| Lost Arlington County Contributor(s): Clark, Charlie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467150649 ISBN-13: 9781467150644 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - 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 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.09" W x 9" (0.91 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |