An experimental digital history archive that is an attempt at documenting the
transformation and history of Northern Virginia in the past fifty years. This latest version has been created
and designed by Charlie Evans.
The five-story Springfield Executive Building at 6901 Old Keene Mill Road is currently vacant. At the time this office building opened in 1963, it was considered one of the largest in Fairfax County with approximately 23,000 square feet. It's located…
With the I-495 Express Lanes construction coming to a close, the Springfield Interchange where 395, 95, and 495 meet is the beginning and end to the new lanes to come.
In 1953, F.D. Patton obtained a building permit to erect a new motel on King Street just west of Shirley Highway, then known as Route 350. The following year, the newly opened Patton’s Town House Motel promoted its “modern” and “spacious”…