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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!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: October 16, 2016 01:05PM
ONCE MORE-a cool different ad from the CO that made this beauty..one of my fave parts of my 7-Corners memories! Some more cool facts about this long gone gem....
The first car drove under that magical sign Oct. 4, 1956, the day of the shopping center's grand opening. The sign consisted of an 80-foot-tall vertical section that read "7 CORNERS" and a horizontal arch reading "SHOPPING CENTER." The 11-foot-tall "7" forecast the weather. A jingle from those days:
When Number 7 is shining red, nasty weather is ahead.
When Number 7 is shining green, fair weather is foreseen.
When Number 7 is shining white, cloudy weather is in sight.
A vertical row of lights flashed upward when the temperature was increasing and downward when the mercury was falling. As if this weren't enough, there was also a three-foot-high digital clock.
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The first car drove under that magical sign Oct. 4, 1956, the day of the shopping center's grand opening. The sign consisted of an 80-foot-tall vertical section that read "7 CORNERS" and a horizontal arch reading "SHOPPING CENTER." The 11-foot-tall "7" forecast the weather. A jingle from those days:
When Number 7 is shining red, nasty weather is ahead.
When Number 7 is shining green, fair weather is foreseen.
When Number 7 is shining white, cloudy weather is in sight.
A vertical row of lights flashed upward when the temperature was increasing and downward when the mercury was falling. As if this weren't enough, there was also a three-foot-high digital clock.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
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Date: October 16, 2016 01:33PM
My mom and dad moved to this area in 1956. She was a big fan of 7 Corners Shopping Center.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oold
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Date: October 16, 2016 01:51PM
phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> My mom and dad moved to this area in 1956. She was
> a big fan of 7 Corners Shopping Center.
My mom loved 7 Corners too. We lived off Columbia Pike in Arlington (and later Annandale) so it was very close.
I remember Hahn's shoes for back-to-school. Woodward & Lothrop for the clothes. I even got my uniforms at Woodie's Boy Scout shop.
And the monkeys at Woodies, had to go see them every time we were in the store.
One time, my brother and I got caught looking under a mannequin's dress. The matronly sales lady led us by the ears to mom for a chewing out. Sales lady would be arrested today for that.
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> My mom and dad moved to this area in 1956. She was
> a big fan of 7 Corners Shopping Center.
My mom loved 7 Corners too. We lived off Columbia Pike in Arlington (and later Annandale) so it was very close.
I remember Hahn's shoes for back-to-school. Woodward & Lothrop for the clothes. I even got my uniforms at Woodie's Boy Scout shop.
And the monkeys at Woodies, had to go see them every time we were in the store.
One time, my brother and I got caught looking under a mannequin's dress. The matronly sales lady led us by the ears to mom for a chewing out. Sales lady would be arrested today for that.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 16, 2016 03:09PM
oold Wrote:
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> phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> > My mom and dad moved to this area in 1956. She
> was
> > a big fan of 7 Corners Shopping Center.
>
>
> My mom loved 7 Corners too. We lived off Columbia
> Pike in Arlington (and later Annandale) so it was
> very close.
>
> I remember Hahn's shoes for back-to-school.
> Woodward & Lothrop for the clothes. I even got my
> uniforms at Woodie's Boy Scout shop.
>
> And the monkeys at Woodies, had to go see them
> every time we were in the store.
>
> One time, my brother and I got caught looking
> under a mannequin's dress. The matronly sales
> lady led us by the ears to mom for a chewing out.
> Sales lady would be arrested today for that.
That’s funny.
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> phelpsmarc Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > My mom and dad moved to this area in 1956. She
> was
> > a big fan of 7 Corners Shopping Center.
>
>
> My mom loved 7 Corners too. We lived off Columbia
> Pike in Arlington (and later Annandale) so it was
> very close.
>
> I remember Hahn's shoes for back-to-school.
> Woodward & Lothrop for the clothes. I even got my
> uniforms at Woodie's Boy Scout shop.
>
> And the monkeys at Woodies, had to go see them
> every time we were in the store.
>
> One time, my brother and I got caught looking
> under a mannequin's dress. The matronly sales
> lady led us by the ears to mom for a chewing out.
> Sales lady would be arrested today for that.
That’s funny.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 16, 2016 04:55PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> ONCE MORE-a cool different ad from the CO that
> made this beauty..one of my fave parts of my
> 7-Corners memories! Some more cool facts about
> this long gone gem....
> The first car drove under that magical sign Oct.
> 4, 1956, the day of the shopping center's grand
> opening. The sign consisted of an 80-foot-tall
> vertical section that read "7 CORNERS" and a
> horizontal arch reading "SHOPPING CENTER." The
> 11-foot-tall "7" forecast the weather. A jingle
> from those days:
>
> When Number 7 is shining red, nasty weather is
> ahead.
>
> When Number 7 is shining green, fair weather is
> foreseen.
>
> When Number 7 is shining white, cloudy weather is
> in sight.
>
> A vertical row of lights flashed upward when the
> temperature was increasing and downward when the
> mercury was falling. As if this weren't enough,
> there was also a three-foot-high digital clock.
I never even knew that
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> ONCE MORE-a cool different ad from the CO that
> made this beauty..one of my fave parts of my
> 7-Corners memories! Some more cool facts about
> this long gone gem....
> The first car drove under that magical sign Oct.
> 4, 1956, the day of the shopping center's grand
> opening. The sign consisted of an 80-foot-tall
> vertical section that read "7 CORNERS" and a
> horizontal arch reading "SHOPPING CENTER." The
> 11-foot-tall "7" forecast the weather. A jingle
> from those days:
>
> When Number 7 is shining red, nasty weather is
> ahead.
>
> When Number 7 is shining green, fair weather is
> foreseen.
>
> When Number 7 is shining white, cloudy weather is
> in sight.
>
> A vertical row of lights flashed upward when the
> temperature was increasing and downward when the
> mercury was falling. As if this weren't enough,
> there was also a three-foot-high digital clock.
I never even knew that
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Greybeard
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Date: October 16, 2016 06:58PM
causeican Wrote:
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> I never even knew that
Likewise. I remember going there with my grandparents in June 1969; I know because it was the only time I visited them alone as a kid, and my grandmother spoiled me rotten, taking me to Toys R Us and letting me go wild. Can't quite remember if Toys R Us was in 7 Corners or not; I do remember 7 Corners, but not the sign.
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> I never even knew that
Likewise. I remember going there with my grandparents in June 1969; I know because it was the only time I visited them alone as a kid, and my grandmother spoiled me rotten, taking me to Toys R Us and letting me go wild. Can't quite remember if Toys R Us was in 7 Corners or not; I do remember 7 Corners, but not the sign.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
()
Date: October 16, 2016 09:10PM
>The remains of the J. W. Kruettner mansion are what you see near CIA.
COOL!
COOL!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 16, 2016 09:39PM
The ruins of the J. W. Kruettner mansion near the Morningside Road turnoff. Kruettner was president of the American Portland Cement Association and the house may have been the first concrete house in the U.S. Visible today are the wine cellar, some walls, a balustrade and pieces of columns.
Near the Kreuttner ruins, waterlogged posts and beams protrude from the river, likely abandoned barges from the mid-20th century dredging that hauled away around half of Dyke Marsh or perhaps remains from the old Dodson Marina operated by a squatter known as Cig. Dodson whom NPS evicted.
http://www.localkicks.com/community/news/celebrating-85-years-of-the-gw-parkway
Near the Kreuttner ruins, waterlogged posts and beams protrude from the river, likely abandoned barges from the mid-20th century dredging that hauled away around half of Dyke Marsh or perhaps remains from the old Dodson Marina operated by a squatter known as Cig. Dodson whom NPS evicted.
http://www.localkicks.com/community/news/celebrating-85-years-of-the-gw-parkway
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oold
()
Date: October 16, 2016 10:27PM
Greybeard Wrote:
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > I never even knew that
>
> Likewise. I remember going there with my
> grandparents in June 1969; I know because it was
> the only time I visited them alone as a kid, and
> my grandmother spoiled me rotten, taking me to
> Toys R Us and letting me go wild. Can't quite
> remember if Toys R Us was in 7 Corners or not; I
> do remember 7 Corners, but not the sign.
Toys R Us was (and still is) a couple of miles up Route 7 from Seven Corners at Bailey's Crossroads.
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> causeican Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I never even knew that
>
> Likewise. I remember going there with my
> grandparents in June 1969; I know because it was
> the only time I visited them alone as a kid, and
> my grandmother spoiled me rotten, taking me to
> Toys R Us and letting me go wild. Can't quite
> remember if Toys R Us was in 7 Corners or not; I
> do remember 7 Corners, but not the sign.
Toys R Us was (and still is) a couple of miles up Route 7 from Seven Corners at Bailey's Crossroads.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
no can c
()
Date: October 16, 2016 10:56PM
Where are the ruins of the J. W. Kruettner mansion? I've travelled that route hundreds of times and never seen them. Or maybe I have but didn't put it together...
Great thread, everyone!
Great thread, everyone!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Shootin Craps
()
Date: October 16, 2016 11:14PM
Toys R Us was (and still is) a couple of miles up Route 7 from Seven Corners at Bailey's Crossroads
Yep and next to the old bowling alley that used to be located there.
Yep and next to the old bowling alley that used to be located there.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 17, 2016 10:28AM
I've been searching for a nice night view o the sign....I don't know why I always LOVED that sign...and Seven Corners.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
old mansion on pkwy
()
Date: October 17, 2016 11:50AM
The remains of the JW Kruettner Mansion don't seem to be much, and no, they are not by the CIA, which is the "newer" end of the parkway.
I've only seen some old cement blocks while jogging along the parkway at winter, near Morningside Lane...can't really see anything from the road.
I've only seen some old cement blocks while jogging along the parkway at winter, near Morningside Lane...can't really see anything from the road.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Photo request
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Date: October 17, 2016 09:11PM
Apparently President Eisenhower brought Nikita Khrushchev to Seven Corners while touring the DC area to show American advancements and luxuries in 1953. Anyone got a picture of this??
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Nikita K
()
Date: October 17, 2016 10:31PM
The year was 1959. Never happened
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
And Also the Russian Who.....
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Date: October 17, 2016 10:46PM
>Apparently President Eisenhower brought Nikita Khrushchev to Seven Corners while touring the DC area to show American advancements and luxuries in 1953. Anyone got a picture of this??
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Split.. Took off in his MIG in the 70's or early 80's and headed to Japan and when he got to Dulles the CIA took him to a typical American Shopping center out in NOVA, His eyes bugged out in the men's clothing store, The supermarket maybe a Safeway or Giant, he could not believe that people were not in lines dozens deep buying meats, cheese ,veggies bread and fresh milk.. And He thought the same thing for a while as the Russians in 1953.. "This is a American Set Up"..A special place just to take people like me to show all off this.. Every one knows the people in the USA are standing in soup lines, with hardly any good clothes to wear! We have a place in Russia we show off to foreigners!!
Then they passed another shopping center.. and another and another..and he slowly began to realize.. This is Beyond..Wonderful! And its all REAL!
DAJAX
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Split.. Took off in his MIG in the 70's or early 80's and headed to Japan and when he got to Dulles the CIA took him to a typical American Shopping center out in NOVA, His eyes bugged out in the men's clothing store, The supermarket maybe a Safeway or Giant, he could not believe that people were not in lines dozens deep buying meats, cheese ,veggies bread and fresh milk.. And He thought the same thing for a while as the Russians in 1953.. "This is a American Set Up"..A special place just to take people like me to show all off this.. Every one knows the people in the USA are standing in soup lines, with hardly any good clothes to wear! We have a place in Russia we show off to foreigners!!
Then they passed another shopping center.. and another and another..and he slowly began to realize.. This is Beyond..Wonderful! And its all REAL!
DAJAX
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
But.. I Remember
()
Date: October 17, 2016 10:49PM
He told Nixon.. We Will Bury You..
But I don't think he could have forseen a Hillary presidency! God Help Us! If She's elected. A Nuke War as a Trade off For Some Lib "Values" and Welfare??
DAJAX
But I don't think he could have forseen a Hillary presidency! God Help Us! If She's elected. A Nuke War as a Trade off For Some Lib "Values" and Welfare??
DAJAX
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
1953??
()
Date: October 17, 2016 11:00PM
I was "Sucked In to A trap" How the Hell did they Do That.. To a 999?? Genius??
1959 ya baby.. Nixon and old "Nicky" in the Kitchen.. Bitchen..
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1959 ya baby.. Nixon and old "Nicky" in the Kitchen.. Bitchen..
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dang Blast It..Forgot My "Sig"
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Date: October 17, 2016 11:10PM
Forgot DAJAX..Not a Sig Sauer..Don't have one..Too Expensive.. You got to understand.. some of them brain cells went by the side of the old road since I was in my late teens..Late 60's.. Early 70's and till today.. You cain't judge a smart fellow in his trailer by what you "Are a thinking bout him" LOL
DAJAX
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
NS13#1
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Date: October 17, 2016 11:19PM
OLd pics of Russians touring North Spingfield around that time
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 18, 2016 10:14AM
How about 1955? Sleepy out!!
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: October 18, 2016 11:29AM
The route 123 bridge years before hurricane Agnes wiped it out. Looks like it was a one lane bridge, anybody know for sure?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
srbak
()
Date: October 18, 2016 04:06PM
And Also the Russian Who..... Wrote:
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> >Apparently President Eisenhower brought Nikita
> Khrushchev to Seven Corners while touring the DC
> area to show American advancements and luxuries in
> 1953. Anyone got a picture of this??
> --------------------------------------------------
> ---------------------------
>
>
> Split.. Took off in his MIG in the 70's or early
> 80's and headed to Japan and when he got to Dulles
> the CIA took him to a typical American Shopping
> center out in NOVA, His eyes bugged out in the
> men's clothing store, The supermarket maybe a
> Safeway or Giant, he could not believe that people
> were not in lines dozens deep buying meats, cheese
> ,veggies bread and fresh milk.. And He thought the
> same thing for a while as the Russians in 1953..
> "This is a American Set Up"..A special place just
> to take people like me to show all off this..
> Every one knows the people in the USA are standing
> in soup lines, with hardly any good clothes to
> wear! We have a place in Russia we show off to
> foreigners!!
>
> Then they passed another shopping center.. and
> another and another..and he slowly began to
> realize.. This is Beyond..Wonderful! And its all
> REAL!
>
> DAJAX
Well, they've caught up. I just got back from 6 months in Russia and Russian grocery stores are the equal of American ones. Very similar except of course for some unusual (for Americans) products. I speak and read Russian so I got along OK.
OMG, the women are fabulous, nothing like the pigs over here, I'm gonna miss 'em.
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> >Apparently President Eisenhower brought Nikita
> Khrushchev to Seven Corners while touring the DC
> area to show American advancements and luxuries in
> 1953. Anyone got a picture of this??
> --------------------------------------------------
> ---------------------------
>
>
> Split.. Took off in his MIG in the 70's or early
> 80's and headed to Japan and when he got to Dulles
> the CIA took him to a typical American Shopping
> center out in NOVA, His eyes bugged out in the
> men's clothing store, The supermarket maybe a
> Safeway or Giant, he could not believe that people
> were not in lines dozens deep buying meats, cheese
> ,veggies bread and fresh milk.. And He thought the
> same thing for a while as the Russians in 1953..
> "This is a American Set Up"..A special place just
> to take people like me to show all off this..
> Every one knows the people in the USA are standing
> in soup lines, with hardly any good clothes to
> wear! We have a place in Russia we show off to
> foreigners!!
>
> Then they passed another shopping center.. and
> another and another..and he slowly began to
> realize.. This is Beyond..Wonderful! And its all
> REAL!
>
> DAJAX
Well, they've caught up. I just got back from 6 months in Russia and Russian grocery stores are the equal of American ones. Very similar except of course for some unusual (for Americans) products. I speak and read Russian so I got along OK.
OMG, the women are fabulous, nothing like the pigs over here, I'm gonna miss 'em.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
srbak
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Date: October 18, 2016 04:11PM
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
BillyBob2
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Date: October 18, 2016 04:30PM
In the early 90's my girlfriend and I called the 7 Corner's Mall the "Anti-Mall". That's when strip malls were fading. Today, they are making a BIG come back.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Real Estate Pro
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Date: October 18, 2016 05:25PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> The route 123 bridge years before hurricane Agnes
> wiped it out. Looks like it was a one lane bridge,
> anybody know for sure?
It doesn't look quite wide enough to be the RT 123 crossing. Maybe somewhere close to the headwaters of the Occoquan River. The sign says Occoquan Creek.
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> The route 123 bridge years before hurricane Agnes
> wiped it out. Looks like it was a one lane bridge,
> anybody know for sure?
It doesn't look quite wide enough to be the RT 123 crossing. Maybe somewhere close to the headwaters of the Occoquan River. The sign says Occoquan Creek.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
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Date: October 18, 2016 07:22PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> How about 1955? Sleepy out!!
Go through that neighborhood now and you'll see both sides of the street lined with old cars as they cram unrelated tenants into the houses.
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> How about 1955? Sleepy out!!
Go through that neighborhood now and you'll see both sides of the street lined with old cars as they cram unrelated tenants into the houses.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oknah
()
Date: October 18, 2016 08:54PM
phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > How about 1955? Sleepy out!!
>
>
> Go through that neighborhood now and you'll see
> both sides of the street lined with old cars as
> they cram unrelated tenants into the houses.
What's your point?
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > How about 1955? Sleepy out!!
>
>
> Go through that neighborhood now and you'll see
> both sides of the street lined with old cars as
> they cram unrelated tenants into the houses.
What's your point?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 20, 2016 01:52PM
OK...Back to what this thread is really all about....more Seven Corners nuggets...1961 before Koons Ford was built.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Buck
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Date: October 20, 2016 02:21PM
Identical floor plan, etc to those on Riley Street
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Shootin Craps
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Date: October 20, 2016 02:31PM
Repost, but a cool shot of Seven Corners in 1948
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: October 20, 2016 05:23PM
Great Picture, you can see the 7"Corners." Everyone was negotiating this crazy intersection without any traffic lights. It must have been heaven without all the people/cars around.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 20, 2016 08:26PM
That might be my all-time favorite picture. Thanks for posting it again. I never saw it before. It looks like there was no overpass and it’s amazing how they put one in to follow the old road exactly. That’s always been a crazy little intersection. If there are seven corners is it still called an intersection?
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 20, 2016 08:33PM
Is that a Nike site in that seven corners picture? To the right of the antenna on the other side of the intersection
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Shootin Craps
()
Date: October 20, 2016 09:51PM
another repost
I'm almost certain that what looks like a garage in the center of the photo was converted to the Hillwood Motor Court and next to it was the Seven Corners supermarket which later became Ichabods night club. Looks like its under construction in the aerial shot. I need to dig out the photo and repost
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I'm almost certain that what looks like a garage in the center of the photo was converted to the Hillwood Motor Court and next to it was the Seven Corners supermarket which later became Ichabods night club. Looks like its under construction in the aerial shot. I need to dig out the photo and repost
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Shootin Craps
()
Date: October 20, 2016 10:46PM
Here's the repost of the 7 Corners market that was next to the garage converted to the motel. Next to it was a Chevy dealership but cant find any photos
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
hogar
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Date: October 20, 2016 10:53PM
North Spring Wrote:
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> Ferndale and Hogarth in North Springfield?
Yes, that's where it is. I love this pic as I live a couple of doors up Hogarth.
The two houses in the background are pretty much as they are now. It's interesting that the one on the left had painted bricks even in 1958 when it was only 2-3 years old.
I have never understood painting brick houses! Why take a basically maintenance-free material and make it maintenance-heavy??? It doesn't even look good in my opinion. And you can get spalling and other brick deterioration under that paint.
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> Ferndale and Hogarth in North Springfield?
Yes, that's where it is. I love this pic as I live a couple of doors up Hogarth.
The two houses in the background are pretty much as they are now. It's interesting that the one on the left had painted bricks even in 1958 when it was only 2-3 years old.
I have never understood painting brick houses! Why take a basically maintenance-free material and make it maintenance-heavy??? It doesn't even look good in my opinion. And you can get spalling and other brick deterioration under that paint.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
hisf
()
Date: October 20, 2016 11:00PM
Shootin Craps Wrote:
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> Here's the repost of the 7 Corners market that was
> next to the garage converted to the motel. Next to
> it was a Chevy dealership but cant find any photos
That was Wissinger's Chevrolet. I bought my Z/28 there new in 1968, and still have it!
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> Here's the repost of the 7 Corners market that was
> next to the garage converted to the motel. Next to
> it was a Chevy dealership but cant find any photos
That was Wissinger's Chevrolet. I bought my Z/28 there new in 1968, and still have it!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
()
Date: October 22, 2016 06:29AM
Gatehouse Medical Center will replace the former Sir Walter Raleigh Inn at 8120 Gatehouse Road in the Merrifield, VA area. When I passed by the construction site, I noticed the Sir Walter Raleigh Inn sign has not been taken down.
http://thetysonscorner.com/medical-office-building-coming-to-former-sir-walter-raleigh-inn-in-merrifield-va/
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: October 22, 2016 12:00PM
One of my dad's doctors is in the medical building that replaced SWR and the sign for the building is on the old sign.
Really classy, you build a nice new building and can't afford a new sign? WTF?
Really classy, you build a nice new building and can't afford a new sign? WTF?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: October 22, 2016 12:42PM
Over to Annandale...1965
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Posted by:
blanche
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Date: October 22, 2016 04:44PM
Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that picture. The arrow is pointing at the First Virginia Bank building where CVS is located now.
What a great place to grow up -- now not so much.
What a great place to grow up -- now not so much.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Hon Cho
()
Date: October 22, 2016 08:45PM
Was the Annandale Theater where the George Mason library is now?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oold
()
Date: October 22, 2016 10:56PM
blanche Wrote:
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> Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> Virginia Bank building where CVS is located now.
>
> What a great place to grow up -- now not so much.
That bank was the Mount Vernon Trust Company then. First Virginia after that, and BB&T now in a new building to the right.
Mount Vernon Trust sure built a big building in little ole Annandale! Got my first passbook savings account there.
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> Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> Virginia Bank building where CVS is located now.
>
> What a great place to grow up -- now not so much.
That bank was the Mount Vernon Trust Company then. First Virginia after that, and BB&T now in a new building to the right.
Mount Vernon Trust sure built a big building in little ole Annandale! Got my first passbook savings account there.
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oold
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Date: October 22, 2016 10:57PM
Hon Cho Wrote:
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> Was the Annandale Theater where the George Mason
> library is now?
No.
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> Was the Annandale Theater where the George Mason
> library is now?
No.
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Posted by:
oold
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Date: October 22, 2016 11:09PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Over to Annandale...1965
And on the left margin of the pic, in about the middle was the old Safeway store. Just past that, out of view was the old Annandale Elementary school, my Alma Mater!
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> Over to Annandale...1965
And on the left margin of the pic, in about the middle was the old Safeway store. Just past that, out of view was the old Annandale Elementary school, my Alma Mater!
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Shootin Craps
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Date: October 22, 2016 11:27PM
another repost of Annandale plus the theatre
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Date: October 22, 2016 11:30PM
blanche Wrote:
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> Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> Virginia Bank building where CVS is located now.
>
> What a great place to grow up -- now not so much.
I bet they had carnivals there too in one of those spacious parking lots
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> Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> Virginia Bank building where CVS is located now.
>
> What a great place to grow up -- now not so much.
I bet they had carnivals there too in one of those spacious parking lots
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oold
()
Date: October 23, 2016 12:12AM
causeican Wrote:
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> blanche Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> > picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> > Virginia Bank building where CVS is located
> now.
> >
> > What a great place to grow up -- now not so
> much.
>
>
> I bet they had carnivals there too in one of those
> spacious parking lots
The carnivals I remember in Annandale were set up in the field next to the firehouse on Columbia Pike.
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> blanche Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> > picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> > Virginia Bank building where CVS is located
> now.
> >
> > What a great place to grow up -- now not so
> much.
>
>
> I bet they had carnivals there too in one of those
> spacious parking lots
The carnivals I remember in Annandale were set up in the field next to the firehouse on Columbia Pike.
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 23, 2016 11:05AM
More Annandale area fun...1960
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Greybeard
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Date: October 23, 2016 08:28PM
Shootin Craps Wrote:
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> another repost of Annandale plus the theatre
So 3 Chefs had one that knew how to cook pancakes, one that knew how to cook chicken, and one that knew how to cook donuts? No wonder it's gone :)
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> another repost of Annandale plus the theatre
So 3 Chefs had one that knew how to cook pancakes, one that knew how to cook chicken, and one that knew how to cook donuts? No wonder it's gone :)
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oold
()
Date: October 23, 2016 09:34PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> More Annandale area fun...1960
The Ravensworth Park developer (I think his name was Mace) must have run out of money on this development.
The sidewalks were never finished. There are stretches sidewalk here and there but they just abruptly end.
Sidewalks were standard equipment in developments of that era.
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> More Annandale area fun...1960
The Ravensworth Park developer (I think his name was Mace) must have run out of money on this development.
The sidewalks were never finished. There are stretches sidewalk here and there but they just abruptly end.
Sidewalks were standard equipment in developments of that era.
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 27, 2016 10:28AM
Sleepy has a little more Annandale-Falcon Dr...to keep this fine thread on page 1...
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Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: October 27, 2016 11:44AM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> More Annandale area fun...1960
Where exactly was that picture taken?
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> More Annandale area fun...1960
Where exactly was that picture taken?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Nova ph
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Date: October 27, 2016 12:50PM
Photo of graves alongside Lee Highway near the Pan Am Center, circa 1988.
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Posted by:
Nova ph
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Date: October 27, 2016 01:02PM
Here is a shot of the Dulles Toll road, taken from the top of the Sheraton Tysons, also around 1988.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 27, 2016 01:04PM
I love it! More, more, more.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
()
Date: October 27, 2016 01:12PM
oold Wrote:
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> blanche Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> > picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> > Virginia Bank building where CVS is located
> now.
> >
> > What a great place to grow up -- now not so
> much.
>
> That bank was the Mount Vernon Trust Company then.
> First Virginia after that, and BB&T now in a new
> building to the right.
>
> Mount Vernon Trust sure built a big building in
> little ole Annandale! Got my first passbook
> savings account there.
I remember when the BB&T was still at that site, right before it became a CVS.
Was the building still like it was shown in this 1965 photo up until the closing and moving of the BB&T?
I remember a BB&T being there, but can't picture the building.
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> blanche Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> > picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> > Virginia Bank building where CVS is located
> now.
> >
> > What a great place to grow up -- now not so
> much.
>
> That bank was the Mount Vernon Trust Company then.
> First Virginia after that, and BB&T now in a new
> building to the right.
>
> Mount Vernon Trust sure built a big building in
> little ole Annandale! Got my first passbook
> savings account there.
I remember when the BB&T was still at that site, right before it became a CVS.
Was the building still like it was shown in this 1965 photo up until the closing and moving of the BB&T?
I remember a BB&T being there, but can't picture the building.
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Posted by:
phelpsmarc
()
Date: October 27, 2016 01:16PM
oold Wrote:
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> causeican Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > blanche Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> > > picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> > > Virginia Bank building where CVS is located
> > now.
> > >
> > > What a great place to grow up -- now not so
> > much.
> >
> >
> > I bet they had carnivals there too in one of
> those
> > spacious parking lots
>
> The carnivals I remember in Annandale were set up
> in the field next to the firehouse on Columbia
> Pike.
Even as late as a few years ago, maybe 2012, there was a carnival in Annandale. In 2003, they had one in the parking lot of the Annandale Bowling Alley.
Then, for the next few years there was one in the KMART parking lot. I haven't seen one in a few years.
Also, instead of just a parade, there was a big fall festival in the Safeway parking lot until a couple of years ago.
They had live music and booths for local businesses and community organizations.
Sadly, they haven't had it the last two years.
The one in OCT 2014 was well attended.
I think maybe they stopped because people weren't spending much $$ and/or showing much interest in the community organizations.
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> causeican Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > blanche Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> > > picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> > > Virginia Bank building where CVS is located
> > now.
> > >
> > > What a great place to grow up -- now not so
> > much.
> >
> >
> > I bet they had carnivals there too in one of
> those
> > spacious parking lots
>
> The carnivals I remember in Annandale were set up
> in the field next to the firehouse on Columbia
> Pike.
Even as late as a few years ago, maybe 2012, there was a carnival in Annandale. In 2003, they had one in the parking lot of the Annandale Bowling Alley.
Then, for the next few years there was one in the KMART parking lot. I haven't seen one in a few years.
Also, instead of just a parade, there was a big fall festival in the Safeway parking lot until a couple of years ago.
They had live music and booths for local businesses and community organizations.
Sadly, they haven't had it the last two years.
The one in OCT 2014 was well attended.
I think maybe they stopped because people weren't spending much $$ and/or showing much interest in the community organizations.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/27/2016 01:18PM by phelpsmarc.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 27, 2016 02:27PM
The BBT was a First Virginia when I was in "Actiondale" and did our Business banking at that location. God how that town has completely morphed into something else...it seems like overnight.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 27, 2016 02:31PM
While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me repost one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for the Annandale Bowling Center
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Nova ph
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Date: October 27, 2016 02:50PM
The Rosslyn Skyline from Route 110. Tour de Trump (seriously), 1989.
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Posted by:
phelpsmarc
()
Date: October 27, 2016 03:10PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me repost
> one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> the Annandale Bowling Center
That's pretty much how it ended up.
Too bad, that nice looking building on the left was never built.
Instead, Seoul plaza is there, and it looks nothing like the concept.
Now, they have been talking for years about razing the Bowling Alley and building a high rize apartment building, with retail on the ground floor. It would take up basically the whole parking lot and the bowling alley. The plan was approved by Fairfax County and there was even talk of plans to close the Alley by the end of 2015. But, the Bowling Alley still lives on as of now.
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> While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me repost
> one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> the Annandale Bowling Center
That's pretty much how it ended up.
Too bad, that nice looking building on the left was never built.
Instead, Seoul plaza is there, and it looks nothing like the concept.
Now, they have been talking for years about razing the Bowling Alley and building a high rize apartment building, with retail on the ground floor. It would take up basically the whole parking lot and the bowling alley. The plan was approved by Fairfax County and there was even talk of plans to close the Alley by the end of 2015. But, the Bowling Alley still lives on as of now.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
()
Date: October 27, 2016 03:13PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> More Annandale area fun...1960
That house behind the Ravensworth Park sign looks pretty bad, now. It has not been kept up.
That is if the picture was taken from across Backlick Rd. and I am thinking to the right house.
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> More Annandale area fun...1960
That house behind the Ravensworth Park sign looks pretty bad, now. It has not been kept up.
That is if the picture was taken from across Backlick Rd. and I am thinking to the right house.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Mystical Lusions
()
Date: October 27, 2016 07:26PM
Mr. Holla:
Would it be too much to ask you to credit the Facebook groups you are harvesting all this recent content from, so they don't get reposted right back into the same groups months later? It would also be courteous to credit the folks who posted the images over there in the first place. Those folks have spent a lot of personal time finding those images and debuting them on the internet. Their efforts should be recognized.
Thanks!
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me repost
> one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> the Annandale Bowling Center
Would it be too much to ask you to credit the Facebook groups you are harvesting all this recent content from, so they don't get reposted right back into the same groups months later? It would also be courteous to credit the folks who posted the images over there in the first place. Those folks have spent a lot of personal time finding those images and debuting them on the internet. Their efforts should be recognized.
Thanks!
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me repost
> one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> the Annandale Bowling Center
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
anarchy in the u.s.
()
Date: October 27, 2016 08:17PM
Mystical Lusions Wrote:
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> Mr. Holla:
>
> Would it be too much to ask you to credit the
> Facebook groups you are harvesting all this recent
> content from, so they don't get reposted right
> back into the same groups months later? It would
> also be courteous to credit the folks who posted
> the images over there in the first place. Those
> folks have spent a lot of personal time finding
> those images and debuting them on the internet.
> Their efforts should be recognized.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
What the fuck are you talking about? Nothing belongs to anyone anymore. You post shit to the internet it is free game. There is no such thing as intellectual property anymore. Get with the times man, everything belongs to us, the collective us, your money is my money. God bless the U.S.A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> Mr. Holla:
>
> Would it be too much to ask you to credit the
> Facebook groups you are harvesting all this recent
> content from, so they don't get reposted right
> back into the same groups months later? It would
> also be courteous to credit the folks who posted
> the images over there in the first place. Those
> folks have spent a lot of personal time finding
> those images and debuting them on the internet.
> Their efforts should be recognized.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
What the fuck are you talking about? Nothing belongs to anyone anymore. You post shit to the internet it is free game. There is no such thing as intellectual property anymore. Get with the times man, everything belongs to us, the collective us, your money is my money. God bless the U.S.A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Shootin Craps
()
Date: October 27, 2016 09:41PM
Yet another repost of the Annandale Parade. Let the good times roll
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Posted by:
oold
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Date: October 27, 2016 10:34PM
phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > More Annandale area fun...1960
>
>
> That house behind the Ravensworth Park sign looks
> pretty bad, now. It has not been kept up.
>
> That is if the picture was taken from across
> Backlick Rd. and I am thinking to the right house.
No, that Ravensworth Park pic was taken at Bristow and Killebrew Drives.
The Ravensworth Baptist Church at Braddock & Ravensworth Rds would have been at the photographers back.
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > More Annandale area fun...1960
>
>
> That house behind the Ravensworth Park sign looks
> pretty bad, now. It has not been kept up.
>
> That is if the picture was taken from across
> Backlick Rd. and I am thinking to the right house.
No, that Ravensworth Park pic was taken at Bristow and Killebrew Drives.
The Ravensworth Baptist Church at Braddock & Ravensworth Rds would have been at the photographers back.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oold
()
Date: October 27, 2016 10:46PM
phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> oold Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > blanche Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> > > picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> > > Virginia Bank building where CVS is located
> > now.
> > >
> > > What a great place to grow up -- now not so
> > much.
> >
> > That bank was the Mount Vernon Trust Company
> then.
> > First Virginia after that, and BB&T now in a
> new
> > building to the right.
> >
> > Mount Vernon Trust sure built a big building in
> > little ole Annandale! Got my first passbook
> > savings account there.
>
> I remember when the BB&T was still at that site,
> right before it became a CVS.
>
> Was the building still like it was shown in this
> 1965 photo up until the closing and moving of the
> BB&T?
>
> I remember a BB&T being there, but can't picture
> the building.
I'm trying to remember but I'm pretty sure that First VA and then BB&T were in the old Mount Vernon Trust building until it was torn down around 2000. The new CVS building was built on the site and BB&T built their current building next door.
I remember carrying my safe deposit box from the old bank to the new one.
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> oold Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > blanche Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Love seeing the old Annandale Theatre in that
> > > picture. The arrow is pointing at the First
> > > Virginia Bank building where CVS is located
> > now.
> > >
> > > What a great place to grow up -- now not so
> > much.
> >
> > That bank was the Mount Vernon Trust Company
> then.
> > First Virginia after that, and BB&T now in a
> new
> > building to the right.
> >
> > Mount Vernon Trust sure built a big building in
> > little ole Annandale! Got my first passbook
> > savings account there.
>
> I remember when the BB&T was still at that site,
> right before it became a CVS.
>
> Was the building still like it was shown in this
> 1965 photo up until the closing and moving of the
> BB&T?
>
> I remember a BB&T being there, but can't picture
> the building.
I'm trying to remember but I'm pretty sure that First VA and then BB&T were in the old Mount Vernon Trust building until it was torn down around 2000. The new CVS building was built on the site and BB&T built their current building next door.
I remember carrying my safe deposit box from the old bank to the new one.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oold
()
Date: October 27, 2016 10:58PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me repost
> one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> the Annandale Bowling Center
As a 60s Annandale kid, I used to hang out at the Annandale Bowling Center. One of the biggest draws was the manager, Chuck Drazenovich. Chuck was a 4-time Pro Bowler with the Redskins during the fifties.
http://www.redskins.com/team/history/70-greatest-redskins/chuck-drazenovich.html
What a great guy he was. All us peewee league players idolized him. He always had time for us.
Every now and then some fool would get drunk and act stupid in the bowling alley. Chuck would grab em by the scruff of the neck and march their asses outta there. LOL
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> While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me repost
> one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> the Annandale Bowling Center
As a 60s Annandale kid, I used to hang out at the Annandale Bowling Center. One of the biggest draws was the manager, Chuck Drazenovich. Chuck was a 4-time Pro Bowler with the Redskins during the fifties.
http://www.redskins.com/team/history/70-greatest-redskins/chuck-drazenovich.html
What a great guy he was. All us peewee league players idolized him. He always had time for us.
Every now and then some fool would get drunk and act stupid in the bowling alley. Chuck would grab em by the scruff of the neck and march their asses outta there. LOL
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Posted by:
LongTime FirstTime
()
Date: October 28, 2016 07:08AM
phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> I remember when the BB&T was still at that site,
> right before it became a CVS.
That would be a great title for a history of Northern Virginia: Before It Became a CVS.
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> I remember when the BB&T was still at that site,
> right before it became a CVS.
That would be a great title for a history of Northern Virginia: Before It Became a CVS.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 28, 2016 10:08AM
Mystical Lusions Wrote:
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> Mr. Holla:
>
> Would it be too much to ask you to credit the
> Facebook groups you are harvesting all this recent
> content from, so they don't get reposted right
> back into the same groups months later? It would
> also be courteous to credit the folks who posted
> the images over there in the first place. Those
> folks have spent a lot of personal time finding
> those images and debuting them on the internet.
> Their efforts should be recognized.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me
> repost
> > one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> > the Annandale Bowling Center
I have had that photo of the ANNANDALE BDC for years...I am not on Facebook and have never been on Facebook. Sorry.
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> Mr. Holla:
>
> Would it be too much to ask you to credit the
> Facebook groups you are harvesting all this recent
> content from, so they don't get reposted right
> back into the same groups months later? It would
> also be courteous to credit the folks who posted
> the images over there in the first place. Those
> folks have spent a lot of personal time finding
> those images and debuting them on the internet.
> Their efforts should be recognized.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me
> repost
> > one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> > the Annandale Bowling Center
I have had that photo of the ANNANDALE BDC for years...I am not on Facebook and have never been on Facebook. Sorry.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
()
Date: October 28, 2016 10:37AM
Shootin Craps Wrote:
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> Yet another repost of the Annandale Parade. Let
> the good times roll
A HUGE blown up version of this parade photo is on the wall of the TD Bank on Little River Turnpike in Annandale.
I think the photo shows the intersection of Little River Turnpike and Backlick Rd.
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> Yet another repost of the Annandale Parade. Let
> the good times roll
A HUGE blown up version of this parade photo is on the wall of the TD Bank on Little River Turnpike in Annandale.
I think the photo shows the intersection of Little River Turnpike and Backlick Rd.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 28, 2016 10:41AM
Marc...Correct. In the 80's Ribsters would be on the left...Kerlin Corners before that.
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Posted by:
oold
()
Date: October 28, 2016 09:46PM
Anybody remember if Kerlin's Corner and Ribster's were in the same building?
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Posted by:
causeican
()
Date: October 28, 2016 11:00PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me repost
> one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> the Annandale Bowling Center
Nice picture. The imagined life. utopia.
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> While I am lamenting over Annandale, let me repost
> one that I love...the 1960 concept painting for
> the Annandale Bowling Center
Nice picture. The imagined life. utopia.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
()
Date: October 29, 2016 07:00AM
This is reportedly Roy's Annandale. I don't remember this one but for some reason I'm thinking Columbia pike? Can anyone confirm or deny this? Looks like the picture is not that old but I bet our friend Photo detective can date it within a year or two.
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Posted by:
IM FIRST
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Date: October 29, 2016 08:24AM
not waiting for that idiot, and it was in the middle 90s taken
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: October 29, 2016 10:44AM
@oold...no Kerlin's corners was torn down and a new Rustler Steak House was built...that would become Ribsters.
@ Fran...Yes Columbia Pike the old Gino's.
@ Fran...Yes Columbia Pike the old Gino's.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lifetime fairfax res.
()
Date: October 29, 2016 01:51PM
1976 4th of July parade Fairfax Virginia!
https://www.facebook.com/glenn.gore.94/videos/10151777825158824/
https://www.facebook.com/glenn.gore.94/videos/10151777825158824/
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Posted by:
eyCCj
()
Date: October 29, 2016 06:51PM
eyCCj
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oold
()
Date: October 30, 2016 09:33PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> @oold...no Kerlin's corners was torn down and a
> new Rustler Steak House was built...that would
> become Ribsters.
>
> @ Fran...Yes Columbia Pike the old Gino's.
Thanks, I completely forgot about Rustler's!
@Fran It's a Burger King now.
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> @oold...no Kerlin's corners was torn down and a
> new Rustler Steak House was built...that would
> become Ribsters.
>
> @ Fran...Yes Columbia Pike the old Gino's.
Thanks, I completely forgot about Rustler's!
@Fran It's a Burger King now.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 30, 2016 09:41PM
Clifton School?
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 30, 2016 09:45PM
Not sure. Anyone recognize the mechanics shop photos. Is that really Paul VI building?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Geezerdog
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Date: October 31, 2016 12:17AM
The middle picture, buses & gazebo, is at the corner of Main Street (236) and Burke Station Road.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: October 31, 2016 07:05PM
This too, probably.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Advanceman
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Date: November 01, 2016 03:55PM
Here's a late 1960s/early 1970s photo of the Howard Johnson's Hotel and Restaurant in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County - near the intersection of Fort Hunt Rd. and Route 1 (Bellehaven Country Club golf course is in the background). It is now a Hampton Inn, and the restaurant became a diner that was demolished to allow for more parking in the late 90s/early 00s. Would enjoy seeing vintage pics of Belleview shopping center or anything from Bellehaven down to Mount Vernon.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Advanceman
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Date: November 01, 2016 04:03PM
Original 1938 Washington Post real estate ad offering Hollin Hall and its 600 acres for sale in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: November 01, 2016 05:27PM
Thanks for the contribution Advanceman...esp love the Hollin Hall ad....I wonder what was the price?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: November 01, 2016 11:56PM
guess the road. idk
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: November 01, 2016 11:57PM
Was Belle Willard School and elementary school?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: November 02, 2016 12:00AM
Where is Floris?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: November 02, 2016 12:04AM
nevermind
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DMWYu
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Date: November 02, 2016 09:54AM
Old Hollin Hall plats. Don't have time today to chase them back to the original deed.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Just Another Old Fart
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Date: November 02, 2016 10:19AM
Belle Willard School served students of all grades who had physical disabilities. It was closed after Fairfax County adopted the more modern practice of mainstreaming students with disabilities.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: November 02, 2016 09:43PM
What about John C. Wood Elementary School? Anyone remember that school?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: November 02, 2016 10:16PM
Does this show John C. Wood Elementary School? Anyone go there? Almost 20 years ago. Can you believe it?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
dart drug
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Date: November 03, 2016 05:31AM
I miss Drug Fair and Dart Drug.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
dart drug
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Date: November 03, 2016 05:49AM
Mystical Lusions Wrote:
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> Mr. Holla:
>
> Would it be too much to ask you to credit the
> Facebook groups you are harvesting all this recent
> content from, so they don't get reposted right
> back into the same groups months later? It would
> also be courteous to credit the folks who posted
> the images over there in the first place. Those
> folks have spent a lot of personal time finding
> those images and debuting them on the internet.
> Their efforts should be recognized.
>
> Thanks!
>
Although some of the recent images have in fact come from facebook. I have found that the majority of the time the images posted here have been harvested from here and posted on facebook including many from my own collection. In most cases the facebook users have not credited us.
How about we all just enjoy the memories together and don't worry about the petty stuff?
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> Mr. Holla:
>
> Would it be too much to ask you to credit the
> Facebook groups you are harvesting all this recent
> content from, so they don't get reposted right
> back into the same groups months later? It would
> also be courteous to credit the folks who posted
> the images over there in the first place. Those
> folks have spent a lot of personal time finding
> those images and debuting them on the internet.
> Their efforts should be recognized.
>
> Thanks!
>
Although some of the recent images have in fact come from facebook. I have found that the majority of the time the images posted here have been harvested from here and posted on facebook including many from my own collection. In most cases the facebook users have not credited us.
How about we all just enjoy the memories together and don't worry about the petty stuff?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: November 03, 2016 06:29AM
The Daniel Run School replaced whatever the school on the left side of the picture at Old Lee and Layton Hall. That building (and the Belle Willard building) was used for Fairfax City administration (safety?) until it was replaced in the mid 00s.
The building next to it, I believe is a Catholic School and church (circled as another John C. Wood school?) that is still there.
The recently built doctors building has a Layton Hall Road address but its entrance is on the small road that parallels 123. Thanks for making that so clear when trying to take my elderly father to his appointment there building planners...
The building next to it, I believe is a Catholic School and church (circled as another John C. Wood school?) that is still there.
The recently built doctors building has a Layton Hall Road address but its entrance is on the small road that parallels 123. Thanks for making that so clear when trying to take my elderly father to his appointment there building planners...