Arlington, Arlington

Name: Arlington
Address: Arlington, United States

#105 among attractions in Arlington

Village, Neighbourhood, Colonial revival architecture

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The Arlington Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 657 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood in South Arlington. The area was constructed in 1939, and is a planned garden apartment community that incorporates recreational areas, open spaces, a swimming pool and courtyards within five superblocks. It also includes a shopping center consisting of six stores. The garden apartments are presented as two-story, brick rowhouses with Colonial Revival detailing. There are three building types distinguished by the roof form: flat, gambrel, or gable. Arlington Village was the first large-scale rental project in Arlington County and the first Federal Housing Administration-insured garden apartment development. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. ()

Built: 1936 (88 years ago)Coordinates: 38°52'43"N, 77°6'4"W

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North Arlington (Ashton Heights)Arlington United States

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Arlington – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Ballston Common Mall, Custis Trail, The Crossing Clarendon.

0.5 miW
Sport complex, Ice rink, Hockey
Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Arlington
13 min walk • MedStar Capitals Iceplex is the practice arena of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. The highest ice rink above street-level in the United States, it is located on the eighth floor atop the parking garage adjoining the Ballston Quarter in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia.
0.5 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Ballston Common Mall, Arlington
14 min walk • Ballston Quarter, formerly known as Ballston Common Mall, originally opened as Parkington Shopping Center in 1951, and was one of the first major suburban shopping centers in the Washington, D.C. area.
1 miNW
Cycling, Bike path
Custis Trail, Arlington
27 min walk • The Custis Trail is a hilly 4.5 miles-long shared use path in Arlington County, Virginia. The asphalt-paved trail travels along Interstate 66 between Rosslyn and the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail at Bon Air Park.
0.8 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Crossing Clarendon, Arlington
21 min walk • The Crossing Clarendon, formerly Market Common Clarendon, is an outdoor mixed-use development featuring retail, restaurants, and residential buildings located along Clarendon Boulevard in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. The complex was developed by McCaffery Interests, and opened in November 2001.
1.3 miSE
Nightlife, Theater, Concerts and shows
Cinema 'N' Drafthouse, Arlington
34 min walk • The "Arlington Cinema 'N' Drafthouse", located at 2903 Columbia Pike, is the only remaining theater in Arlington County, Virginia from the cinema boom period of the 1930s and 1940s that still operates as a movie theater, and is currently one of four movie theaters operating in Arlington County.
0.9 miS
Park
Arlington Hall, Arlington
24 min walk • Arlington Hall is a historic building in Arlington, Virginia, originally a girls' school and later the headquarters of the United States Army's Signal Intelligence Service cryptography effort during World War II. The site presently houses the George P.
0.5 miS
Shopping, Department store
Glebe Center, Arlington
13 min walk • Glebe Center, also known as Glebe Shopping Center, is a historic shopping center located in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. It was designed by noted Washington, D.C. architect Mihran Mesrobian and built in 1940.
0.6 miS
Church
Cathedral of Saint Thomas More, Arlington
15 min walk • The Cathedral of Saint Thomas More located at 3901 Cathedral Lane is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington Virginia and the seat of Bishop Michael F. Burbidge. The Rector of the Cathedral is the Very Reverend Patrick L. Posey, V.F. Fr. Posey was appointed in June 2019.The Rev. Robert J.
0.8 miSW
Church
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Arlington
21 min walk • Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, historically known as the Unitarian Church of Arlington, is a Unitarian Universalist church located at 4444 Arlington Boulevard in Arlington County, Virginia. Founded in 1948, UUCA was the first Unitarian church in Washington, D.C.'s suburbs.
~1170 ftN
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington
6 min walk • Arlington Arts Center also known as AAC, is a 501 nonprofit contemporary visual arts center based in Arlington and established in 1974. Housed since 1976 in the historic Maury School, it presents artworks from regional artists in the mid-Atlantic states.
1.2 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Myer, Arlington
30 min walk • Fort Myer is the previous name used for a U.S. Army post next to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

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Which popular attractions are close to Arlington?

Nearby attractions include Arlington Arts Center, Arlington (6 min walk), Buckingham Historic District, Arlington (9 min walk), Virginia Square, Arlington (12 min walk), Monroe Courts Historic District, Arlington (14 min walk).

How to get to Arlington by public transport?

The nearest stations to Arlington:

Bus

N Pershing Dr & N Kenmore St • Lines: 4B (5 min walk)

Metro

Virginia Square–GMU • Lines: Or, Sv (9 min walk)
Ballston–MU • Lines: Or, Sv (17 min walk)