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Listing of the Day: 1622 N. Rhodes Street

By ARLnow.com
1/9

Address: 1622 N. Rhodes Street
Neighborhood: Rosslyn
Type: 3 BR+den, 2 (+1 half) BA townhouse — 2,590 sq. ft.
Listed: $1,449,000

Open House: Saturday, May 6 from 1-3 p.m. and Sunday, May 7 from 12-2 p.m.

Noteworthy: A 3 BR+den, 2.5 BA townhome with designer finishes in a prime location.

A beautifully appointed home offering unmatched finishes that burst with soul and inspiration in a prime Rosslyn/Courthouse location, with 3BR+den, an owner’s suite that encompasses the entire third level, large private balcony, and a two-car garage.

What makes this home exceptional? The owners spared no expense investing $250,000 into the property including Architect Series full wood Pella windows, beautiful reclaimed wood carpentry (floors, cabinetry, doors), designer finishes from Sonoma Forge, Schoolhouse Electric, Restoration Hardware, and the ShadeStore, newer furnaces (2020), and numerous other updates provided in detail in the MLS documents section (available to your agent) and printed at the property.

You’ll fall in love with special touches like hand-planed Southern Yellow Pine flooring reclaimed from church pews, a custom built black walnut armoire, and primary bedroom window shades made of a custom built mosaic of cross sections of sap-saturated beams of pine suspended in glass. Other highlights include Viking appliances, two-zone HVAC, cork floors in the lower level den (great for a home gym), and ample storage. The east-facing orientation allows sun to pour through the many oversized windows and offers open views on upper floors. Additional guest parking spaces are available in the community.

What makes this location exceptional? Walkscore = 93! Blocks to Rosslyn and Courthouse Metro stations. Endless dining, retail, and fitness options within a few blocks include Barley Mac, Sfoglina, Open Road, Salt, Tupelo Honey, Orange Theory, Core Power Yoga, Bash Boxing, and more. Stroll to Georgetown via the Key Bridge, jog to the Washington Monument or along the canal via the Mt Vernon Trail, and walk to Whole Foods!

Rhodes Park is directly across the street and multiple others, including popular Rocky Run Park, are a short walk. Easy access to multiple trails, all major Northern Virginia roadways, National Airport, National Landing (Amazon), Pentagon, Tysons, and more! Rosslyn is an employment hub boasting Nestle/Gerber HQ, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, and more major employers.

Listed by:
Eli Tucker — Eli Residential Group of RLAH @properties
[email protected]
(703) 539-2529

ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 4, 2023

By ARLnow.com

Good Thursday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 6893 times… so far.

📈 Top stories

The following are the most-read articles for today — May 4, 2023.

  1. Pike fried chicken spot Queen Mother’s moving to revamped Crystal City Water Park
  2. ACPD delivers lunch after Uber Eats driver involved in crash
  3. Morning Notes
  4. Most and least expensive condos sold in Arlington (Apr-May 2023)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Friday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

🌥 Friday’s forecast

Cloudy. Mild. High of 69 and low of 51. Sunrise at 6:06 am and sunset at 8:04 pm. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Haiku of the Day

Raindrops kiss the earth
Life begins in thirst relieved
Nature’s drought release

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.

Most and least expensive condos sold in Arlington (Apr-May 2023)

By ARLnow.com

This past week saw 57 homes sold in Arlington.

The least expensive condo, single-family home or townhouse sale over the past seven days was $220,000 while the most expensive was $1,920,000.

Over the past month, meanwhile, a total of 118 condos were sold. Let’s take a look at some of the most and least expensive condos sold over the past month.

Most expensive condos sold

  1. 1881 N Nash Street #1603 — $1,635,000 (2 Beds | 2.5 Baths | 1,803 SQ FT)
  2. 1781 N Pierce Street #502 — $1,580,000 (2 Beds | 2 Baths | 1,953 SQ FT)
  3. 1881 N Nash Street #1701 — $1,375,000 (2 Beds | 2 Baths | 1,754 SQ FT)
  4. 1418 N Rhodes Street #123 — $1,075,000 (3 Beds | 2.5 Baths | 1,927 SQ FT)
  5. 1411 Key Boulevard #209 — $1,065,000 (3 Beds | 2 Baths | 1,493 SQ FT)

Least expensive condos sold

  1. 1501 S George Mason Drive #1 — $172,500 (1 Bed | 1 Bath | 687 SQ FT)
  2. 5353 Columbia Pike #609 — $185,000 (1 Bed | 1 Bath | 651 SQ FT)
  3. 4600 S Four Mile Run Drive #642 — $205,000 (1 Bed | 1 Bath | 881 SQ FT)

ACPD delivers lunch after Uber Eats driver involved in crash

By ARLnow.com
File photo

(Updated at 11:10 a.m.) An Arlington police officer went above and beyond the call of duty earlier today, after a crash involving a food delivery driver.

The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. at the busy intersection of Columbia Pike and S. Glebe Road. Initially it was reported to be a hit and run, but the second vehicle was then found in a parking lot a couple of blocks away.

According to scanner traffic, one of the vehicles involved belonged to an Uber Eats driver, with a warm order from sub chain Jersey Mike’s awaiting delivery to an address nearby, along S. Glebe Road.

The officer radioed dispatch that he would be completing the task himself and, at 12:45 p.m., reported a successful food delivery — presumably to a somewhat surprised recipient.

“Lunch has been delivered,” the officer said.

Arlington County police confirmed the incident Friday morning.

“At approximately 12:33 p.m. yesterday, officers were dispatched to Columbia Pike at S. Glebe Road for the report of a hit and run,” said ACPD spokeswoman Ashley Savage. “The incident was determined to be a minor crash and both drivers were located near the scene. As officers were assisting the drivers with paperwork, it was determined one of the drivers was in the process of making a food delivery. The delivery address was determined to be nearby and the officer delivered the food.”

Hat tip to Alan Henney

Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com
A Virginia Railway Express train heads south through Crystal City (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Rappelling Down Hotel for Good Cause — “More than 70 brave individuals will cruise down the exterior facade of the 14-story Hilton Arlington National Landing on May 5 at the ’14 Stories of New Hope’ fundraiser for New Hope Housing. The Alexandria-based nonprofit aims to wipe out homelessness in Northern Virginia by providing shelter, housing and an array of support services.” [Arlington Magazine]

Forum on Governance Change Proposal — “Proponents of changing aspects of Arlington’s 90-year-old governance structure may get an inkling of what’s politically and logistically feasible, and what is not, at an upcoming forum. The Arlington County Civic Federation’s Task Force in Governance and Election Reform – acronym ‘TiGER’ – will host the gathering on Thursday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Central Library.” [Gazette Leader]

Mechanical Bull Coming to Ballston Bar — “Break out your sun hats and seersuckers, it’s time to GIDDY UP for a good cause at Quincy Hall. Join us this Saturday, May 6th for a day of Kentucky Derby celebrations: MECHANICAL BULL RIDES starting right after Kentucky Derby (around 7pm).” [Instagram]

Clement Lauds Fairfax County — “‘Why can’t Arlington be more like Fairfax County?’ is not a phrase one hears too often in the corridors of power across Arlington.But in at least one case, a County Board candidate believes Arlington officials should have followed their Fairfax counterparts this year. Audrey Clement, making her latest bid for County Board as an independent, on May 1 criticized the incumbent Arlington County Board for gouging taxpayers by not reducing the real-estate-tax rate” as Fairfax did, by 1.5 cents per $100. [Gazette Leader]

Cristol Staying Here Miffs Some in Tysons — “Saddened to hear that our new chief cheerleader for #Tysons VA @kcristol
says: ‘And even after the transition, I’ll keep the title I’ve always valued most: Arlingtonian.’ Yikes! Don’t Tysonians deserve better?” [Twitter]

Green Valley Takes the Stage — “If the names Friendly Cab, Funshine Preschool, Veterans Memorial YMCA, Richard Walker Shoes, Naomi’s TV, Chinn’s Funeral Home, Mamie Brown’s Friendly Beauty School and Majestic Barber Shop don’t ring a bell, they will after you’ve attended a performance of ‘From Nauck to Green Valley: Transforming a Community.’ Encore Stage & Studio’s new student-devised original play looks at the history of one of Arlington’s historically African-American communities.” [Gazette Leader]

Warner Intros Social Media Bill — “U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined 27 colleagues in introducing the Kids Online Safety Act, comprehensive bipartisan legislation to protect children online. The Kids Online Safety Act provides young people and parents with the tools, safeguards, and transparency they need to protect against online harms.” [Press Release]

It’s Thursday — Mostly cloudy and cool. High of 62 and low of 43. Sunrise at 6:07 am and sunset at 8:03 pm. [Weather.gov]

ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 3, 2023

By ARLnow.com

Good Wednesday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 8213 times… so far.

📈 Top stories

The following are the most-read articles for today — May 3, 2023.

  1. Morning Notes
  2. New report details Courthouse brandishing incident, wild chase and exchange of gunfire
  3. Virtual indoor golf complex Par Citi is aiming to tee off soon on Columbia Pike
  4. Public input drives developer to nix drive-thru ATM from Clarendon Wells Fargo redevelopment plans

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Thursday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

⛅ Thursday’s forecast

Afternoon clouds. Cool. High of 62 and low of 43. Sunrise at 6:07 am and sunset at 8:03 pm. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Haiku of the Day

Peaks rising above
Snowcapped kings enduring time
Mountains standing proud

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.

Listing of the Day: 3507 John Marshall Drive

By ARLnow.com
1/7

Address: 3507 John Marshall Drive
Neighborhood: Williamsburg Village
Type: 5 BR, 4 (+1 half) BA single-family detached — 5,100 sq. ft.
Listed: $2,195,000

Open House: Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7 from 1-4 p.m.

Noteworthy: Quality built in 2012 with exceptional space an a level quarter acre lot

Located on a no-through street north of Langston Blvd., this home is blocks to Discovery Elementary School, Williamsburg Middle School and playing fields — Yorktown High School, too.

Flexible floorplan with traditional living room, dining room and butler’s pantry, office with coffered ceiling and built-ins, family room anchored by gas fireplace, breakfast area flowing into kitchen with gas cooking, range hood vented to outside, double dishwashers, expansive island, walk in pantry, powder room, and mudroom entry to two car garage.

Upstairs, the primary bedroom has a seating area with gas fireplace, walk-in closet, bathroom featuring separate vanities, soaking tub, and glass enclosed shower. Three more bedrooms and two baths are on this level along with the laundry room and a computer nook. The lower level has full height windows, big rec room, media room or gym, fifth bedroom and another bathroom. A separate storage room and a storage closet off garage. Fenced rear yard with mature trees, shrubs, and areas for play, sports, gardening, casual dining and gathering at the firepit.

Easy access to Washington, government and business centers, Tysons, Tuckahoe Park, bike path, and vigorous walk to East Falls Church Metro. An appealing home awaits the savvy buyer who values, space, location, and an enduring home.

Listed by:
Betsy Twigg — McEnearney Associates
[email protected]
(703) 967-4391

It’s a busy spring for events and announcements on ARLnow

By ARLnow.com
Events from ARLnow’s event calendar

If you’re not already checking out events and announcements on ARLnow, you’re missing out.

Community submissions to both the event calendar and the announcement section have ramped up significantly this spring. It’s now an even better way to discover happenings and offerings around Arlington.

Some current examples:

In addition to going to the dedicated events and announcement pages, you can also see them under articles, in the middle of the homepage and at the bottom of our email newsletter.

Happy browsing!

New report details Courthouse brandishing incident, wild chase and exchange of gunfire

By ARLnow.com
1/9

A report from Fairfax County’s top prosecutor recounts the eventful day this past October that led to a wild chase of an armed suspect.

The Oct. 6 incident started that morning when a driver made a U-turn in front of Arlington County police headquarters and brandished a gun at a sheriff’s deputy, later fleeing and striking a parked car.

It ended that evening with a car chase, gunshots being fired by the suspect along a residential Arlington street and along Route 50 in Fairfax County, and the suspect’s ultimate arrest after his gun reportedly jammed.

A detailed timeline of events was compiled by Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, in a document released publicly late last week. The use-of-force review ultimately determined that a Fairfax officer who fired shots at the suspect acted properly.

Descano’s report is below.

REPORT ON OCTOBER 6, 2022, OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING

On October 6, 2022, Ofc. Chiz of the Fairfax County Police Department (“FCPD”) shot at Ricardo Singleton after a multi-hour series of events that began in Arlington, Virginia. At approximately 0845, Arlington County Sheriff’s Office (“ACSO”) Deputy Daley witnessed a Silver Honda Civic making an illegal u-turn on the pedestrian crosswalk outside of the Arlington Courthouse. The driver — later identified as Ricardo Singleton — waved at Deputy Daley to get his attention and then brandished a firearm with an extended magazine, pointing the firearm towards the ceiling of the vehicle. Both Deputy Daley and ACSO Deputy Zajkowski witnessed this brandishing. At the same time, a marked Arlington Police cruiser driven by Lt. Tabibi of the Arlington Police Department (“APD”) drove up behind Singleton’s vehicle and pressed his airhorn because Singleton’s vehicle was blocking traffic. Singleton rapidly drove away on Courthouse Road and then eastbound on 15th Street. Deputies Daley and Zajkowski entered a marked ACSO cruiser and followed Singleton’s vehicle. Singleton’s vehicle eventually pulled into the county owned parking garage and stopped next to the cruiser driven by Deputy Daley. Deputy Daley exited the cruiser, approached Singleton, and observed a firearm with an extended magazine on his lap. Deputy Daley drew his weapon and gave direct commands to Singleton to keep his hands raised. Singleton put the vehicle in drive and fled south on North Uhle Street. The Deputies pursued with lights and sirens activated, but they lost sight of the vehicle, which was driving at a high rate of speed, disregarding stop signs. APO received a report that Singleton struck another vehicle and continued to flee the scene.

(more…)

Morning Poll: What do you think of this cool start to May?

By ARLnow.com
Visitors at the US Air Force Memorial (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

We’re now into the back third of meteorological spring and it’s feeling more like… the beginning?

It has been a notably cool (and wet) end to April and start of May, right around when one might have been expecting some warmer weather to move in.

As this post is being written, the thermometer is sitting at 48 degrees, which sounds more like May in Manitoba than Arlington. (In fact, it’s currently a touch warmer in Winnipeg.)

A relatively modesty warm up is on the way, however. Near-average temperatures are expected to return next week, according to the Capital Weather Gang’s outlook.

With low temperatures frequently dipping into the 40s and highs mostly in the 50s and 60s this week, it will feel more like March than May. But highs should leap into the 70s or warmer next week…

For the second half of May, longer term models project near to slightly below normal temperatures.

What best describes your reaction to the current cool stretch?

Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com
Scene from the Arlington Arts Festival on Saturday in Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Family Demands $10M for Gunston Incident — “The family of a Virginia eighth-grader sent Arlington Public Schools Tuesday a ‘notice of claim and demand’ after they say he was forced to play a cotton picking game in class earlier this year. They are demanding a $10 million settlement in the case. Former Va. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, the family’s attorney, sent the letter to APS.” [WJLA, Fox 5]

Green Valley Leaders Blast County — “Leaders of the Green Valley Civic Association have blasted county leadership for what they term as ‘offensive, arrogant and hateful’ its suggestion that they stay out of the nitty-gritty of capital project that impact their community. The comments came in an April 21 letter to County Board Chairman Christian Dorsey, complaining that the Green Valley community’s feedback on plans for an Arlington Transit (ART) operations and management facility still is not being taken seriously.” [Gazette Leader]

Man with Knife Tased — From ACPD: “At approximately 2:08 p.m. on May 1, police were dispatched to the 1100 block of S. Barton Street for a mental health call for service. Responding officers made contact with the individual who, during the course of the incident, was in possession of a knife, allegedly made threatening statements and set fire to the carpet of the home, which was quickly extinguished. An officer deployed their taser and the individual was taken into custody on an Emergency Custody Order.” [Twitter]

ART Bus Crash in Crystal City — A car collided with an ART bus at the intersection of Crystal Drive and 15th Street S. yesterday afternoon. Despite initial reports of an injury, scanner traffic later suggested that no one was hurt. [Twitter]

Gondola Now Shirt Goes International — “Beautiful gondola in Gaia, Portugal but it doesn’t cross the river to Porto. #gondolaNow @ARLnowDOTcom” [Twitter, Amazon]

AI-Written Audio News Update — ARLnow is experimenting with AI-written audio news briefs, summarizing the past day’s stories, to potentially be published as a daily podcast. Let us know what you think. [MP3]

It’s Wednesday — Overcast. Cool. High of 61 and low of 45. Sunrise at 6:08 am and sunset at 8:02 pm. [Weather.gov]

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