Arlington began three centuries ago as the farm section of Alexandria County and emerged in the 1900s as a vibrant suburb of the nation's capital. Global notice came after the creation and expansion of Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon and Fort Myer, site of history's first airplane casualty--September 17, 1908. Add in some modern marquee employers--PBS, WETA, Nestlé, the Foreign Service Institute and Amazon--and it's a recipe for accelerating change. Unsurprisingly, residents are increasingly at odds over rising housing costs and demolitions of long-valued homes and businesses. A key... Read More
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Arlington began three centuries ago as the farm section of Alexandria County and emerged in the 1900s as a vibrant suburb of the nation's capital. Global notice came after the creation and expansion of Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon and Fort Myer, site of history's first airplane casualty--September 17, 1908. Add in some modern marquee employers--PBS, WETA, Nestlé, the Foreign Service Institute and Amazon--and it's a recipe for accelerating change. Unsurprisingly, residents are increasingly at odds over rising housing costs and demolitions of long-valued homes and businesses. A key... Read More
Arlington began three centuries ago as the farm section of Alexandria County and emerged in the 1900s as a vibrant suburb of the nation's capital. Global notice came after the creation and expansion of Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon and Fort Myer, site of history's first airplane casualty--September 17, 1908. Add in some modern marquee employers--PBS, WETA, Nestlé, the Foreign Service Institute and Amazon--and it's a recipe for accelerating change. Unsurprisingly, residents are increasingly at odds over rising housing costs and demolitions of long-valued homes and businesses. A key to preserving Arlington's character is a deeper knowledge of history. Local journalist and author Charlie Clark provides a compendium of gone-but-not-forgotten institutions, businesses, homes and amusements.
Details
Pages: 192
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Lost
Publication Date: 13th September 2021
State: Virginia
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467150644
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical HISTORY / United States / 20th Century ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
Author Bio
Charlie Clark, a retired journalist, writes the weekly "Our Man in Arlington" column for the F alls Church News-Press . In 2021, he published the first full biography of George Washington Parke Custis, an under-sung "child of Mount Vernon," with McFarland Books. He has written Arlington County Chronicles , Hidden History of Arlington County and L ost Arlington County , all published by The History Press. Formerly, he was senior correspondent for Government Executive Media Group and an editor or writer for the Washington Post , Congressional Quarterly , National Journal , Time-Life Books , Tax Analysts and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.
Arlington began three centuries ago as the farm section of Alexandria County and emerged in the 1900s as a vibrant suburb of the nation's capital. Global notice came after the creation and expansion of Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon and Fort Myer, site of history's first airplane casualty--September 17, 1908. Add in some modern marquee employers--PBS, WETA, Nestlé, the Foreign Service Institute and Amazon--and it's a recipe for accelerating change. Unsurprisingly, residents are increasingly at odds over rising housing costs and demolitions of long-valued homes and businesses. A key to preserving Arlington's character is a deeper knowledge of history. Local journalist and author Charlie Clark provides a compendium of gone-but-not-forgotten institutions, businesses, homes and amusements.
Pages: 192
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Lost
Publication Date: 13th September 2021
State: Virginia
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467150644
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical HISTORY / United States / 20th Century ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
Charlie Clark, a retired journalist, writes the weekly "Our Man in Arlington" column for the F alls Church News-Press . In 2021, he published the first full biography of George Washington Parke Custis, an under-sung "child of Mount Vernon," with McFarland Books. He has written Arlington County Chronicles , Hidden History of Arlington County and L ost Arlington County , all published by The History Press. Formerly, he was senior correspondent for Government Executive Media Group and an editor or writer for the Washington Post , Congressional Quarterly , National Journal , Time-Life Books , Tax Analysts and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.
