It's On! Photo Tour of Rosslyn-Ballston (Arlington) coming soon! (Galax: apartments, condos)

[DCguy03]

I've been meaning to do my first photo tour (ScranBarre-style) of the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor of Arlington, and I finally got a new digital camera to replace my 10 year old one - which looked more like an original nintendo gameboy...

So it's on! But before I venture out this coming weekend, I'd like to know...

• For those familiar w/ that area of Arlington, are there any specific landmarks/restaurants/places of interest that you'd like me to include?
  
  
• Are you interested in seeing photos of different styles of housing (i.e. high-rise apt, low-rise apt, SFH) as well, or should I focus more on public places?

[normie]

[cdmurphy]

Originally Posted by DCguy03

For those familiar w/ that area of Arlington, are there any specific landmarks/restaurants/places of interest that you'd like me to include?

- The crazy metal sculpture that indicates how traffic flows in Rosslyn (at the intersection of Clarendon, Wilson, and some other streets)
- The Rhodeside, Whitlow's, Clarendon Ballroom, Four Courts

Almost everything else is gone from when I hung out over there in the late 90s - Bardo, the 7-11 - replaced by condos, condos, condos.

Definitely do residential - we all know what Barnes and Noble and the Cheesecake Factory look like.

[normie]

Personally, I like seeing different kinds of houses as well as shots of public spaces. Also, photos that give a taste of what it's like to live there--maybe a shot of traffic, cars parked along a street, street lights, people walking to a local cafe, sidewalks, flyers for local bands on a telephone pole--those sorts of details.

Looking forward to seeing your photos.

[SteelCityRising]

What would I like to see?

-Each of the neighborhood map signs photographed (i.e. the ones from the "Arlington Rap" video on YouTube)
-The Silver Diner
-That church that's getting apartments built on top of it.
-A photo of part of the Key Bridge and/or Georgetown as seen from Rosslyn.
-Ray's Hell Burger (if it's in the area). I've never been there and have always wanted to try.

[Stephen 81]

You definitely have to take photos of the following (my list is more Rosslyn-centric than Ballston-centric, as it's where I live):

- The gas station with a church above it in Rosslyn
- Colonial Village, to show that Arlington still has attractive, low-rise residential areas
- The strip mall with Ray's/Guajillo/Pho 75/an ABC store (i.e. the best strip mall in VA)
- The courthouse, to demonstrate that Arlington is in fact a real county
- Galaxy Hut, Iota, or a similar, "old-school" joint in Clarendon
- The Iwo Jima Memorial
- Chez Manelle or Cafe Assorti, the DC area's only restaurants with Tunisian/Kazakh food, respectively
- At least four Starbucks

[The Dissenter]

Originally Posted by DCguy03

I've been meaning to do my first photo tour (ScranBarre-style) of the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor of Arlington, and I finally got a new digital camera to replace my 10 year old one - which looked more like an original nintendo gameboy...

So it's on! But before I venture out this coming weekend, I'd like to know...

• For those familiar w/ that area of Arlington, are there any specific landmarks/restaurants/places of interest that you'd like me to include?
  
  
• Are you interested in seeing photos of different styles of housing (i.e. high-rise apt, low-rise apt, SFH) as well, or should I focus more on public places?

Take a photo from the Mall skybridge over Wilson Blvd.

[Caladium]

I'd like to see what they did with the old Newseum.

[OrangeFish]

Please take a photo of Wellburn Square -- that's a great park/public space right near the Ballston Metro station (and they have a farmers' market there on Fridays during the summer).

[DCguy03]

Great to hear all of your ideas so far -- keep 'em coming!

Also, ScranB, where is the church is it that has apartments being built on top of it? I've seen the church in Rosslyn that has a gas station underneath it (no joke), but I can't think of where this church+apartment building is...