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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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2 Got It Right Plus a 3rd
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Date: May 12, 2016 11:08PM
>Does anyone know where this on is? The street signs are impossible to read.
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Rt 236 at Olley approaching Pinewood Plaza Apts on right with Pickett Shopping Center on right and W.T Woodson Hill in the distance. Schools on the left, on top of the hill.
DAJAX
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Rt 236 at Olley approaching Pinewood Plaza Apts on right with Pickett Shopping Center on right and W.T Woodson Hill in the distance. Schools on the left, on top of the hill.
DAJAX
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Blackstripe
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Date: May 12, 2016 11:27PM
Somewhere on Rout 1 in the Alexandria part of Fairfax County
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Burgundy Village
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Date: May 13, 2016 12:57AM
Answering a call somewhere in Fairfax County off of Franconia Road.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
ffx historian
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Date: May 13, 2016 04:21AM
Arlington, some time in the early 60's:
It was great back then.
It was great back then.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
old ffx
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Date: May 13, 2016 04:30AM
Woodbridge, 1960's. Not much has changed there since then.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: May 13, 2016 06:04AM
ffx historian Wrote:
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> Arlington, some time in the early 60's:
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>
> It was great back then.
It looks like part of Shirlington, off the main street. Not remembering the diagonal parking or the Ben Franklin though.
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> Arlington, some time in the early 60's:
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>
> It was great back then.
It looks like part of Shirlington, off the main street. Not remembering the diagonal parking or the Ben Franklin though.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Alene
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Date: May 13, 2016 07:13AM
Blackstripe Wrote:
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> Somewhere on Rout 1 in the Alexandria part of
> Fairfax County
Is that Shakeys?
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> Somewhere on Rout 1 in the Alexandria part of
> Fairfax County
Is that Shakeys?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Hippieville, USA
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Date: May 13, 2016 07:54AM
ffx historian Wrote:
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> Arlington, some time in the early 60's:
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>
> It was great back then.
I had an apartment in Presidential Gardens during the mid seventies. Spent many late nights at the Waffle Shop.
Four Mile Run flooded the area shown in the photo Sept. 1975. I assisted the police and Fire Dept. with getting some of the elderly out. They couldn't do it legally as a lot of the stubborn old farts refused to leave. I would go in, persuade them gently and once outside it became a rescue.
I had a lot of "good times" there, if memory serves me correctly.
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> Arlington, some time in the early 60's:
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>
> It was great back then.
I had an apartment in Presidential Gardens during the mid seventies. Spent many late nights at the Waffle Shop.
Four Mile Run flooded the area shown in the photo Sept. 1975. I assisted the police and Fire Dept. with getting some of the elderly out. They couldn't do it legally as a lot of the stubborn old farts refused to leave. I would go in, persuade them gently and once outside it became a rescue.
I had a lot of "good times" there, if memory serves me correctly.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Blackstripe
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Date: May 16, 2016 01:10PM
Where is this one?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: May 16, 2016 04:50PM
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> Where is this one?
McLean?
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> Where is this one?
McLean?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Deli
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Date: May 16, 2016 06:33PM
It's McLean, near the intersection of Old Dominion and Old Chain Bridge Road.
The Amoco in the photo is now a BP station.
The Crown in the photo is now a Shell station.
The Exxon in the photo is now a Exxon/7-Eleven.
The McDonalds which can be barely seen to the right of the white Grand Marquis wagon is now an outdoor garden/flower store.
The Amoco in the photo is now a BP station.
The Crown in the photo is now a Shell station.
The Exxon in the photo is now a Exxon/7-Eleven.
The McDonalds which can be barely seen to the right of the white Grand Marquis wagon is now an outdoor garden/flower store.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Burgundy Village
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Date: May 16, 2016 07:09PM
Anyone remember this place. It was where one of the new Telegraph road ramps are now. I remember you could go in there and order some kind of liquor drink and they would give you the tiki head cup it came in. I don't remember the food being that great though.....
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: May 16, 2016 07:12PM
Deli Wrote:
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> It's McLean, near the intersection of Old Dominion
> and Old Chain Bridge Road.
>
> The Amoco in the photo is now a BP station.
> The Crown in the photo is now a Shell station.
> The Exxon in the photo is now a Exxon/7-Eleven.
> The McDonalds which can be barely seen to the
> right of the white Grand Marquis wagon is now an
> outdoor garden/flower store.
That Grand Marquis wagon might be a woody or it could just be a shadow. I love those old woody wagons.
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> It's McLean, near the intersection of Old Dominion
> and Old Chain Bridge Road.
>
> The Amoco in the photo is now a BP station.
> The Crown in the photo is now a Shell station.
> The Exxon in the photo is now a Exxon/7-Eleven.
> The McDonalds which can be barely seen to the
> right of the white Grand Marquis wagon is now an
> outdoor garden/flower store.
That Grand Marquis wagon might be a woody or it could just be a shadow. I love those old woody wagons.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Rambler10
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Date: May 16, 2016 08:08PM
Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> Anyone remember this place. It was where one of
> the new Telegraph road ramps are now. I remember
> you could go in there and order some kind of
> liquor drink and they would give you the tiki head
> cup it came in. I don't remember the food being
> that great though.....
I had a friend get a DUI leaving that place, drinking those drinks. I think they were called Hurricane's They would keep serving you. I left out of there smashed on more than one occasion. That's been over 25 years ago
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> Anyone remember this place. It was where one of
> the new Telegraph road ramps are now. I remember
> you could go in there and order some kind of
> liquor drink and they would give you the tiki head
> cup it came in. I don't remember the food being
> that great though.....
I had a friend get a DUI leaving that place, drinking those drinks. I think they were called Hurricane's They would keep serving you. I left out of there smashed on more than one occasion. That's been over 25 years ago
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Huntington Ave. 7-11
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Date: May 16, 2016 08:14PM
Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> Anyone remember this place. It was where one of
> the new Telegraph road ramps are now. I remember
> you could go in there and order some kind of
> liquor drink and they would give you the tiki head
> cup it came in. I don't remember the food being
> that great though.....
Back in 1982 it was called Honolulu Hut.
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> Anyone remember this place. It was where one of
> the new Telegraph road ramps are now. I remember
> you could go in there and order some kind of
> liquor drink and they would give you the tiki head
> cup it came in. I don't remember the food being
> that great though.....
Back in 1982 it was called Honolulu Hut.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Burgundy Village
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Date: May 16, 2016 08:20PM
Rambler10 Wrote:
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> Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> > Anyone remember this place. It was where one
> of
> > the new Telegraph road ramps are now. I
> remember
> > you could go in there and order some kind of
> > liquor drink and they would give you the tiki
> head
> > cup it came in. I don't remember the food
> being
> > that great though.....
>
> I had a friend get a DUI leaving that place,
> drinking those drinks. I think they were called
> Hurricane's They would keep serving you. I left
> out of there smashed on more than one occasion.
> That's been over 25 years ago
OH YES!! We went in there to get Plowed. I don't remember the drinks being called hurricane's. I thought it was a more tropical sounding name?
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> Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> > Anyone remember this place. It was where one
> of
> > the new Telegraph road ramps are now. I
> remember
> > you could go in there and order some kind of
> > liquor drink and they would give you the tiki
> head
> > cup it came in. I don't remember the food
> being
> > that great though.....
>
> I had a friend get a DUI leaving that place,
> drinking those drinks. I think they were called
> Hurricane's They would keep serving you. I left
> out of there smashed on more than one occasion.
> That's been over 25 years ago
OH YES!! We went in there to get Plowed. I don't remember the drinks being called hurricane's. I thought it was a more tropical sounding name?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: May 17, 2016 06:02AM
Ah, Honolulu... The guy who owned it used to work at the Trader Vic's in the Hilton on K Street -- not the Washington Hilton, where shots rang out in March 81 -- and had lots of those "fancy" drinks full of alcohol. Suffering Bastard, Singapore Sling, Mai Thai, Flaming Volcano, etc.
They weren't very concerned about folks being 21 either...
Good times
They weren't very concerned about folks being 21 either...
Good times
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Burgundy Village
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Date: May 17, 2016 11:28AM
No, they were not worried about carding people. We had friends that were underage and they could get served. I did manage to find this photo. Its not very good, but even a good photo would not show much. The place was kind of hidden. Someone above mentioned it was called Honolulu Hut, I don't remember that at all. If someone has a picture of that please post it!!
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Huntington Ave. 7-11
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Date: May 17, 2016 11:34AM
Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> No, they were not worried about carding people.
> We had friends that were underage and they could
> get served. I did manage to find this photo. Its
> not very good, but even a good photo would not
> show much. The place was kind of hidden. Someone
> above mentioned it was called Honolulu Hut, I
> don't remember that at all. If someone has a
> picture of that please post it!!
The photo shows the Honolulu Hut after it was renovated.
It was seeder before it was updated, and re-named.
Anyone remember drinking at the Cow Palace on RT 1?
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> No, they were not worried about carding people.
> We had friends that were underage and they could
> get served. I did manage to find this photo. Its
> not very good, but even a good photo would not
> show much. The place was kind of hidden. Someone
> above mentioned it was called Honolulu Hut, I
> don't remember that at all. If someone has a
> picture of that please post it!!
The photo shows the Honolulu Hut after it was renovated.
It was seeder before it was updated, and re-named.
Anyone remember drinking at the Cow Palace on RT 1?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Feerless Peerless
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Date: May 17, 2016 01:57PM
That's Arlington, TEXAS, Sherlock.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Feerless Peerless
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Date: May 17, 2016 01:59PM
ffx historian Wrote:
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> Arlington, some time in the early 60's:
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> It was great back then.
Arlington, TEXAS may have been great, but I don't think you were there.
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> Arlington, some time in the early 60's:
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> It was great back then.
Arlington, TEXAS may have been great, but I don't think you were there.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Feerless Peerless
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Date: May 17, 2016 02:23PM
Incorrect. Those are not signal towers. They are archways for each regiment/company for a given brigade. You see them at other forts and campsites in the area during that time period. On Shuter's Hill, on Upton's Hill, etc.
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> > Where is Minor’s Hill exactly?
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>
> The top of Minor's Hill is actually in Arlington,
> VA. It is where Williamsburg, Yorktown, Sycamore
> and Powhatan all converge. There is a small park
> there now along with an underground reservoir. A
> long time ago, I believe there were tennis courts,
> but I could be mistaken on that. The base of
> Minor's hill is in both Fairfax and Arlington. It
> overlooks the city and unincorporated areas of
> Falls Church.
>
> In your picture, the answer to the question is
> that those are signal towers. Being the highest
> point in Arlington, Minor's Hill was ideally
> suited to serve as a signal station.
not in FFX Wrote:
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > Where is Minor’s Hill exactly?
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> The top of Minor's Hill is actually in Arlington,
> VA. It is where Williamsburg, Yorktown, Sycamore
> and Powhatan all converge. There is a small park
> there now along with an underground reservoir. A
> long time ago, I believe there were tennis courts,
> but I could be mistaken on that. The base of
> Minor's hill is in both Fairfax and Arlington. It
> overlooks the city and unincorporated areas of
> Falls Church.
>
> In your picture, the answer to the question is
> that those are signal towers. Being the highest
> point in Arlington, Minor's Hill was ideally
> suited to serve as a signal station.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sparrow
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Date: May 17, 2016 02:44PM
That's the corner of Leesburg Pike and Carlyn Springs Road looking from the parking lot of the Toy's R Us. The gas station is a Shell now and not a Texaco.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sparrow
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Date: May 17, 2016 02:48PM
Here is the picture I'm referencing
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Hunters Lodge - Hillbilly Heaven
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Date: May 17, 2016 06:05PM
Feerless Peerless Wrote:
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> That's Arlington, TEXAS, Sherlock.
I think he was talking about the Cow Palace that was on RT 1 about 35 years ago.
Sometimes newbies to Fairfax County get confused about what old timers are talking about.
Fairfax County had many bars and clubs that were a little on the rough side.
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> That's Arlington, TEXAS, Sherlock.
I think he was talking about the Cow Palace that was on RT 1 about 35 years ago.
Sometimes newbies to Fairfax County get confused about what old timers are talking about.
Fairfax County had many bars and clubs that were a little on the rough side.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
No But I Saw The Doors There
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Date: May 17, 2016 09:18PM
At The "Cow Palace"...Summer of 1969 San Francisco Ca, along by the Bayshore Freeway near the south end of S.F. Jim Morrison and the H.A.M.C too.. They wanted weed like smoking material. I gave them a "J" They let me.."Horn It.. What was left of the "J". It was all I had left..
Way back young ones...and I was a ripe old man too of 15 ..on my way to the Gas Chamber ..till I stopped acting like a Democrat and got some sense..
DAJAX
Way back young ones...and I was a ripe old man too of 15 ..on my way to the Gas Chamber ..till I stopped acting like a Democrat and got some sense..
DAJAX
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: May 17, 2016 09:59PM
The Allman Brothers Band featuring Jerry Garcia
Live At The Cow Palace, New Years Eve 1973.
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Live At The Cow Palace, New Years Eve 1973.
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Year Of Release: 2015
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
July 25th 1969 Cow Palace
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Date: May 17, 2016 10:32PM
The Doors.
Now I know Hillbilly Heaven and many other Joints on Rt 1 but cant think of any Cow Place. I would remember that name big time.. Maybe it was prior to 1971 when I started driving all around. I came to NOVA in early 70.
Not calling anyone a liar now.. Just don't remember the place..
Dajax..
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Now I know Hillbilly Heaven and many other Joints on Rt 1 but cant think of any Cow Place. I would remember that name big time.. Maybe it was prior to 1971 when I started driving all around. I came to NOVA in early 70.
Not calling anyone a liar now.. Just don't remember the place..
Dajax..
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Pontiac 1
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Date: May 17, 2016 10:41PM
Is this the Cow palace that used to stand in front of where Smitty's lumber was on Rt1 Mt.Vernon?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
I Remember Green Leaf
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Date: May 17, 2016 10:45PM
At that Location. 1970's to ?? 85 87 ??
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Get a Grip
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Date: May 17, 2016 11:11PM
The Cow Palace where all of those top tier musical acts performed was in or near San Francisco.
While I do not remember a Cow Palace here in the area, if one actually existed, it would not have attracted acts anywhere close in stature to the ones on those posters and announcements.
While I do not remember a Cow Palace here in the area, if one actually existed, it would not have attracted acts anywhere close in stature to the ones on those posters and announcements.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Read Bucko..Above Bro..
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Date: May 17, 2016 11:40PM
It was in the south part of S.F along the Bayshore Freeway or what every the main road up from San Bruno or Daly City was. Along by the SF Bay.It was a gritty place much bigger then it looked from the road as the front was all you saw and it was long going away from the road. At least back it 69..That was the last time I saw it was in there. Im surprised its still there and it is..
Candlestick Park was near by as was a big brown Mountain called San Bruno Mt. I think..and the Schlage Lock Company.
DAJAX.. Old Man now...Still alive.. No "J"s have passed my lips since 1971..Never smoked the Weed Like smoking material in a Pipe. We only rolled.. Pipes..That was "East Coast" and scorned like the word "Pot" ..That word would make us LOL...
CHP sticking head into 57 or 1958 VW Hippy Bus filled with smoke but no smoking material..round..was finished...or eaten.. "Been Smoking POT HUH?? " We Broke up...LOL..."POT"..!!
Candlestick Park was near by as was a big brown Mountain called San Bruno Mt. I think..and the Schlage Lock Company.
DAJAX.. Old Man now...Still alive.. No "J"s have passed my lips since 1971..Never smoked the Weed Like smoking material in a Pipe. We only rolled.. Pipes..That was "East Coast" and scorned like the word "Pot" ..That word would make us LOL...
CHP sticking head into 57 or 1958 VW Hippy Bus filled with smoke but no smoking material..round..was finished...or eaten.. "Been Smoking POT HUH?? " We Broke up...LOL..."POT"..!!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
len little
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Date: May 18, 2016 12:32AM
I took my drivers test in a 1961 Lincoln Continental. Talk about parallel parking a battleship. I did well enough that the DMV guy took pity on me and I got my license. Now days a Lincoln is a compact compared to that car.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
tGwye
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Date: May 18, 2016 09:28AM
tGwye
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
US RT 1 - South
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Date: May 18, 2016 10:10AM
Pontiac 1 Wrote:
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> Is this the Cow palace that used to stand in front
> of where Smitty's lumber was on Rt1 Mt.Vernon?
That is exactly right. It went out in the early 1980's.
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> Is this the Cow palace that used to stand in front
> of where Smitty's lumber was on Rt1 Mt.Vernon?
That is exactly right. It went out in the early 1980's.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
old
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Date: May 18, 2016 10:34AM
len little Wrote:
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> I took my drivers test in a 1961 Lincoln
> Continental. Talk about parallel parking a
> battleship. I did well enough that the DMV guy
> took pity on me and I got my license. Now days a
> Lincoln is a compact compared to that car.
A buddy of mine had a '61 Lincoln. Those suicide doors were great for puking while underway on booze cruises!
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> I took my drivers test in a 1961 Lincoln
> Continental. Talk about parallel parking a
> battleship. I did well enough that the DMV guy
> took pity on me and I got my license. Now days a
> Lincoln is a compact compared to that car.
A buddy of mine had a '61 Lincoln. Those suicide doors were great for puking while underway on booze cruises!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Burgundy Village
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Date: May 18, 2016 12:15PM
Franconia Road McDonald's, across from Edison High School 1991
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Posted by:
local...
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Date: May 18, 2016 04:00PM
Sounds like you've got some great stories man, younger than you by a few, but learned all the lyrics to the L.A. Woman album by 1972 thanks to my mom... Something about "The Unknown Soldier" still gives me chills. Great tune.
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Posted by:
Centura
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Date: May 18, 2016 08:03PM
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Posted by:
Slammer
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Date: May 18, 2016 09:22PM
Yes that is Olley and 236. I lived on Olley for many many years.
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Posted by:
SayWhat
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Date: May 20, 2016 04:49AM
Blackstripe Wrote:
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> Somewhere on Rout 1 in the Alexandria part of
> Fairfax County
I think I see illegal immigrants standing by the road!!!!!OMFG
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> Somewhere on Rout 1 in the Alexandria part of
> Fairfax County
I think I see illegal immigrants standing by the road!!!!!OMFG
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Posted by:
Times Have Changed
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Date: May 20, 2016 10:56AM
Let's keep that crap where it belongs, okay?
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Posted by:
Dave M
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Date: May 20, 2016 10:59AM
@ David G. - Awesome throwback pic! #EdisonEagles #NIRFOO #VANAFIGHTERS
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Posted by:
Burgundy Village
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Date: May 20, 2016 12:39PM
This is a real Edison High School Eagle's picture!! 1968
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Posted by:
Photo Detective
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Date: May 20, 2016 01:03PM
Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> This is a real Edison High School Eagle's
> picture!! 1968
I hate to burst you bubble on the pic of Edison HS. Yes it is Edison HS, but the date it was taken was after 1973.
The Ford Pinto in the parking lot is a 1974 or later model. Pintos came out in the fall of 1970 as a 1971 model, and the bumpers on the Pinto are the larger crash bumpers, that were mandated by the Federal Government for the 1974 model year - That came out in the fall of 1973.
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> This is a real Edison High School Eagle's
> picture!! 1968
I hate to burst you bubble on the pic of Edison HS. Yes it is Edison HS, but the date it was taken was after 1973.
The Ford Pinto in the parking lot is a 1974 or later model. Pintos came out in the fall of 1970 as a 1971 model, and the bumpers on the Pinto are the larger crash bumpers, that were mandated by the Federal Government for the 1974 model year - That came out in the fall of 1973.
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Burgundy Village
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Date: May 20, 2016 01:55PM
Okay, at leas we can have a real debate about appropriate content for this website, and hopefully folks can add additional photo's and commentary so we can move away from the inappropriate posts above. You are correct, the wagon is a pinto in the photo. I am not the best with the years of cars in some of the photo's.
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Fran Conia
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Date: May 20, 2016 05:55PM
Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> This is a real Edison High School Eagle's
> picture!! 1968
That is an awesome pic Burgundy. Thanks so much for posting that and the McDonalds pic too! I went to Edison just one year before we moved and I had to switch to WSHS but my friends were at Edison and lived in Rose hill so that was where I hung out most of the time once I got a drivers license and a crappy car.
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> This is a real Edison High School Eagle's
> picture!! 1968
That is an awesome pic Burgundy. Thanks so much for posting that and the McDonalds pic too! I went to Edison just one year before we moved and I had to switch to WSHS but my friends were at Edison and lived in Rose hill so that was where I hung out most of the time once I got a drivers license and a crappy car.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
UG7DD
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Date: May 20, 2016 06:41PM
Dave M Wrote:
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> @ David G. - Awesome throwback pic! #EdisonEagles
> #NIRFOO #VANAFIGHTERS
dave.maida@hotmail.com
do not do this hashtag shit unless you are 12
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> @ David G. - Awesome throwback pic! #EdisonEagles
> #NIRFOO #VANAFIGHTERS
dave.maida@hotmail.com
do not do this hashtag shit unless you are 12
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Pontiac 1
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Date: May 20, 2016 07:07PM
Blackstripe Wrote:
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> Somewhere on Rout 1 in the Alexandria part of
> Fairfax County
I got it! I got it!
This picture is where the route 1 access road is across from beacon hill shopping center. The square building on the left is where a restaurant called 'The Mustache Cafe'. The car wash before it is still there. From the position where this pic was taken is where a Wal-greens pharmacy stands now.
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> Somewhere on Rout 1 in the Alexandria part of
> Fairfax County
I got it! I got it!
This picture is where the route 1 access road is across from beacon hill shopping center. The square building on the left is where a restaurant called 'The Mustache Cafe'. The car wash before it is still there. From the position where this pic was taken is where a Wal-greens pharmacy stands now.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/2016 07:16PM by Pontiac 1.
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Posted by:
jaymes
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Date: May 20, 2016 07:43PM
old ffx Wrote:
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> Woodbridge, 1960's. Not much has changed there
> since then.
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they all moved into eagles pointe
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> Woodbridge, 1960's. Not much has changed there
> since then.
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>
they all moved into eagles pointe
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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xmdc4
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Date: May 20, 2016 09:21PM
Some high end acts played here,The Who, Led Zeplin and so on. I was at Smoots Lumber getting material the day the wrecking ball started tearing it down. Sad to watch it getting demolished.
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28 Years Ago
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Date: May 20, 2016 09:47PM
xmdc4 Wrote:
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> Some high end acts played here,The Who, Led Zeplin
> and so on. I was at Smoots Lumber getting material
> the day the wrecking ball started tearing it down.
> Sad to watch it getting demolished.
They tore the skating rink down to put up another building. When they dug down to put the footers, and lower levels in, the excavating contractor un-earthed an old dump. The dirt was loaded into dump trucks, and we hauled the dirt down to Fort Belvoir.
We entered Belvoir off of RT 1 - Turning left, and thru the Tully Gate. We hauled up Poe Road to the large dumping area they were filling in.
The dozens of dump trucks ran for a couple of weeks dumping dirt at Ft Belvoir.
Each truck load of dirt was full old bottles from the 1800's to the early 1900's. Thousands upon thousands of old bottles. Whiskey, patent medicine, food, ink wells, round bottom soda bottles.
A buddy of mine found a rusty old civil war bayonet, and what we think was a gun barrel. I found some old eye glasses, and a small tin box full of marbles.
The stuff we found was on the surface of the loads dumped on the ground before the bulldozers pushed it into the marshy fields.
I have wondered if there was a way to get a permit to dig on Belvoir to go after what was buried.
This happened in 1988
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> Some high end acts played here,The Who, Led Zeplin
> and so on. I was at Smoots Lumber getting material
> the day the wrecking ball started tearing it down.
> Sad to watch it getting demolished.
They tore the skating rink down to put up another building. When they dug down to put the footers, and lower levels in, the excavating contractor un-earthed an old dump. The dirt was loaded into dump trucks, and we hauled the dirt down to Fort Belvoir.
We entered Belvoir off of RT 1 - Turning left, and thru the Tully Gate. We hauled up Poe Road to the large dumping area they were filling in.
The dozens of dump trucks ran for a couple of weeks dumping dirt at Ft Belvoir.
Each truck load of dirt was full old bottles from the 1800's to the early 1900's. Thousands upon thousands of old bottles. Whiskey, patent medicine, food, ink wells, round bottom soda bottles.
A buddy of mine found a rusty old civil war bayonet, and what we think was a gun barrel. I found some old eye glasses, and a small tin box full of marbles.
The stuff we found was on the surface of the loads dumped on the ground before the bulldozers pushed it into the marshy fields.
I have wondered if there was a way to get a permit to dig on Belvoir to go after what was buried.
This happened in 1988
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Posted by:
Mr Mo Jo Risin
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Date: May 20, 2016 09:50PM
Apparently, the Doors played there...and it seems Jim Morrison was angry and/or drunk and ended up throwing a cymbal into the crowd, and a girl ended up getting a cut on her face.
Can't recall where I saw or read this, or if it is even true.
This was alleged to be circa 1968, when in fact the doors did play there.
Can't recall where I saw or read this, or if it is even true.
This was alleged to be circa 1968, when in fact the doors did play there.
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Posted by:
Joke Insurance
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Date: May 21, 2016 04:43AM
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> Joke Insurance Wrote:
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> > Are there any photos of the old Lorton and
> > Occoquan Railroad, Ft. Belvoir Military
> Railroad,
> > Fairfax-Oakton-Vienna Railway, Washington,
> > Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway,
> and
> > the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad that
> > someone can post?
>
> you crazy?
No. Are you crazy?
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> Joke Insurance Wrote:
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> > Are there any photos of the old Lorton and
> > Occoquan Railroad, Ft. Belvoir Military
> Railroad,
> > Fairfax-Oakton-Vienna Railway, Washington,
> > Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway,
> and
> > the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad that
> > someone can post?
>
> you crazy?
No. Are you crazy?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: May 21, 2016 06:54AM
xmdc4 Wrote:
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> Some high end acts played here,The Who, Led Zeplin
> and so on. I was at Smoots Lumber getting material
> the day the wrecking ball started tearing it down.
> Sad to watch it getting demolished.
Thanks for the picture of the Alexandria Arena. Had some good times roller skating in a real skating palace and saw Alice Cooper perform at there.
Schools Out for Summer was rockin it!
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> Some high end acts played here,The Who, Led Zeplin
> and so on. I was at Smoots Lumber getting material
> the day the wrecking ball started tearing it down.
> Sad to watch it getting demolished.
Thanks for the picture of the Alexandria Arena. Had some good times roller skating in a real skating palace and saw Alice Cooper perform at there.
Schools Out for Summer was rockin it!
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causeican
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Date: May 21, 2016 12:29PM
28 Years Ago Wrote:
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> xmdc4 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Some high end acts played here,The Who, Led
> Zeplin
> > and so on. I was at Smoots Lumber getting
> material
> > the day the wrecking ball started tearing it
> down.
> > Sad to watch it getting demolished.
>
> They tore the skating rink down to put up another
> building. When they dug down to put the footers,
> and lower levels in, the excavating contractor
> un-earthed an old dump. The dirt was loaded into
> dump trucks, and we hauled the dirt down to Fort
> Belvoir.
>
> We entered Belvoir off of RT 1 - Turning left, and
> thru the Tully Gate. We hauled up Poe Road to the
> large dumping area they were filling in.
>
> The dozens of dump trucks ran for a couple of
> weeks dumping dirt at Ft Belvoir.
>
> Each truck load of dirt was full old bottles from
> the 1800's to the early 1900's. Thousands upon
> thousands of old bottles. Whiskey, patent
> medicine, food, ink wells, round bottom soda
> bottles.
>
> A buddy of mine found a rusty old civil war
> bayonet, and what we think was a gun barrel. I
> found some old eye glasses, and a small tin box
> full of marbles.
>
> The stuff we found was on the surface of the loads
> dumped on the ground before the bulldozers pushed
> it into the marshy fields.
>
> I have wondered if there was a way to get a permit
> to dig on Belvoir to go after what was buried.
>
> This happened in 1988
Wow! That’s the kind of story I like to pick up from reading this thread. What a shame to not explore the history of that dump. Lost history now. Doubtful you’d ever get into the base to dig unless you are military. Maybe you can find someone =on the base to sponsor a you /a dig.
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> xmdc4 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Some high end acts played here,The Who, Led
> Zeplin
> > and so on. I was at Smoots Lumber getting
> material
> > the day the wrecking ball started tearing it
> down.
> > Sad to watch it getting demolished.
>
> They tore the skating rink down to put up another
> building. When they dug down to put the footers,
> and lower levels in, the excavating contractor
> un-earthed an old dump. The dirt was loaded into
> dump trucks, and we hauled the dirt down to Fort
> Belvoir.
>
> We entered Belvoir off of RT 1 - Turning left, and
> thru the Tully Gate. We hauled up Poe Road to the
> large dumping area they were filling in.
>
> The dozens of dump trucks ran for a couple of
> weeks dumping dirt at Ft Belvoir.
>
> Each truck load of dirt was full old bottles from
> the 1800's to the early 1900's. Thousands upon
> thousands of old bottles. Whiskey, patent
> medicine, food, ink wells, round bottom soda
> bottles.
>
> A buddy of mine found a rusty old civil war
> bayonet, and what we think was a gun barrel. I
> found some old eye glasses, and a small tin box
> full of marbles.
>
> The stuff we found was on the surface of the loads
> dumped on the ground before the bulldozers pushed
> it into the marshy fields.
>
> I have wondered if there was a way to get a permit
> to dig on Belvoir to go after what was buried.
>
> This happened in 1988
Wow! That’s the kind of story I like to pick up from reading this thread. What a shame to not explore the history of that dump. Lost history now. Doubtful you’d ever get into the base to dig unless you are military. Maybe you can find someone =on the base to sponsor a you /a dig.
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causeican
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Date: May 21, 2016 12:31PM
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causeican
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Date: May 21, 2016 12:34PM
My favorite place to skate as a kid. I couldn’t believe they tore it down. What a waste. I still don’t understand why kids don’t roller skate anymore. I couldn’t get enough of it.
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causeican
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Date: May 21, 2016 12:47PM
Once around dusk at the airport park, I watched fishermen coming in off the river with tons of catfish of varying sizes but all large. I couldn’t believe how many they had caught or the size. One fish was as big as the boat he was in. How did they get him out of the water I wonder. I was astounded. Still am. This was some time between 1977-’82, ’83, I think. idk
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Joke Insurance
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Date: May 21, 2016 02:05PM
Camp Alger in Dunn Loring, Virginia circa 1898
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causeican
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Date: May 21, 2016 03:04PM
Saw Led Zeppelin at the Capital Center. I thought it was Blackfoot backing them up but I can’t find it anywhere. Got the T-shirt but don’t have it anymore. It was a size small.Picture actual size
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: May 21, 2016 03:46PM
Twas a sad day when they imploded the cap center.
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Stars and Stripes Parking
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Date: May 21, 2016 03:58PM
For those that remember... it wasn't the Capital (CENTER.) It was the Capital (CENTRE.) No need to thank me for the clarification and let's keep the unnecessary replies within this thread to a minimum.
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Posted by:
bullshit111222333
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Date: May 21, 2016 04:38PM
Tiger_Ballz Wrote:
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> Never understand the people living in this area.
> Even today it seems like people don't want to
> allow the building of new roads, but yet people
> gripe about the traffic conditions. The motto for
> Virginia should be "Lovers of Traffic," since no
> one does anything to improve road conditions.
> Unbelievable. VDOT should learn from the Texas
> Department of Transportation. Go to Texas and you
> will see the most advanced highway system in the
> country.
Do you mean all the HUGE bridges that make Austin, Dallas, and Houston look shitty? Do you mean the huge death toll that happens on the roads down there? Do you mean the roads with shitty potholes all over the place? Texas roads suck ass. Their speed limits are better but more people die because of those higher limits. Oh, and no one uses those stupid toll roads down there. The traffic is shit in Austin too!
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> Never understand the people living in this area.
> Even today it seems like people don't want to
> allow the building of new roads, but yet people
> gripe about the traffic conditions. The motto for
> Virginia should be "Lovers of Traffic," since no
> one does anything to improve road conditions.
> Unbelievable. VDOT should learn from the Texas
> Department of Transportation. Go to Texas and you
> will see the most advanced highway system in the
> country.
Do you mean all the HUGE bridges that make Austin, Dallas, and Houston look shitty? Do you mean the huge death toll that happens on the roads down there? Do you mean the roads with shitty potholes all over the place? Texas roads suck ass. Their speed limits are better but more people die because of those higher limits. Oh, and no one uses those stupid toll roads down there. The traffic is shit in Austin too!
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Posted by:
Locator
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Date: May 21, 2016 08:31PM
Blackstripe Wrote:
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> Somewhere on Rout 1 in the Alexandria part of
> Fairfax County
I believe this is northbound on 1 across from where Beacon Mall is now.
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> Somewhere on Rout 1 in the Alexandria part of
> Fairfax County
I believe this is northbound on 1 across from where Beacon Mall is now.
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Posted by:
Human Tripod
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Date: May 21, 2016 10:37PM
East side of northbound U.S. 1 at Beacon Hill, near the combination American/AMOCO station that was also a car wash, the owner of which posted Christian sayings on its signboard.
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Eagles Fan
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Date: May 21, 2016 11:12PM
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: May 22, 2016 01:42AM
Fireman Wrote:
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> Does anyone know where this on is? The street
> signs are impossible to read.
this is it - 29N at Village Dr.
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> Does anyone know where this on is? The street
> signs are impossible to read.
this is it - 29N at Village Dr.
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Posted by:
Joke Insurance
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Date: May 22, 2016 01:47AM
Camp Alger, circa 1898.
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causeican
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Date: May 22, 2016 02:09AM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Tops 1959 somewhere in Arlington. Pic courtesy of
> Paul Wilson. George Mason drive and Lee highway
> maybe?
idk but these boys do. That looks like the same place to me. Picture found at http://www.annandalechamber.com/nostalgia_1930_1950.rhtml
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> Tops 1959 somewhere in Arlington. Pic courtesy of
> Paul Wilson. George Mason drive and Lee highway
> maybe?
idk but these boys do. That looks like the same place to me. Picture found at http://www.annandalechamber.com/nostalgia_1930_1950.rhtml
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newgatedenizen
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Date: May 22, 2016 05:52PM
1940 Road Map
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newgatedenizen
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Date: May 22, 2016 05:53PM
1940 Road Map Zoom
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Long Before My Time
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Date: May 22, 2016 10:40PM
9 is Rt 123 but what is the road going straight down from Annandale to Lorton and connecting with Rt 1 ? Backlick? And part of Telegraph?
Show some more of that map, down to Richmond ..Very Cool..
DAJAX
Show some more of that map, down to Richmond ..Very Cool..
DAJAX
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Burgundy Village
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Date: May 23, 2016 01:05AM
This is Mount Eagle mansion that was located on the property that is now the Montebello Condominiums and the Huntington Metro Station. It was formally owned by Bryan Fairfax, at the time was the priest at Christ Church in Alexandria where George Washington attended. This is where George Washington ate his last meal away from Mount Vernon before he died. The mansion was demolished after years of neglect in 1968. This photo is from the early 1900's.
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blanche
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Date: May 23, 2016 05:41AM
Long Before My Time Wrote:
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> 9 is Rt 123 but what is the road going straight
> down from Annandale to Lorton and connecting with
> Rt 1 ? Backlick? And part of Telegraph?
>
> Show some more of that map, down to Richmond
> ..Very Cool..
>
> DAJAX
Backlick Road
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> 9 is Rt 123 but what is the road going straight
> down from Annandale to Lorton and connecting with
> Rt 1 ? Backlick? And part of Telegraph?
>
> Show some more of that map, down to Richmond
> ..Very Cool..
>
> DAJAX
Backlick Road
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Posted by:
newgatedenizen
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Date: May 23, 2016 01:39PM
1940 Road Map 3
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causeican
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Date: May 23, 2016 02:48PM
Long Before My Time Wrote:
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> 9 is Rt 123 but what is the road going straight
> down from Annandale to Lorton and connecting with
> Rt 1 ? Backlick? And part of Telegraph?
>
> Show some more of that map, down to Richmond
> ..Very Cool..
>
> DAJAX
Braddock
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> 9 is Rt 123 but what is the road going straight
> down from Annandale to Lorton and connecting with
> Rt 1 ? Backlick? And part of Telegraph?
>
> Show some more of that map, down to Richmond
> ..Very Cool..
>
> DAJAX
Braddock
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Posted by:
blanche
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Date: May 23, 2016 03:06PM
causeican Wrote:
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> Long Before My Time Wrote:
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> > 9 is Rt 123 but what is the road going straight
> > down from Annandale to Lorton and connecting
> with
> > Rt 1 ? Backlick? And part of Telegraph?
> >
> > Show some more of that map, down to Richmond
> > ..Very Cool..
> >
> > DAJAX
>
>
> Braddock
Braddock is an east/west route.
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> Long Before My Time Wrote:
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> > 9 is Rt 123 but what is the road going straight
> > down from Annandale to Lorton and connecting
> with
> > Rt 1 ? Backlick? And part of Telegraph?
> >
> > Show some more of that map, down to Richmond
> > ..Very Cool..
> >
> > DAJAX
>
>
> Braddock
Braddock is an east/west route.
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Posted by:
super tv
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Date: May 23, 2016 06:05PM
Who remembers super tv? We built illegal super tv receivers in shop class at Lake Braddock using big tin cans and 10 dollars of stuff from radio shack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF77yNArX0o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF77yNArX0o
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Posted by:
First Porn Experience
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Date: May 23, 2016 06:10PM
super tv Wrote:
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> Who remembers super tv? We built illegal super tv
> receivers in shop class at Lake Braddock using big
> tin cans and 10 dollars of stuff from radio shack.
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF77yNArX0o
I have a real honest to God Super TV Tee shirt.
If I can find it I will post a pic!
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> Who remembers super tv? We built illegal super tv
> receivers in shop class at Lake Braddock using big
> tin cans and 10 dollars of stuff from radio shack.
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF77yNArX0o
I have a real honest to God Super TV Tee shirt.
If I can find it I will post a pic!
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Posted by:
Captain XX
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Date: May 24, 2016 07:25AM
Live Long and Prosper.
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UHF Ch 20
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Date: May 24, 2016 09:59AM
Don't forget about Creature Feature on Saturday nights.
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Greybeard
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Date: May 24, 2016 08:06PM
Captain XX Wrote:
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> Live Long and Prosper.
Late 70s? I remember watching Star Trek reruns on channel 20 while visiting my grandparents in Mantua around then.
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> Live Long and Prosper.
Late 70s? I remember watching Star Trek reruns on channel 20 while visiting my grandparents in Mantua around then.
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Old DC TV
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Date: May 24, 2016 08:51PM
Channel 20 ran those odd ball re-runs that Channel 5 would not. I recall they ran Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, Gilligan's Island.
Washington Capitals Hockey, and Baltimore Orioles Baseball.
Washington Capitals Hockey, and Baltimore Orioles Baseball.
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Date: May 24, 2016 09:07PM
Quantico was only at mainside, Lake Anna Zip Zero, but todays Rt 208 did go that way. I pass thru there in June 1972 and over Lake Anna was only a depression aarea where trees had benn cun down to stumps.No Clark Bros, No West end of Richmond, and the roads round Marylands C Bay and down to Solomans and Point Lookout were not improved..I traveled Southern Maryland back in 71-74 and remember when Rt 5 was widened from 2 to 4 lanes. When The Stardust was the place for the Country Music Fans to go.
Thanks Pal
DAJAX
Thanks Pal
DAJAX
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Montebello
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Date: May 27, 2016 11:19AM
Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> This is Mount Eagle mansion that was located on
> the property that is now the Montebello
> Condominiums and the Huntington Metro Station. It
> was formally owned by Bryan Fairfax, at the time
> was the priest at Christ Church in Alexandria
> where George Washington attended. This is where
> George Washington ate his last meal away from
> Mount Vernon before he died. The mansion was
> demolished after years of neglect in 1968. This
> photo is from the early 1900's.
I was told these were pictures of Mount Eagle. I did look it up on the internet and found other pictures with different additions to the house. This is how the original house must have looked before many additions over the years. I have no idea when these pictures were taken.
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> This is Mount Eagle mansion that was located on
> the property that is now the Montebello
> Condominiums and the Huntington Metro Station. It
> was formally owned by Bryan Fairfax, at the time
> was the priest at Christ Church in Alexandria
> where George Washington attended. This is where
> George Washington ate his last meal away from
> Mount Vernon before he died. The mansion was
> demolished after years of neglect in 1968. This
> photo is from the early 1900's.
I was told these were pictures of Mount Eagle. I did look it up on the internet and found other pictures with different additions to the house. This is how the original house must have looked before many additions over the years. I have no idea when these pictures were taken.
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Captain XX
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Date: May 27, 2016 11:25AM
Didn't Capt. 20 say "live long and win lots of prizes"? I think that was it.
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: May 27, 2016 05:12PM
Captain XX Wrote:
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> Didn't Capt. 20 say "live long and win lots of
> prizes"? I think that was it.
Watch him and see!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKC6JpqudME
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> Didn't Capt. 20 say "live long and win lots of
> prizes"? I think that was it.
Watch him and see!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKC6JpqudME
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Posted by:
local...
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Date: May 28, 2016 07:29PM
Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> This is Mount Eagle mansion that was located on
> the property that is now the Montebello
> Condominiums and the Huntington Metro Station. It
> was formally owned by Bryan Fairfax, at the time
> was the priest at Christ Church in Alexandria
> where George Washington attended. This is where
> George Washington ate his last meal away from
> Mount Vernon before he died. The mansion was
> demolished after years of neglect in 1968. This
> photo is from the early 1900's.
My great uncle owned it from the early forties until it's destruction. My folks, married at Christ Church in Alexandria, had their wedding reception at Mt. Eagle. Lots of pics of inside.
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> This is Mount Eagle mansion that was located on
> the property that is now the Montebello
> Condominiums and the Huntington Metro Station. It
> was formally owned by Bryan Fairfax, at the time
> was the priest at Christ Church in Alexandria
> where George Washington attended. This is where
> George Washington ate his last meal away from
> Mount Vernon before he died. The mansion was
> demolished after years of neglect in 1968. This
> photo is from the early 1900's.
My great uncle owned it from the early forties until it's destruction. My folks, married at Christ Church in Alexandria, had their wedding reception at Mt. Eagle. Lots of pics of inside.
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Date: May 28, 2016 07:37PM
Montebello Wrote:
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> Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> > This is Mount Eagle mansion that was located on
> > the property that is now the Montebello
> > Condominiums and the Huntington Metro Station.
> It
> > was formally owned by Bryan Fairfax, at the
> time
> > was the priest at Christ Church in Alexandria
> > where George Washington attended. This is
> where
> > George Washington ate his last meal away from
> > Mount Vernon before he died. The mansion was
> > demolished after years of neglect in 1968.
> This
> > photo is from the early 1900's.
>
> I was told these were pictures of Mount Eagle. I
> did look it up on the internet and found other
> pictures with different additions to the house.
> This is how the original house must have looked
> before many additions over the years. I have no
> idea when these pictures were taken.
My Dad always says that it had a kind of disjointed floorplan due to the additions over the years. It was also used as a hunt or social club house for a period, I think in the twenties. I'd have to ask my dad to be sure. See have some of the furnishings from the house at my dad's as well. Just chairs if I recall correctly...
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> Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> > This is Mount Eagle mansion that was located on
> > the property that is now the Montebello
> > Condominiums and the Huntington Metro Station.
> It
> > was formally owned by Bryan Fairfax, at the
> time
> > was the priest at Christ Church in Alexandria
> > where George Washington attended. This is
> where
> > George Washington ate his last meal away from
> > Mount Vernon before he died. The mansion was
> > demolished after years of neglect in 1968.
> This
> > photo is from the early 1900's.
>
> I was told these were pictures of Mount Eagle. I
> did look it up on the internet and found other
> pictures with different additions to the house.
> This is how the original house must have looked
> before many additions over the years. I have no
> idea when these pictures were taken.
My Dad always says that it had a kind of disjointed floorplan due to the additions over the years. It was also used as a hunt or social club house for a period, I think in the twenties. I'd have to ask my dad to be sure. See have some of the furnishings from the house at my dad's as well. Just chairs if I recall correctly...
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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causeican
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Date: May 28, 2016 10:07PM
It would have been a cool house to explore all those disjointed ends. Can you post the pictures? Just take a picture of them with your phone in good light.
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Burgundy Village
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Date: May 29, 2016 11:41AM
Yes! It would be absolutely cool to see the inside if you have could post some pictures. Even more pictures of the home from the outside. Different years and stages of construction. I would love that! I will have to go through some of my uncle's photo's, which may contain a photo of it just before it was torn down. He used to hunt the property in the 60's and 70's.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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local...
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Date: May 30, 2016 04:33PM
Burgundy Village Wrote:
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> Yes! It would be absolutely cool to see the
> inside if you have could post some pictures. Even
> more pictures of the home from the outside.
> Different years and stages of construction. I
> would love that! I will have to go through some
> of my uncle's photo's, which may contain a photo
> of it just before it was torn down. He used to
> hunt the property in the 60's and 70's.
Maybe he knew my family there, but my great aunt was last to live there full time, and she felt scared because vandals and others from nearby neighborhoods were galavanting on the property at night. I think someone burned the barn down one night and that was the last straw. My uncle didn't want to abandon the house, but after my aunt moved, kids and others realized the house was empty and tore it up. I think FCFD burned it like Ossian Hall but I'm not sure, again I have to get the facts from my dad.
He laughs to this day about his parents, who came down from rural new York thought they'd landed at Tara from gone with the wind! A roaring fire in every fireplace, candelabra lit on all the tables and people (from here!) With strong Virginian drawls. This was back in the winter of '63...
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> Yes! It would be absolutely cool to see the
> inside if you have could post some pictures. Even
> more pictures of the home from the outside.
> Different years and stages of construction. I
> would love that! I will have to go through some
> of my uncle's photo's, which may contain a photo
> of it just before it was torn down. He used to
> hunt the property in the 60's and 70's.
Maybe he knew my family there, but my great aunt was last to live there full time, and she felt scared because vandals and others from nearby neighborhoods were galavanting on the property at night. I think someone burned the barn down one night and that was the last straw. My uncle didn't want to abandon the house, but after my aunt moved, kids and others realized the house was empty and tore it up. I think FCFD burned it like Ossian Hall but I'm not sure, again I have to get the facts from my dad.
He laughs to this day about his parents, who came down from rural new York thought they'd landed at Tara from gone with the wind! A roaring fire in every fireplace, candelabra lit on all the tables and people (from here!) With strong Virginian drawls. This was back in the winter of '63...
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Burgundy Village
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Date: May 30, 2016 05:58PM
That is what my uncle said, that kids mainly, were everywhere from adjoining properties playing around the property. That is what made him stop hunting on it. I will look right now for the photo of it right before it got torn down or burned. I did not think anyone would want to see that photo. If it were today, this house would have been declared a historic land mark and would have been a part of Mount Eagle Park.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Burgundy Village
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Date: May 30, 2016 06:25PM
Mount Eagle in disrepair before its demolition.
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Montebello
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Date: May 31, 2016 08:47AM
Now there are 4 of these buildings on part of the Mount Eagle property. I guess they were built in the early 80's sometime.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: May 31, 2016 02:11PM
Is this where it was?
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Posted by:
Donna Lou
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Date: May 31, 2016 02:18PM
That picture is of Mr. Fitzgerald's store on Franconia Road.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Burgundy Village
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Date: May 31, 2016 03:41PM
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> Is this where it was?
It looks like the mansion right in the middle of the page, with a long driveway out to North Kings Highway that was directly across from Jefferson Mannor shopping center. That must be Rout 1 in the far right corner. This is way before the Huntington Metro. I would love to hear what local... has to say, but I think that's it
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> Is this where it was?
It looks like the mansion right in the middle of the page, with a long driveway out to North Kings Highway that was directly across from Jefferson Mannor shopping center. That must be Rout 1 in the far right corner. This is way before the Huntington Metro. I would love to hear what local... has to say, but I think that's it
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Burgundy Village
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Date: May 31, 2016 04:00PM
This is just about the same picture now.
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