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The Parker-Gray neighborhood is located in the northwestern quadrant of the Old Town Alexandria street grid as it was laid out in 1797. More recently known as "Uptown", it mostly consists of small row houses and town houses, but there are also many commercial buildings. It is the largest historically black neighborhood in the city. [64]
The area was originally called Belhaven, believed to be in honor of a Scottish patriot, John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton.The town was formally named Alexandria in 1779, after Captain Philip Alexander II (1704–1753) and Captain John Alexander (1711–1763), who donated the land to assist in the development of the area.
Landmark Mall (or Landmark Regional Shopping Center) (formerly Landmark Center) was an American shopping mall in Alexandria, Virginia. Located in a triangle formed by Duke Street ( Virginia State Route 236 ), Interstate 395 , and Van Dorn Street ( Virginia State Route 401 ), the mall opened in 1965 and closed on January 31, 2017.
King Street is a major road in Alexandria, Virginia, United States and historic Old Town Alexandria.It extends westward from the Potomac River waterfront near the Torpedo Factory Art Center and nearby bustling tourist gift shops and restaurants, passing City Hall and the Alexandria General District Court.
Before moving to Alexandria, Crooked Beat Records was named one of the best record stores in the Washington, D.C., area in 2015. [27] Since moving to Alexandria, the business organization Visit Alexandria [28] named Crooked Beat Records in a list of "11 Shops That Are Worth The Trip In Old Town Alexandria." [29]
Pages in category "Old Town Alexandria" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This location closed, in favor of another in Alexandria, Virginia, at the intersection of King and North Beauregard Streets, which closed on September 21, 2013. [17] Map of countries with Five Guys locations. More followed in Old Town Alexandria and Springfield, Virginia, making five locations open by 2001. Their success encouraged the Murrells ...
Encompassing all of the city's Old Town and some adjacent areas, this area contains one of the nation's best-preserved assemblages of the late-18th and early-19th century urban architecture. The district was locally designated (as the Old and Historic Alexandria district) in 1946 [4] and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. [3] [5 ...