's going on with the building.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: October 04, 2015 12:38PM
Keep it going folks....OKAY, Sleepy needs some help. I remember when Loehmann's Plaza was being built and frequented it forever, but I do not remember this spot. ANY pics or recollections would truly be appreciated. Given the size needed for this type of TIKI spot it was probably located where Giacamo's was later. I guess Diamond Head had Arlington and MD locations also. Thanks.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Robb Krebbs
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Date: October 04, 2015 02:06PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Keep it going folks....OKAY, Sleepy needs some
> help. I remember when Loehmann's Plaza was being
> built and frequented it forever, but I do not
> remember this spot. ANY pics or recollections
> would truly be appreciated. Given the size needed
> for this type of TIKI spot it was probably located
> where Giacamo's was later. I guess Diamond Head
> had Arlington and MD locations also. Thanks.
I did not spend much time at LP and have no memory of diamond head but I did find this from 1980.
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> Keep it going folks....OKAY, Sleepy needs some
> help. I remember when Loehmann's Plaza was being
> built and frequented it forever, but I do not
> remember this spot. ANY pics or recollections
> would truly be appreciated. Given the size needed
> for this type of TIKI spot it was probably located
> where Giacamo's was later. I guess Diamond Head
> had Arlington and MD locations also. Thanks.
I did not spend much time at LP and have no memory of diamond head but I did find this from 1980.
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Posted by:
Robb Krebbs
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Date: October 04, 2015 02:10PM
same place in 08.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Joke Insurance
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Date: October 04, 2015 02:15PM
Can someone please post some photos of the former at-grade railroad crossings for Burke Lake Road, Burke Road, Guinea Road, and Van Dorn Street?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Connia
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Date: October 04, 2015 02:59PM
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
pDFpU
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Date: October 04, 2015 07:26PM
Here's another photo from the same event as the above. I saw both posted on a FB Group called "I remember Springfield when..."
Inerestingly enough, I spotted my mother (age 17 in this photo) and Grandmother. Both photos are from 1962 from what I was told.
Inerestingly enough, I spotted my mother (age 17 in this photo) and Grandmother. Both photos are from 1962 from what I was told.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Jim Teacher
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Date: October 06, 2015 07:53PM
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this topic. I grew up in Fairfax area. Great memories!
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Posted by:
Just Another Old Fart
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Date: October 07, 2015 10:24AM
Sleepy -
Not a pic, and I don't really remember it (guess I wasn't into Tiki places), but this at least provides an answer regarding the Loehmann's Diamond Head location. The address gives it away. It wasn't the Giacomo's space, but rather on the other side in the corner by the movie theaters. The spot more recently was a restaurant called Flying Buffalo, and now is a dollar store. There were also several other locations, including Bethesda, Georgetown, Woodbridge, and Fredericksburg.
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Not a pic, and I don't really remember it (guess I wasn't into Tiki places), but this at least provides an answer regarding the Loehmann's Diamond Head location. The address gives it away. It wasn't the Giacomo's space, but rather on the other side in the corner by the movie theaters. The spot more recently was a restaurant called Flying Buffalo, and now is a dollar store. There were also several other locations, including Bethesda, Georgetown, Woodbridge, and Fredericksburg.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: October 07, 2015 02:16PM
@Another....Thanks for the pics....So it must have been in the spot where Chesapeake Bay Seafood was later.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
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Date: October 08, 2015 05:25PM
Put up on the Fairfax County Police Facebook page today...
The Fairfax County Police Headquarters in 1960 and today
The caption:
It's Throwback Thursday and today we feature the old Fairfax County Police Headquarters in 1960 and how is stands today in 2015. 55 years ago it was the heartbeat of the department where 911 calls were answered, reports were held, detectives worked, etc.
The building is currently used as our records room where our residents come for fingerprinting, copies of traffic accidents, criminal records checks and more. Do you know where it is?
The Fairfax County Police Headquarters in 1960 and today
The caption:
It's Throwback Thursday and today we feature the old Fairfax County Police Headquarters in 1960 and how is stands today in 2015. 55 years ago it was the heartbeat of the department where 911 calls were answered, reports were held, detectives worked, etc.
The building is currently used as our records room where our residents come for fingerprinting, copies of traffic accidents, criminal records checks and more. Do you know where it is?
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Posted by:
oldguy
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Date: October 08, 2015 07:55PM
Of course 55 years ago there was no 911. I think I remember the emergency number was 691-2233, and non emergency was 691-2131.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 08, 2015 09:37PM
There’s a shot of the old water tower! Someone was looking for that a while back. (Fairfax County Police Headquarters in 1960), That’s a pretty-tall antenna. Is that on the roof? I think it’s a nice looking building, even after all these years.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
bcheete
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Date: October 12, 2015 12:58PM
And who brought the negroes here against their will shackled and bound in chains on slave ships?
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Posted by:
The Candy Man
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Date: October 12, 2015 11:16PM
'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good
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Posted by:
Me Thinks You Are right
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Date: October 12, 2015 11:32PM
I think I remember the emergency number was 691-2233, and non emergency was 691-2131.
Sounds like it. DAJAX
Sounds like it. DAJAX
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 12, 2015 11:37PM
bcheete Wrote:
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> And who brought the negroes here against their
> will shackled and bound in chains on slave ships?
The slave masters. What’s your point?
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> And who brought the negroes here against their
> will shackled and bound in chains on slave ships?
The slave masters. What’s your point?
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Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
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Date: October 14, 2015 06:21AM
Photo courtesy Dudley Chapman from the Facebook group "You Know You Grew Up in Fairfax if..."
Roughly the same view today?
Roughly the same view today?
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baboon_on_phone.jpg
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Date: October 14, 2015 03:42PM
What used to be where the Fairfax Burlington Coat Factory is now? I remember it as some type of kid's place but I could be wrong.
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Posted by:
CheeseDreams
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Date: October 14, 2015 04:42PM
What used to be at 9208 Leesburg pike? It looks like the entire compound was torn down between 2012-2013 according to historic aerials.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/9208+Leesburg+Pike,+Vienna,+VA+22182/@38.9504128,-77.2650657,816m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b64a7534440dcd:0x6c7587a4c61c02ac
https://www.google.com/maps/place/9208+Leesburg+Pike,+Vienna,+VA+22182/@38.9504128,-77.2650657,816m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b64a7534440dcd:0x6c7587a4c61c02ac
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Just Another Old Fart
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Date: October 14, 2015 05:11PM
I'm afraid I'm too much of an old fart to know how to post working web links, but the news article below explains what that complex on Leesburg Pike used to be:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/2012/07/20/gJQAqdQ52W_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/2012/07/20/gJQAqdQ52W_story.html
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Posted by:
Ying Ko
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Date: October 14, 2015 05:39PM
I worked at Hazleton just after high school.I injected cancer into mice and washed cages. They tested perfumes on rabbits and recorded the rashes. I don't remember if I ever went to the monkey section.
I was never sure of the hamburger meat at the company picnics. All in all, very cool place to work. Lotsa chicks.
I was never sure of the hamburger meat at the company picnics. All in all, very cool place to work. Lotsa chicks.
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Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
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Date: October 14, 2015 06:04PM
baboon_on_phone.jpg Wrote:
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> What used to be where the Fairfax Burlington Coat
> Factory is now? I remember it as some type of
> kid's place but I could be wrong.
It was originally a Montgomery Ward before they went out of business.
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> What used to be where the Fairfax Burlington Coat
> Factory is now? I remember it as some type of
> kid's place but I could be wrong.
It was originally a Montgomery Ward before they went out of business.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
CheeseDreams
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Date: October 15, 2015 09:56AM
For Reston people...
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Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
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Date: October 15, 2015 06:56PM
I like looking at these past view/present view type pics.
I got the top photo courtesy of Bob Robb. I got the bottom one off of Google maps.
Top pic looks to be about 1981 or 1982 because Fair Oaks Mall is in the back on the left and it opened in 1980.
This is the old intersection of US Route 50 and West Ox Road, back when there was an intersection.
Route 50 now runs under it. This is the view looking south on West Ox Road.
I lived within a stones throw of here for 21 years in Penderbrook. 1992-2013. Now I live down the road in Fair Lakes. Used to cross the bridge in the bottom pic almost every day twice a day for 21 years.
That is the old Pender Methodist Church in the distance on the left, which by this time (and since 1971) was the Pender Veterinary Clinic.
You can see Fair Oaks Mall to the left and behind the church. The tall building in the top picture and this picture is 4050 Legato Road. I worked in that building and its twin 4000 Legato Road for years when AMS had both buildings.
The church was razed (shame) when they widened 50 and made that part of West Ox Road an overpass. But the doctor saved the cupola and it now sits behind the modern building now housing the Pender Veterinary Centre.
You can see it from the exit ramp going down to route 50 eastbound off of West Ox Road northbound. Old photo courtesy of Bob Robb.
I got the top photo courtesy of Bob Robb. I got the bottom one off of Google maps.
Top pic looks to be about 1981 or 1982 because Fair Oaks Mall is in the back on the left and it opened in 1980.
This is the old intersection of US Route 50 and West Ox Road, back when there was an intersection.
Route 50 now runs under it. This is the view looking south on West Ox Road.
I lived within a stones throw of here for 21 years in Penderbrook. 1992-2013. Now I live down the road in Fair Lakes. Used to cross the bridge in the bottom pic almost every day twice a day for 21 years.
That is the old Pender Methodist Church in the distance on the left, which by this time (and since 1971) was the Pender Veterinary Clinic.
You can see Fair Oaks Mall to the left and behind the church. The tall building in the top picture and this picture is 4050 Legato Road. I worked in that building and its twin 4000 Legato Road for years when AMS had both buildings.
The church was razed (shame) when they widened 50 and made that part of West Ox Road an overpass. But the doctor saved the cupola and it now sits behind the modern building now housing the Pender Veterinary Centre.
You can see it from the exit ramp going down to route 50 eastbound off of West Ox Road northbound. Old photo courtesy of Bob Robb.
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Posted by:
Fran Connia
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Date: October 16, 2015 02:26AM
Reston.
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Fran Connia
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Date: October 16, 2015 02:32AM
Lady bird Johnson visits Reston 1960s
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Posted by:
Photo Detective
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Date: October 16, 2015 08:36AM
Fairfax Bob Wrote:
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> I like looking at these past view/present view
> type pics.
> I got the top photo courtesy of Bob Robb. I got
> the bottom one off of Google maps.
> Top pic looks to be about 1981 or 1982 because
The top picture was taken after 1986 because the Blue Ford pick-up was the 1986 to 1991 body style.
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> I like looking at these past view/present view
> type pics.
> I got the top photo courtesy of Bob Robb. I got
> the bottom one off of Google maps.
> Top pic looks to be about 1981 or 1982 because
The top picture was taken after 1986 because the Blue Ford pick-up was the 1986 to 1991 body style.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Just Another Old Fart
()
Date: October 16, 2015 10:59AM
Also, the office building in the background is Centerpointe I, which wasn't completed until 1987.
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Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
()
Date: October 16, 2015 08:32PM
Just Another Old Fart Wrote:
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> Also, the office building in the background is
> Centerpointe I, which wasn't completed until 1987.
Thanks. I don't drive, so I don't know much about car model years.
I knew it was sometime in the 80's. By the time I moved there in 1992 all this was gone.
Here's two more pics of that same area taken at the same time courtesy of Bob Robb.
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> Also, the office building in the background is
> Centerpointe I, which wasn't completed until 1987.
Thanks. I don't drive, so I don't know much about car model years.
I knew it was sometime in the 80's. By the time I moved there in 1992 all this was gone.
Here's two more pics of that same area taken at the same time courtesy of Bob Robb.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Robb Krebbs
()
Date: October 17, 2015 02:42AM
Airport Drive-In
2001 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202
Closed in 1963
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Arlington, VA 22202
Closed in 1963
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Posted by:
FFX'ian
()
Date: October 17, 2015 04:03PM
Fairfax Bob Wrote:
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> Just Another Old Fart Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Also, the office building in the background is
> > Centerpointe I, which wasn't completed until
> 1987.
>
>
> Thanks. I don't drive, so I don't know much about
> car model years.
> I knew it was sometime in the 80's. By the time I
> moved there in 1992 all this was gone.
> Here's two more pics of that same area taken at
> the same time courtesy of Bob Robb.
>
>
>
>
>
So what is the building in the center of the photo? Isn't that were the Fair Oaks movie theater was? And the buildings in the background do not look like the Marriott and the Wachovia Buildings.
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> Just Another Old Fart Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Also, the office building in the background is
> > Centerpointe I, which wasn't completed until
> 1987.
>
>
> Thanks. I don't drive, so I don't know much about
> car model years.
> I knew it was sometime in the 80's. By the time I
> moved there in 1992 all this was gone.
> Here's two more pics of that same area taken at
> the same time courtesy of Bob Robb.
>
>
>
>
>
So what is the building in the center of the photo? Isn't that were the Fair Oaks movie theater was? And the buildings in the background do not look like the Marriott and the Wachovia Buildings.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
78
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Date: October 18, 2015 04:34PM
1978
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Posted by:
1978
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Date: October 18, 2015 04:42PM
This was located at route 29 and clifton rd where 7-11 now stands. They had like 6 rooms where the lot behind 7-11 is now. Date unknown but that car looks like 1960s or early 70s maybe?
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Posted by:
Photo Detective
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Date: October 18, 2015 06:53PM
Fairfax Bob Wrote:
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> Just Another Old Fart Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Also, the office building in the background is
> > Centerpointe I, which wasn't completed until
> 1987.
>
>
> Thanks. I don't drive, so I don't know much about
> car model years.
> I knew it was sometime in the 80's. By the time I
> moved there in 1992 all this was gone.
> Here's two more pics of that same area taken at
> the same time courtesy of Bob Robb.
>
>
>
>
>
The pictures of the yellow dump truck were taken before 1989, because the Virginia Truck Tarp Law went into effect in 1989.
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> Just Another Old Fart Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Also, the office building in the background is
> > Centerpointe I, which wasn't completed until
> 1987.
>
>
> Thanks. I don't drive, so I don't know much about
> car model years.
> I knew it was sometime in the 80's. By the time I
> moved there in 1992 all this was gone.
> Here's two more pics of that same area taken at
> the same time courtesy of Bob Robb.
>
>
>
>
>
The pictures of the yellow dump truck were taken before 1989, because the Virginia Truck Tarp Law went into effect in 1989.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fairfax Bob
()
Date: October 19, 2015 06:18PM
FFX'ian Wrote:
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> Fairfax Bob Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Just Another Old Fart Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Also, the office building in the background
> is
> > > Centerpointe I, which wasn't completed until
> > 1987.
> >
> >
> > Thanks. I don't drive, so I don't know much
> about
> > car model years.
> > I knew it was sometime in the 80's. By the time
> I
> > moved there in 1992 all this was gone.
> > Here's two more pics of that same area taken at
> > the same time courtesy of Bob Robb.
> >
> >
> >
>
> >
> >
>
>
> So what is the building in the center of the
> photo? Isn't that were the Fair Oaks movie theater
> was? And the buildings in the background do not
> look like the Marriott and the Wachovia Buildings.
The building in the center of the first picture is an office building still there.
To the left of it is the Marriott, which was a Holiday Inn. It was remodeled.
In the second picture in the middle is the Fair Oaks Theaters, now Waterford.
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> Fairfax Bob Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Just Another Old Fart Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Also, the office building in the background
> is
> > > Centerpointe I, which wasn't completed until
> > 1987.
> >
> >
> > Thanks. I don't drive, so I don't know much
> about
> > car model years.
> > I knew it was sometime in the 80's. By the time
> I
> > moved there in 1992 all this was gone.
> > Here's two more pics of that same area taken at
> > the same time courtesy of Bob Robb.
> >
> >
> >
>
> >
> >
>
>
> So what is the building in the center of the
> photo? Isn't that were the Fair Oaks movie theater
> was? And the buildings in the background do not
> look like the Marriott and the Wachovia Buildings.
The building in the center of the first picture is an office building still there.
To the left of it is the Marriott, which was a Holiday Inn. It was remodeled.
In the second picture in the middle is the Fair Oaks Theaters, now Waterford.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Jimmy Simpson
()
Date: October 21, 2015 05:06PM
Dad owned the Bratwursthaus and also Simpson's Sporting Goods both in Loehmann's Plaza. Oh the stories we could tell! Great memories there and many good friends we spent so much time there with.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
()
Date: October 21, 2015 05:21PM
Jimmy Simpson Wrote:
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> Dad owned the Bratwursthaus and also Simpson's
> Sporting Goods both in Loehmann's Plaza. Oh the
> stories we could tell! Great memories there and
> many good friends we spent so much time there
> with.
Pictures or it didn’t happen
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> Dad owned the Bratwursthaus and also Simpson's
> Sporting Goods both in Loehmann's Plaza. Oh the
> stories we could tell! Great memories there and
> many good friends we spent so much time there
> with.
Pictures or it didn’t happen
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
()
Date: October 21, 2015 05:52PM
1978 Wrote:
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> This was located at route 29 and clifton rd where
> 7-11 now stands. They had like 6 rooms where the
> lot behind 7-11 is now. Date unknown but that car
> looks like 1960s or early 70s maybe?
That’s a great picture. Thanks.
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> This was located at route 29 and clifton rd where
> 7-11 now stands. They had like 6 rooms where the
> lot behind 7-11 is now. Date unknown but that car
> looks like 1960s or early 70s maybe?
That’s a great picture. Thanks.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Memories
()
Date: October 21, 2015 06:22PM
causeican Wrote:
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> 1978 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > This was located at route 29 and clifton rd
> where
> > 7-11 now stands. They had like 6 rooms where
> the
> > lot behind 7-11 is now. Date unknown but that
> car
> > looks like 1960s or early 70s maybe?
>
>
> That’s a great picture. Thanks.
Looks like a 1973 Plymouth in the parking lot.
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> 1978 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > This was located at route 29 and clifton rd
> where
> > 7-11 now stands. They had like 6 rooms where
> the
> > lot behind 7-11 is now. Date unknown but that
> car
> > looks like 1960s or early 70s maybe?
>
>
> That’s a great picture. Thanks.
Looks like a 1973 Plymouth in the parking lot.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 24, 2015 03:41PM
A few throwback Saturday Steakhouses....
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Posted by:
ChrisK
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Date: October 24, 2015 06:40PM
My grandfather worked at the Skyline Esso service station sometime during the 50's maybe 60's. He kept some old hubcaps in this box. The box is Labeled "SKYLINE ESSO SERVICE CENTER FAIRFAX VA". If anyone would like this cool old box in excellent shape, please email me and it will be yours. It's survived this long. Hate to recycle it now. Haha.
Thanks
Chris
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Posted by:
Shootin Craps
()
Date: October 25, 2015 02:19AM
Jimmy Simpson Wrote:
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> Dad owned the Bratwursthaus and also Simpson's
> Sporting Goods both in Loehmann's Plaza. Oh the
> stories we could tell! Great memories there and
> many good friends we spent so much time there
> with.
Pictures or it didn’t happen
It did happen. Pics would be great if you have them. Please post.
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> Dad owned the Bratwursthaus and also Simpson's
> Sporting Goods both in Loehmann's Plaza. Oh the
> stories we could tell! Great memories there and
> many good friends we spent so much time there
> with.
Pictures or it didn’t happen
It did happen. Pics would be great if you have them. Please post.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dumbass libturdz.
()
Date: October 25, 2015 06:37AM
78 Wrote:
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> 1978
That's right before this area boomed and was ruined by libtards and the police state we now live in was created.
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> 1978
That's right before this area boomed and was ruined by libtards and the police state we now live in was created.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dumbass libturdz.
()
Date: October 25, 2015 06:39AM
Fran Connia Wrote:
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> Lady bird Johnson visits Reston 1960s
Nice to see blacks and whites mingling together and smiling. Democrats just couldn't stand for that and races have never been more divided, at least on the Democrat side.
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> Lady bird Johnson visits Reston 1960s
Nice to see blacks and whites mingling together and smiling. Democrats just couldn't stand for that and races have never been more divided, at least on the Democrat side.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Enjoyable Thread
()
Date: October 25, 2015 08:40AM
Dumbass libturdz. Wrote:
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> Fran Connia Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Lady bird Johnson visits Reston 1960s
>
> Nice to see blacks and whites mingling together
> and smiling. Democrats just couldn't stand for
> that and races have never been more divided, at
> least on the Democrat side.
This is one of the few threads that isn't tainted with silly political rhetoric.
Please refrain from adding.
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> Fran Connia Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Lady bird Johnson visits Reston 1960s
>
> Nice to see blacks and whites mingling together
> and smiling. Democrats just couldn't stand for
> that and races have never been more divided, at
> least on the Democrat side.
This is one of the few threads that isn't tainted with silly political rhetoric.
Please refrain from adding.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
GBW
()
Date: October 31, 2015 12:30PM
Found this link in another thread. Would be nice if they had included exact locations or road names.
http://photogrammar.yale.edu/search/results.php?start=0&search=&pname=&lot=&van=&state=Virginia&county=Fairfax&city=&year_start=1936&month_start=0&year_stop=1943&month_stop=12
http://photogrammar.yale.edu/search/results.php?start=0&search=&pname=&lot=&van=&state=Virginia&county=Fairfax&city=&year_start=1936&month_start=0&year_stop=1943&month_stop=12
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Bill.N.
()
Date: October 31, 2015 02:11PM
Dumbass libturdz. Wrote:
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> Nice to see blacks and whites mingling together
> and smiling.
This part of the comment isn't as obnoxious as it seems. Lady Bird Johnson's visit was before the Fair Housing Act was passed, and the idea of a new suburban development that was integrated from the start was novel in the 1960s when Reston was being developed.
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> Nice to see blacks and whites mingling together
> and smiling.
This part of the comment isn't as obnoxious as it seems. Lady Bird Johnson's visit was before the Fair Housing Act was passed, and the idea of a new suburban development that was integrated from the start was novel in the 1960s when Reston was being developed.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Joke Insurance
()
Date: November 01, 2015 02:56PM
Can someone please post some photos of the former at-grade railroad crossings for Burke Lake Road, Burke Road, Guinea Road, and Van Dorn Street?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
fritz bee
()
Date: November 01, 2015 03:11PM
Columbia pike Fritzbees.
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Posted by:
fritz bee
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Date: November 01, 2015 03:15PM
WFAX
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Posted by:
fritz bee
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Date: November 01, 2015 03:18PM
And the weel 1310 mobile studio @ kamp washington.
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Posted by:
Photo Detective
()
Date: November 01, 2015 08:17PM
fritz bee Wrote:
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> And the weel 1310 mobile studio @ kamp washington.
Circa 1963 looks to be the time frame. Up near where the Grand Union was.
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> And the weel 1310 mobile studio @ kamp washington.
Circa 1963 looks to be the time frame. Up near where the Grand Union was.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Times Have Changed
()
Date: November 01, 2015 08:24PM
fritz bee Wrote:
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> Columbia pike Fritzbees.
Now even better as Silverado.
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> Columbia pike Fritzbees.
Now even better as Silverado.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DAJAX
()
Date: November 01, 2015 08:29PM
>Columbia pike Fritzbees.
And the Yard O Beer they had!
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Posted by:
Photo Detective Correction
()
Date: November 01, 2015 09:36PM
Photo Detective Wrote:
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> fritz bee Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > And the weel 1310 mobile studio @ kamp
> washington.
>
>
> Circa 1963 looks to be the time frame. Up near
> where the Grand Union was.
Black plates with white letters were on EVEN years, so the plates on the Chevy Van, and the 1963 Chevy Biscayne Station Wagon are 1964 plates.
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> fritz bee Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > And the weel 1310 mobile studio @ kamp
> washington.
>
>
> Circa 1963 looks to be the time frame. Up near
> where the Grand Union was.
Black plates with white letters were on EVEN years, so the plates on the Chevy Van, and the 1963 Chevy Biscayne Station Wagon are 1964 plates.
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Posted by:
old
()
Date: November 02, 2015 12:41AM
Photo Detective Correction Wrote:
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> Photo Detective Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > fritz bee Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > And the weel 1310 mobile studio @ kamp
> > washington.
> >
> >
> > Circa 1963 looks to be the time frame. Up near
> > where the Grand Union was.
>
> Black plates with white letters were on EVEN
> years, so the plates on the Chevy Van, and the
> 1963 Chevy Biscayne Station Wagon are 1964 plates.
Not just a Chevy van, a Chevy Greenbrier van! An adaptation of the Corvair with an air-cooled 6 cyl boxer engine in the rear. The pick-up truck version, the Rampside, was really cool and a rip-off of the similar VW pick-up.
I bet Jim Mckay either sold or loaned (advertising deal) WEEL the Greenbrier.
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> Photo Detective Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > fritz bee Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > And the weel 1310 mobile studio @ kamp
> > washington.
> >
> >
> > Circa 1963 looks to be the time frame. Up near
> > where the Grand Union was.
>
> Black plates with white letters were on EVEN
> years, so the plates on the Chevy Van, and the
> 1963 Chevy Biscayne Station Wagon are 1964 plates.
Not just a Chevy van, a Chevy Greenbrier van! An adaptation of the Corvair with an air-cooled 6 cyl boxer engine in the rear. The pick-up truck version, the Rampside, was really cool and a rip-off of the similar VW pick-up.
I bet Jim Mckay either sold or loaned (advertising deal) WEEL the Greenbrier.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
()
Date: November 02, 2015 02:07AM
Was the Peoples Drug store where this carpet store is now?
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Posted by:
cassandra ganas
()
Date: November 02, 2015 03:43PM
hi, this is my mother :) might you still have this image? we would love to have a copy. thank you!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
ebaythief2
()
Date: November 02, 2015 08:29PM
I always thought the Peoples at Kamp Washington was where Bachlors II burned.... where the Autozone is now. I do remember the ABC store next door.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8529439,-77.3226613,3a,75y,336.16h,79.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1si42uiy9SvtISZqhjde8ljw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8529439,-77.3226613,3a,75y,336.16h,79.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1si42uiy9SvtISZqhjde8ljw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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Posted by:
Mannie the Arsonist
()
Date: November 02, 2015 11:22PM
I always thought the Peoples at Kamp Washington was where Bachlors II burned.... where the Autozone is now. I do remember the ABC store next door.
Naw man my place was further down the road
Naw man my place was further down the road
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Posted by:
causeican
()
Date: November 02, 2015 11:25PM
cassandra ganas Wrote:
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> hi, this is my mother :) might you still have
> this image? we would love to have a copy. thank
> you!
Does that mean something like “I am your father”? No Comprende
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> hi, this is my mother :) might you still have
> this image? we would love to have a copy. thank
> you!
Does that mean something like “I am your father”? No Comprende
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Connia
()
Date: November 07, 2015 11:28AM
Springfield village inn pizza.
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Posted by:
MikeB
()
Date: November 07, 2015 12:19PM
Really enjoying the old pictures of Fairfax County. I'm on the Board of Historic Vienna (the Freeman Store and Museum on Church Street in Vienna). We're looking for old pictures of Vienna - not necessarily posed pics of family members - and pictures associated with farming in Vienna or environs for our upcoming exhibit on that subject, as well as old buildings, businesses, and so forth. If you have any you'd like to share, please let us know. We're not looking for one that have already been published - rather the ones in that old photo album on the shelf in the attic or basement. We're also looking for antique farm equipment - not "huge" stuff, but the kind that could be used in the exhibit. The Freeman Store is open noon to 4PM, Wednesday thru Sunday. Lots to see and buy there. If you'd like to contact us, information is at www.historicviennainc.org.
Thanks,
Mike
Thanks,
Mike
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Posted by:
1957 Fairfax County Map
()
Date: November 08, 2015 09:52AM
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/841601/Fairfax+County+1957/Fairfax+County+1957/Virginia/
Looks a lot different
DAJAX
Looks a lot different
DAJAX
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dave Henery
()
Date: November 08, 2015 11:08AM
Reston Safeway in the snow. Date unknown.
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Posted by:
blanche
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Date: November 08, 2015 06:39PM
Where was the Springfield Village Inn located? It looks familiar but I'm just not remembering it.
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Posted by:
Way Back In Time
()
Date: November 08, 2015 06:53PM
Reston Safeway in the snow. Date unknown:
Looks late 60's
Before Global Warming was invented to appease the "Green Vote"
Looks late 60's
Before Global Warming was invented to appease the "Green Vote"
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
WingNut
()
Date: November 09, 2015 09:38AM
Reston used to look so modern and space age back in the 70's.
North Shore Drive is such a dump now. Waste of waterfront.
North Shore Drive is such a dump now. Waste of waterfront.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dave Henery
()
Date: November 09, 2015 02:05PM
blanche Wrote:
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> Where was the Springfield Village Inn located? It
> looks familiar but I'm just not remembering it.
As I remember it was across the street from Logan Ford. I think it opened mid 70s. That picture is a village inn but I don't think it is the Springfield location. I could be wrong though.
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> Where was the Springfield Village Inn located? It
> looks familiar but I'm just not remembering it.
As I remember it was across the street from Logan Ford. I think it opened mid 70s. That picture is a village inn but I don't think it is the Springfield location. I could be wrong though.
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Posted by:
kevin t
()
Date: November 09, 2015 02:52PM
blanche Wrote:
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> Where was the Springfield Village Inn located? It
> looks familiar but I'm just not remembering it.
As I remember it was across the street from Logan Ford. I think it opened mid 70s. That picture is a village inn but I don't think it is the Springfield location. I could be wrong though.
If I'm not mistaken the Village Inn in Springfield is now the El Paso Mexican restaurant. There's another one located on Columbia Pike near Bailey's X Roads. Not sure what in there now
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> Where was the Springfield Village Inn located? It
> looks familiar but I'm just not remembering it.
As I remember it was across the street from Logan Ford. I think it opened mid 70s. That picture is a village inn but I don't think it is the Springfield location. I could be wrong though.
If I'm not mistaken the Village Inn in Springfield is now the El Paso Mexican restaurant. There's another one located on Columbia Pike near Bailey's X Roads. Not sure what in there now
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: November 09, 2015 03:35PM
Thanks for the information on the Springfield location, I'm thinking the El Paso is the correct place. The building in the background of the picture was confusing me.
The Baileys Xroads Village Pizza is now a Mexican place (big surprise) on the right hand side of the road as you head towards Rte. 7. Next to a laundrymat before getting to the light at the shopping center with the Trader Joe's.
The Baileys Xroads Village Pizza is now a Mexican place (big surprise) on the right hand side of the road as you head towards Rte. 7. Next to a laundrymat before getting to the light at the shopping center with the Trader Joe's.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Double Action Jackson
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Date: November 09, 2015 09:12PM
>As I remember it was across the street from Logan Ford. I think it opened mid 70s. That picture is a village inn but I don't think it is the Springfield location. I could be wrong though.
I agree, The brick place on the hill throws me off. Wheres the hill today and that place? Probably a Pizza joint but not Springfield. That Village Inn building does have a high speed look to it like the Mexican Food place. Will have to take a closer look next time I pass by.
I agree, The brick place on the hill throws me off. Wheres the hill today and that place? Probably a Pizza joint but not Springfield. That Village Inn building does have a high speed look to it like the Mexican Food place. Will have to take a closer look next time I pass by.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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kevin t
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Date: November 09, 2015 09:48PM
I agree, The brick place on the hill throws me off. Wheres the hill today and that place? Probably a Pizza joint but not Springfield. That Village Inn building does have a high speed look to it like the Mexican Food place. Will have to take a closer look next time I pass by.
Not the Springfield location in the photo. Probably had several around since it was a franchise. El Paso still has the original fireplace in the middle of the dining area. I remember that the Baileys location did as well since I used to go there in my younger days. Across the street on 7 was a steak place something skillet which was pretty good.
Not the Springfield location in the photo. Probably had several around since it was a franchise. El Paso still has the original fireplace in the middle of the dining area. I remember that the Baileys location did as well since I used to go there in my younger days. Across the street on 7 was a steak place something skillet which was pretty good.