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Jun 5Liked by Addison Del Mastro

I'm coming up a year in Arlington, and I love it. I teach in the county's school system, and I appreciate that they pay me to walk to work. (Bikers and bus riders get a little cash each month, too.) I hope my area, the Columbia Pike corridor, retains its diverse ethnic flavor--and diverse community--as the development and gentrification continues.

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We moved to Ballston in 1994. The changes have been amazing and still continue. You might be interested in posting a picture of Bob and Edith’s Diner on Columbia Pike. It is also a blast from the past

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This looks extremely similar to the IHOP at Halsted and Grace in Chicago amid comparable high rise construction.

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Oh wow, I love that! Looks almost the same!

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I wouldn’t quite say Ballston was built overnight. The first high rise redevelopment was built in the 1960s and pre-dated the opening of Metro to Ballston in 1978. That 1960s redevelopment was in turn reredeveloped in the 2000s.

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