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2345 Mill Road, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
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can somebody help me?i'm in temple hill now for the vacation and i'm looking for some skateshop, shop with agressive in-line stuff and of course for skatepark in surrounding area..(alexandria,washington..).
thank you for you replies.. :)
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Schuyler Hamilton Jones Skateboard Park
Park Location: 3540 Wheeler Avenue (intersection of Duke St. and Wheeler Ave.)
Park Usage: Skateboard Park
The skatepark is free and open every day.
Hours of Operation:
* April, 9 am - 7 pm
* May - July, 9 am - 8:30 pm
* August - September, 9 am - 7 pm
* October - March, 9 am - 5 pm
Come out and grind, ollie, and flip kick on Alexandria’s newest recreation facility. Call 703.838.4343 for additional information.
My favourite thing about Alexandria's old town is the contrast between old and new. In some of the colonial buildings that have the half-storey (used as a loophole to get around paying higher tax during colonial times), there are multi-national chains such as McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts, etc. I snapped a tanning salon in one of these older buildings on King Street.
See the18th century brick buildings which are predominate in Alexandria.
It is hard to describe the feeling of driving through Old Town Alexandria, especially to a person coming from another country, one who didn't grow up learning about the creation of the USA.
However, anyone who loves history can appreciate the period captured in this area of town. Though the USA is less than three hundred years old--quite young compared to some cultures--its history is being preserved throughout the country and Alexandria is an especially rich repository.
One of my favorite places in Old Town, only 2 blocks from King Street and near the waterfront. As the name says, the shop has mostly bulk coffees, teas, and spices. They also have a wide assortment of cookies, candies, cheeses, and other goodies from around the world, every kind of tea pot and coffe pot imaginable, and a broad range of ever-changing eclectic gifts.
In 1749, Charles Mason erected a house measuring a minimum of 20 feet by 20 feet within two years. By the mid-1750s, Charles Mason and his wife Anne were operating a tailoring business and an ordinary for their business and home. Soon after Anne's death in 1761 the building began its long journey of being several types of establishments: as tavern, hotel, ballroom, barracks, auction house, club house and museum. Many American presidents and foreign dignitaries have been lodged and entertained within their walls as have tourists, merchants, actors, circus performers, Federal troop housing, and the pomp and splendor of George Washington’s birthday celebrations.
Now is stands a tribute to our past to educate and enjoy.
Located at 134 N. Royal Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314
The George Washington Mural is tucked in where few tourists will ever see it, but where locals enjoy it daily. Where is this wonderful mural that stretches 1,200 feet (yes, almost a quarter mile), stands 10 feet tall, and depicts 13 of the most significant scenes from the life of our first President? It is along the Mount Vernon Trail, in one of the most rarely traveled sections behind the Alexandria power plant.
The mural starts with Washington's boyhood home at Ferry Farm in Fredericksburg (but not his birth home...?), then continues to show scenes of his life as a surveyor, British soldier, Revolutionary General, and his life as the President. The figures in the foreground of the painting are full sized, amazing for a mural of this length. At the northern-most section of the mural are paintings of various objects related to Washington such as the $1 bill, the quarter, and stamps for example.
The mural was just completed in May 2009 after years of work. Before the mural was finished, this was a plain old chain link fence barely hiding the coal yard for the power plant.
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