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4 unusual facts about Arlington County


Brian Krebs

When the Post sold Newsbytes in 2002, Krebs transitioned to Washingtonpost.com in Arlington, Virginia as a full-time staff writer.

George Charrette

He died February 7, 1938 in Lowell, Massachusetts and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.

Medway Power Station

It was commissioned in 1995, being originally owned (25%) by Arlington, Virginia-based AES Corporation (trading as AES Electric) and the RECs SEEBOARD (37.5%) and Southern Electric (became SSE in 1998).

SourceMedia

Based in New York City, SourceMedia has offices in the Washington suburb of Arlington, Virginia, Chicago and Atlanta.


Green Party of Virginia

The most notable campaigns for office by a GPVA candidate in a partisan election have been Josh Ruebner's 2006, 2007 and 2008 candidacies for the Arlington County Board of Supervisors.

Innerloop Magazine

The Art Institute in Arlington, Virginia, and Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, also subscribed to Innerloop for its design students as a resource.

Marriott Corporation

In 1957, Marriott Corporation opened its first hotel in Arlington County, Virginia, United States as the Twin Bridges Motor Hotel (demolished 1990).

Newseum

In 2000, Freedom Forum decided to move the Newseum from its location in Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River to downtown Washington, D.C. The original Newseum was closed on 3 March 2002, to allow its staff to concentrate on building the new, larger museum.

Nicholas F. Benton

Nicholas F. Benton is the founder, owner, and editor of the Falls Church News-Press, a weekly merchandiser distributed in Falls Church, Virginia, and in parts of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and Washington D.C.

Rosslyn Mountain Boys

The cover of the Rosslyn Mountain Boys album showed the band in a glade, with the 1970s skyline of Rosslyn, Virginia in Arlington County, directly opposite Georgetown, D.C. on the Potomac River, grafted in behind them.

Virginia Square Shopping Center

The Virginia Square Shopping Center in Arlington County, Virginia, United States opened in early 1952, to complement the adjoining Kann's-Virginia store.


see also

Ballston

Ballston, Arlington, Virginia, a neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Drew House

Charles Richard Drew House, Arlington, Virginia, listed on the NRHP in Arlington County

Kettler Capitals Iceplex

Ted Leonsis, who bought the Capitals in 1999, began looking to build a new practice facility and in 2004, the team secured agreements with Arlington County to build a new rink on top of the Ballston Public Parking Garage.

Minor's Hill

A line connected it with Fort Ethan Allan at Chain Bridge (three miles, with connections to Washington via Fort Corcoran, using four wires), and to Hall’s Hill in eastern Arlington County (two miles, using one wire).

Potomac

Potomac, Virginia, an extinct town formerly located in Arlington County

S. Elizabeth Birnbaum

She currently (2013) serves as co-chair of the Arlington County and City of Alexandria Joint Task Force to restore Four Mile Run.

Virginia State Route 123

SR 123 passes by the Marden House before entering the northwestern corner of Arlington County and meeting the northern end of SR 120 (Glebe Road).

Westover, Arlington, Virginia

Following the principles set forth by the FHA and responding to the need for affordable housing, Mace developed several neighborhoods in Arlington County in the early twentieth century which provided economical housing to the growing population.