Columbia Pike Documentary Project

Ethiopian Christmas party at ECDC | 2012

2012-01-11T22:11:00.006-05:00

For more than twenty years, the Ethiopian Community Development Council has hosted a celebration for Ethiopian Christmas at its offices on South Highland Street in Arlington.

Thanks to Dr. Tsehaye Teferra and the staff of ECDC for their always gracious hospitality, an for the vital work they do for the community of refugees and immigrants.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Four umbrellas, and a dog...

2011-11-23T14:41:00.005-05:00

These images were made in the 2500 and 2600 block of Columbia Pike.

Dusk, rain, poetry...

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Giant music | Jelly Roll Mortals

2011-11-23T14:15:00.005-05:00

The new Giant Food grocery store at Penrose Square regularly has excellent local bands perform in their cafe during shopping hours. Quite an unusual venue for music, but one that seemed to draw an appreciative audience.

Pictured are the noted ensemble, Jelly Roll Mortals, who performed originals and requests from the shoppers, who came in all sizes, ages, and shapes.

The Jelly Roll Mortals are: Scott McKnight, guitar; Arch Alcantera, guitar; Kentucky Jim Faris, bass; Steve Woerhle, drums; and Bill Williams, mandolin, ukelele, and guitar. All also perform vocals.

Note: the title, Giant Music, will be recognized by long-term Northern Virginia residents and music aficionados... from back in the day.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

The Pike at dusk/in the mist

2011-11-23T14:04:00.006-05:00

These photographs were made on a foggy, rainy evening, near sundown. Most were taken in the 2500 and 2600 block of Columbia Pike, in Arlington, VA.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Halloween Health Fair /Columbia Gardens

2011-11-02T14:36:00.008-04:00

A Halloween health fair was held at Columbia Gardens, an APAH-run apartment complex on South Frederick Street, just a block off Columbia Pike in Arlington.

Along with holiday costumes and candy, free flu shots, HIV testing, vision screening, diabetes, nutrition, and other health information was made available in an accessible community event. Private and Arlington County healthcare professionals, educators, nursing and pharmacy students from Howard, VCU, GWU, and GMU were on hand to consult and administer the vaccinations and tests.

Thanks to Liz McElwee, APAH's on-site resident coordinator for her help.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Tran-Lung Wedding

2011-10-14T13:15:00.010-04:00

Duy Tran and Daisy Lung were married in a Buddhist ceremony at Duy's parent's home on S. Dinwiddie Street in Arlington. It incorporated elements of their Vietnamese and Chinese family heritage.

Duy is a gifted freelance photographer, and is a core member of the Columbia Pike Documentary Project team. Daisy works for Crisis Link. Both of them grew up on the Pike, and have known one another - and been a couple - since their days at Washington-Lee High School.

Peace, prosperity, health, and blessings to them both.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Jamie Daly | musician

2011-09-26T18:52:00.004-04:00

Jamie Daly is a mandolin and bass player from the Columbia Pike area of Arlington.
Photography by Paula Endo.

People along the Pike

2011-09-19T16:44:00.006-04:00

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Mixed eye-candy; mid Columbia Pike

2011-09-19T16:28:00.003-04:00

Good light on the Pike.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Penrose area people | Columbia Pike

2011-09-19T16:00:00.004-04:00

2500 block of Columbia Pike, in and near the new Penrose development.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Penrose Square

2011-09-19T15:47:00.004-04:00

Penrose Square, on the site of the former Adams Square shopping center, is newly open for residency and commerce.

Penrose Square is located in the 2500 block of Columbia Pike, at the corner of S. Barton Street and Columbia Pike. The shopping area is anchored by a renovated Giant grocery store, near its previous location.
http://penrose-square.com
Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Three new restaurants on the Pike

2011-09-19T15:31:00.005-04:00

These three new locally-owned restaurants have recently opened for business along Columbia Pike.

Pedro and Vinny's Fresh Burritos is at 2599 Columbia Pike (703) 302-3999

Padrino Italian Restaurant has moved into 3111 Columbia Pike (703) 979-2384

Sangam Restaurant, featuring fine Indian cuisine, is located at 3205,3207 Columbia Pike
http://www.sangamrestaurant.com

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Arlington Mill Community Center/Groundbreaking

2011-08-25T12:17:00.005-04:00

Community activists, Arlington County officals and staff, non-profit organizations, and construction contractors gathered on August 24th at the site of the Arlington Mill Community Center for a groundbreaking ceremony. Construction for the new center will begin immediately; it is slated to open in two years.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Latino Family Day

2011-08-24T13:15:00.007-04:00

Tell Arlington’s Story and the Smithsonian Latino Center sponsored Latino Family Day at the Walter Reed Community Center, 2909 S. 16th St Arlington VA 22204.

It featured the locally-based Mayan dance troupe Grupo Awal (highlighted in many of these photographs), Central American ceramics, live music, storytelling, and talks by archeologist Fabio Amador of National Geographic about Central America’s indigenous civilization.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Pike Life | summer 2011

2011-08-22T13:03:00.003-04:00

Columbia Pike area, summer 2011. These images were made in the Columbia Heights West neighborhood.

Photography by Duy Tran.

John Moran

2011-08-22T12:52:00.003-04:00

John Moran is a long-time Columbia Pike area resident, with a distinguished career in theater directing and high-end event planning. He was selected for the Wakefield High School Hall of fame in 2007. He was also reecently interviewed by folkorists of the GMU field research team.

More information can be found on Mr. Moran at http://john-moran.com

Photography by Duy Tran.

Columbia Pike Housing Study meeting

2011-08-22T12:39:00.004-04:00

A presentation of work about how the Columbia Pike Housing Study is progressing was shown to the community by the planning team on the last day of the recent charrette week.

From the Pike Neighborhoods website:
"The resulting Columbia Pike Neighborhoods Plan will be the culmination of the Land Use & Housing Study to complete the final phase of the Columbia Pike Initiative. This plan seeks to identify those tools, policies, and initiatives that can be put in place to guide future growth and investment in the residential areas of the Pike corridor according to the community's goals and vision."

Photography by Duy Tran.

Restaurante Atlcatl

2011-08-22T12:32:00.003-04:00

Atlcatl Restaurant, which specializes in authentic El Salvadorean and Mexican cuisine, is located at 4701 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204.

Photography by Duy Tran.

Irene Wittig

2011-08-22T12:25:00.002-04:00

Irene Wittig is a long-time Columbia Pike area resident. She was recently interviewed by field researchers from the George Mason University team led by Dr. Debra Shutika.

Photography by Duy Tran.

Drew-Botts family

2011-08-15T21:00:00.005-04:00

Members of Cathleen Drew's distinguished family have lived in the same home, formerly in an African-American enclave of what is now the Penrose neighborhood, since about 1920. The home, built in 1913, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.

Pictured in the photographs are Cathleen Drew and her husband Wayne Botts, and their children, Sarah, Jordan and Adam. Cathleen and Wayne were married at the house.

In the top image, Cathleen (Catie) is holding a photograph of her great-grandfather, Richard Thomas Drew, who was the father of her grandfather Joe Drew, and of her renowned uncle, the pioneering research physician Dr. Charles Drew.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Don and Juanita Zientara | Inner Ear Studio

2011-07-30T09:37:00.006-04:00

Don Zientara, renowned sound engineer and musician, owns Inner Ear recording studio. Don has been recording in Arlington for almost 30 years, initially in the basement of his home on South Ivy Street, and for 20 years at his South Oakland Street location. Many seminal punk and alternative rock (and other) musicians have recorded at Inner Ear, from Fugazi, Bad Brains, Dave Grohl, Half-Japanese, Henry Rollins, Bikini Kill, Bob Mould, Scream, the Neighbors, Shudder To Think, Government Issue, and the Grandsons, to the Washington Balalaika Society.

Don also performs as a solo musician, and with his group, the Del Ray Desperadoes.

He and his wife Juanita, a retired ESL specialist at Wakefield High School, have lived in their home for over 35 years. They raised their two now-grown adopted bi-racial daughters there, and are now the grandparents of five.

http://www.innearstudio.com

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Dancing Under the Stars | Randolph School

2011-07-27T19:58:00.005-04:00

"Dancing Under the Stars" was a school-wide community dance and celebration for students and their families at Randolph Elementary School, situated along the Columbia Pike corridor in Arlington.

Photography by Aleksandra Lagkueva.

Rita Wiggins | Douglas Park

2011-07-27T19:36:00.004-04:00

Rita Wiggins has lived with her husband, Kent, in the Douglas Park neighborhood for over 25 years. She currently serves as the Community Services Outreach Coordinator for Randolph Elementary School. Her daughter went to Randolph, and just graduated high school this year.

Ms. Wiggins was photographed at "Dancing Under the Stars," an event at Randolph School, just off Columbia Pike in Arlington, and was recently interviewed by Annie Hallman and Sahar Haghighat, folklore researchers from George Mason University, as part of the collaborative effort with the Columbia Pike Documentary Project.

Photography by Aleksandra Lagkueva.

NOVA Magazine article on CPDP

2011-07-26T11:34:00.005-04:00

An article on the Columbia Pike Documentary Project, highlighting AVN's Roger Munter's Emmy nomination for his video on our work, is featured in the August issue of Northern Virginia Magazine.

The video, and an extensive slide show of CPDP's photographer's images, can be viewed at the magazine's online site.

Thanks to Clara Ritger for her coverage .

Columbia Heights West Street Festival- May 2001

2011-07-15T14:02:00.009-04:00

Photographer Lloyd Wolf recently scanned a set of photographs of the Columbia Heights West Street Festival, which took place in Tyrol Hill Park in May 2001.

This photographs of this festival are the beginning of the process that grew into the current Columbia Pike Documentary Project. CPDP co-founder Paula Endo, and her students from the Columbia Heights West Teen Photo Project, also participated that day.

This neighborhood is the most ethnically-diverse, heavily immigrant section of the Columbia Pike corridor, and this celebration of the community occurred at what the photographer guesses to be the time when the area was at its most diverse.

Participation in this singular celebratory event began the process of awareness, thinking, connecting, and commitment that grew out of the Teen Photo Project's work, and into the current multi-year, multi-artist effort that continues to document our community.

Some time afterward, Paula and Todd Endo met with Lloyd Wolf, and discovered they had related visions and hopes. Plans were drafted, grants were written, photographers, oral historians, and other collaborators were brought in, and the process began.

Two of the Teen Photo Project's graduates, Duy Tran and Xang Mimi Ho, are now integral members of the CPDP photography team.

Pictured are representatives of numerous Somali, Ethiopian, Central American, North African, Chinese, Bolivian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Palestinian, Korean, African-American, and other groups that had settled in and began sharing life along Columbia Pike. The pride and joy in their expressions of self and culture were, to this photographer, very moving; worthy of thorough examination, of sharing, and of recording for posterity.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Technical note: All images were scanned from the original color negatives.

Anne and Randy Kelly

2011-07-06T14:04:00.004-04:00

The Kelly's live in the Arlington Heights neighborhood, and were recently interviewed by folklorists from George Mason University, as part of the Columbia Pike Documentary Project's efforts to observe and reflect life along the Pike corridor.

Photography by Xang Mimi Ho

Columbia Pike Blues Festival 2011

2011-06-29T21:30:00.014-04:00

Images from the sixteenth annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival, hosted by CPRO, the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization.

"You should never try to put a tuxedo on the funky blues."- R. Penniman (Little Richard)

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Angel Morales and family

2011-06-29T21:25:00.003-04:00

Angel Morales and his family have lived along Columbia Pike for over twenty years.

Pictured are Angel, his mother, and brother.
Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Pete Connell / Curbfeelers

2011-06-29T21:15:00.004-04:00

Pete Connell is the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Columbia Pike-based blues band, the Curbfeelers. He is a lifelong area resident, and was recently interviewed for the Columbia Pike Documentary Project by folklorists from George Mason University.

These photographs were taken at the annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Jeff Severson and Sally Swann

2011-06-29T21:06:00.004-04:00

Jeff Severson is a musician, songwriting mentor, and producer, who lives in the Columbia Pike corridor. He was recently interviewed by field researchers from the George Mason University folklore team that has been collaborating with the Columbia Pike Documentary Project.

His wife, bassist Sally Swann, plays bass in the local blues band, the Curbfeelers.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Flores-Gambino 46th Memorial Day Party

2011-06-09T16:46:00.011-04:00

Photographs from the 46th annual Flores-Gambino Memorial Day party, in the Penrose neighborhood along the Pike. Homegrown music, potluck, old-school good cheer; family, friends, community.

Thanks to Pete Durgan, her mom, and brother Joe, for hosting the festivities, and for inviting members of the George Mason University folklore field research team to begin their oral history process.

These new interviews will significantly deepen the meaning and scope of the Columbia Pike Documentary Project.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Patrick Bahn

2011-06-09T16:20:00.003-04:00

Patrick Bahn is a rocket scientist of Mongolian descent, and is quite an interesting and accomplished person. He lives in the Penrose neighborhood adjoining Columbia Pike.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Columbia Pike Farmer's Market / 2011

2011-05-23T10:51:00.005-04:00

The Columbia Pike Farmer's Market, at the corner of Columbia Pike and S. Walter Reed Drive, has opened up for the new season.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Arlington Heights Civic Association picnic

2011-05-23T10:36:00.011-04:00

Images from the annual picnic of the Arlington Heights Civic Association, held at Patrick Henry Elementary School.

Thanks to civic association president Stacey Whyte, her husband Keith Whyte, and the members of the community, for their help and cooperation.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

AVN video on CPDP nominated for a regional Emmy award

2011-05-19T21:02:00.004-04:00

From Arlington Now:
A county-produced video about the Columbia Pike Documentary Project has received a regional Emmy nomination.

The video was produced by Arlington Virginia Network producer/photographer/editor Roger Munter. It’s nominated in the Historical/Cultural category along with video segments from the Washington Post, Baltimore’s Fox 45 television station and others.

Munter’s video follows a group of residents that has been documenting life on Columbia Pike through photographs and oral histories.

Thanks again from the whole CPDP team to Roger for his sensitive and effective coverage of our work.

Buchanan Gardens / Groundbreaking

2011-04-30T12:39:00.006-04:00

The Buchanan Garden Apartments, one block off Columbia Pike in Arlington VA, are going to be renovated and reconfigured as affordable housing units. Residents will be able to move back in after the 15-month updating project, which is being managed by APAH, the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing.

These photographs, primarily of the residents and of partners facilitating the renovation, were made during APAH's recent groundbreaking ceremony.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Beautiful evening light - 4700 block of Columbia Pike

2011-04-28T23:54:00.003-04:00

A few minutes of gorgeous evening light lingered this warm spring day.

Columbia Pike: busy... miracles and mysteries... home.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Columbia Pike Business Opportunity Mixer

2011-04-26T23:23:00.007-04:00

Photographs of the Columbia Pike Business Opportunity Mixer, held April 6, 2011, at
P.Brennan's Irish Pub and Restaurant, 2910 Columbia Pike.
The event was hosted by CPRO, in conjunction with BizLaunch and Arlington's Small Business Assistance Network.

"This event will offer entrepreneurs an opportunity to meet other local business people, discuss common challenges and share solutions."

Photography by Aleksandra Lagkueva

Swapping Stories

2011-04-05T15:51:00.010-04:00

A lively and well-attended storyswapping workshop, led by master storyteller Judy Klevens, was held at Arlington's Walter Reed Community Center. It was part of the Tell Arlington's Story initiative.

Thanks to Dulce Carrillo, Arlington County's Multicultural Marketing, Outreach and Advocacy Manager for facilitating this opportunity.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Arlington Mill Community Center/demolition process

2011-04-05T15:21:00.004-04:00

Final demolition of the Arlington Mill Community Center

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Arlington Mill Community Center/demolition interiors

2011-04-05T15:10:00.005-04:00

These photographs were made inside the old Arlington Mill Community Center the night before it was finally demolished.

Photographer Duy Tran first learned photography at the Mill as a member of Paula Endo's Columbia Heights West Teen Photo Program. The home where he grew up, and where his parents still live, is within a half-block of this site.

A new center will begin being constructed in summer 2011.

Photography by Duy Tran.

Arlington Community Federal Credit Union

2011-03-17T10:06:00.011-04:00

The Arlington Community Federal Credit Union (ACFCU) is located at 5666 Columbia Pike in Baileys Crossroads VA 22041, just over the Arlington line. ACFCU provides full service banking and financial services to the community, and is committed to being a community resource and partner.

Thanks to Fernando Jordan, ACFCU's community relations specialist, for arranging for the photo shoot, and to the diverse staff and management who participated.

ACFCU is a new supporter of the Columbia Pike Documentary Project. Their help is much appreciated.

www.arlingtoncu.org

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Cafe Sazón

2011-03-17T09:35:00.008-04:00

Cafe Sazón is a newly opened cafe/bakery/restaurant located at 4704 Columbia Pike. Long-time Pike resident Adrianna Torres has opened it with her partner, Tom Shen. The cafe serves an assortment of breads, pastries, drinks, and specialty Latin dishes. Cafe Sazón also boasts a spacious 70-seat room available for parties and events, as well as an extensive menu of catering options. Free WiFi is also available.

http://www.cafesazon.com

Pictured are the staff and owners, plus Adrianna with her sister, Claudia Salazar, who manages the Cassiel hair salon next door.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Artisphere projections/ Town Hall Gallery

2011-03-16T16:51:00.009-04:00

Here are a few photographs from the new media projection of CPDP's work in the Artisphere's Town Hall Gallery, on view from March 14 to 20, 2011.

Join us for a special event at the Artisphere, Friday March 18th, 2011, at 7:30 pm for artists' talks, special presentations, good wine, and local blues musician, Rick Franklin.

See the invitation

Thanks is due to many, but especially to Takis Karantonis of CPRO, Cynthia Connolly and Ryan Holladay of the Artisphere, Dulce Carillo of Tell Arlington's Story, and the many people and organizations who have supported us thus far: Arlington Arts, Virginian Commission for the Humanities, Urban Alternatives, PNC Foundation, the Arlington Community Foundation, the Rosslyn Renaissance, Arlington Libraries, and the Arlington Commission for the Arts.

Our grateful thanks goes to the event's sponsor, the Arlington Community Federal Credit Union, with special mention to their Community Relations Specialist, Fernando Jordan.

Tell Arlington's Story

2011-03-11T16:11:00.006-05:00

The Columbia Pike Documentary Project is collaborating with the "Tell Arlington's Story Initiative."

Tell Arlington’s Story is an Arlington County Board initiative that celebrates Arlington’s rich cultural diversity through a variety of events, celebrations, and story-telling workshops. People from all across the County are sharing their experiences, their music, their culture – their stories. Go to arlingtonstory.us to learn more about great programs throughout the year that help capture a living history that celebrates our diverse community.

Check out the website:
Tell Arlington's Story
and tell your own story

Purple Rain

2011-03-10T16:57:00.003-05:00

This woman was walking in the hard rain today, in the 4700 block of Columbia Pike.

Photograph by Lloyd Wolf

Arlington Mill Community Center (early demolition process)

2011-02-27T15:49:00.005-05:00

The old Arlington Mill Community Center is being razed to make a new and larger facility, which will also include affordable housing units, to be managed by APAH, the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing.

http://www.apah.org

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Vending vans, payphones, and the far west end of the Pike in Arlington.

2011-02-27T15:42:00.006-05:00

Images of some of the colorful food vans that park along Columbia Pike, some still-workable payphones, and a view of the far west end of the Pike at the border of Bailey's Crossroads and Arlington, VA.

Photoography by Lloyd Wolf

CPDP Projection/Artist's talk at Artisphere

2011-02-09T13:11:00.004-05:00

The Columbia Pike Documentary Project invites you to view a projection of photographs
from March 14th to 20th, 2011
in the Town Hall Gallery
of the Artisphere
1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington VA 22209

Artists' talk and reception:
Friday March 18, 2011
from 7:30 to 9:00 PM
Light refreshments will be served.

RSVP to: cpro@columbiapike.org

The reception is sponsored by CPRO, the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization.

Featured photographers include Xang Mimi Ho, Lloyd Wolf, Duy Tran, Paula Endo, Aleksandra Lagkueva, and Elayna Tursky.

We look forward to sharing our work with you!
For more information see:
http://columbiapike.org

Columbia Pike Housing & Land Use Analysis Workshop

2011-01-31T20:31:00.005-05:00

The Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization (CPRO) sponsored a recent Housing & Land Use Analysis Workshop.

Architects, designers, urban and town planners, and economic analysts from the firms Ferell Madden Lewis, PES:Partners for Economic Solutions, and Dover Kohl and Partners brainstormed ideas and possibilities regarding the future of Columbia Pike.

Pictured are R. Geoffrey Ferell, Anita Morrison, Abigail Ferretti, Elma Felix, Justin Falango, and James Dougherty.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Kathy Anderson / Siena Park Concierge

2011-01-31T20:24:00.002-05:00

Siena Park is a new upscale apartment complex at 2301 Columbia Pike, Arlington VA 22204.

Kathy Anderson serves as the friendly and able concierge.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Takis Karantonis- CPRO

2011-01-10T10:59:00.005-05:00

Takis Karantonis is the executive director of CPRO, the Columbia Revitalization Organization, and a key person in many facets of the Columbia Pike community.

Visit the CPRO website at:
http://columbiapike.org

Photographs by Lloyd Wolf

Yoga Moms

2010-12-27T20:26:00.004-05:00

These young women, Susan, Mary, and Emily, are part of a mothers' affinity and support group that originally met at Journey Yoga ( 2628 Columbia Pike, Arlington VA 22204 http://www.journeyoga.net ).

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

2500-2600 block of the Pike, December 2010

2010-12-27T20:19:00.003-05:00

Three winter images from the changing eastern end of the Pike.

The Santa Ana Restaurant is a small new Bolivian establishment, on the site of a few previous ethnic restaurants. It was originally built as an "Ollie's Trolley."

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Ms. Eyerusalem / Rappahannock Coffee

2010-12-27T20:15:00.002-05:00

Ms. Eyerusalem works at Rappahannock Coffee, 2406 Columbia Pike, Arlington VA 22204.

www.therappahannockcoffee.com

Photograph by Lloyd Wolf

East end of Columbia Pike- autumn views

2010-11-20T10:46:00.004-05:00

Photographs made from the sixteenth floor of the Sheraton Hotel, at the far eastern end of Columbia Pike.

Most views are facing westward; one, towards the Pentagon and Washington DC, shows the eastern terminus of the Columbia Pike corridor.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Spirit of Community

2010-11-20T10:33:00.005-05:00

A few portraits and outtakes of attendees at the Spirit of Community awards luncheon, held by the Arlington Community Foundation at the Sheraton Hotel, at the far eastern end of Columbia Pike in Arlington, VA.

The Arlington Community Foundation does important work for our community.
Visit them at:
http://www.arlcf.org

More on the awards and the good work of the ACF is at:
http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/11/19/arlington/news/nw88m.txt

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

FotoWeekDC projection

2010-11-07T13:16:00.013-05:00

From November 6th to November 13th 2010, the work of the Columbia Pike Documentary Project is being projected publicly as part of FotoWeekDC.

The work is being shown on a large scale at CenterSpace Park the corner of N. Moore Street and Wilson Boulevard, in the Rosslyn section of Arlingon VA.

Many thanks to Susan Soroko, Cynthia Connolly, Monique O'Grady, Takis Karintonis, Todd Endo, Kay Plitt, the Rosslyn BID, Rosslyn Renaissance, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, JBG Companies, the Arlington Community Foundation, the Arlington Commission for the Arts, Performance Video, the Columbia Pike Revitaliztion Organization, Artisphere, FotoWeekDC, Arlington County Arts and Cultural Affairs, the PNC Foundation, the Arlington County Department of Libraries, the Circulator bus system, and the Urban Alternatives Foundation. We are most grateful for your meaningful help and support of our project.

The photographers from the CPDP team being shown are Duy Tran, Lloyd Wolf, Paula Endo, Xang Mimi Ho, Aleksandra Lagkueva, and Elayna Tursky. The videos were edited by Xang Mimi Ho, Duy Tran, and Aleksandra Lagkueva, project directed by Lloyd Wolf, and the photography was curated by Susan Soroko, who also was our able liason to FotoWeekDC and the Rosslyn BID.

A preview can be seen at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uWslr5gkjA

Abi Restaurante

2010-09-02T20:37:00.009-04:00

Photographs taken at the 24th anniversary celebration of Abi Restaurante. The establishment is located at 3005 Columbia Pike, Arlington VA 22204
703-979-3579
www.abirestaurant.com
Thanks especially to the hospitality of Abi's manager Sandra, her business partner, Israel, and to Takis Karantonis of CPRO, who made the introduction.

The real deal. And a great mariachi band.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Robert MacPhail

2010-09-02T20:32:00.003-04:00

Robert MacPhail is a long-time Columbia Pike area resident.

(Mr. MacPhail went to JEB Stuart High School in Falls Church with photographer Lloyd Wolf)

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Some buildings- central Columbia Pike area

2010-09-02T20:27:00.004-04:00

Pictured are the upscale Halstead apartments, a new Verizon store (on the site of the former Art & Framing shop), the newly-opened Ethio Cafe, and the MacDonalds parking lot at night.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Friends, family, and neighborhood

2010-08-23T21:41:00.003-04:00

A selection of newly released images.

Photography by Duy Tran.

Columbia Pike Plaza - night views

2010-08-23T21:34:00.003-04:00

Columbia Pike Plaza is in the 5000 block of the Pike.

Photography by Duy Tran

Emilio Vasquez

2010-08-23T21:31:00.002-04:00

Serious tattoos - and a lot of living.

Photography by Duy Tran.

Ted and Family

2010-08-23T21:27:00.003-04:00

Ted and his family live along Columbia Pike in Arlington, VA. Ted has successfully recovered from some great challenges. His mother, who is a very strong character, is a former sheriff.

Photography by Duy Tran.

High Sierra Pools - staff

2010-08-21T10:49:00.008-04:00

These photographs are of the office staff of High Sierra Pools, a full-scale pool-management firm with a variety of customers including commercial apartment buildings, condominiums, home owners associations, hotels, recreation facilities and fitness centers. They have approximately 1500 employees, who operate hundreds of facilities in the mid-Atlantic area.

Their administrative staff is highly international. Many are of Eastern-European origin; they come from Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic (and from Chilean and US origin also).

Thanks to their VP, Radek Kaczor, for inviting CPDP to include the firm as part of our documentation of life along Columbia Pike.

They are located at 1012 S. Cleveland Street in Arlington, just off Columbia Pike.
703-920-1750
www.highsierrapools.com

The office's Yorkshire terrier is named "Chudlik," which means "Buttons" in Czech.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

4600 and 4700 block Columbia Pike, July 2010

2010-07-31T22:53:00.006-04:00

A variety of images from mid-Pike, including the new Golden Chicken (Peruvian style restaurant) on the former site of Bob and Edith's second diner.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Buchanan Gardens

2010-07-31T18:10:00.006-04:00

These photographs are from an event for residents of Buchanan Gardens, just off Columbia Pike. It was sponsored by the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing.

The temperature outside was over 100 degrees F.

www.apah.org

Photography by Lloyd Wolf

Different views

2010-07-31T18:00:00.005-04:00

Most of these photographs were made in the 4600 and 4700 block of Columbia Pike.

Photography by Aleksandra Lagkueva

Encounters and observations- people along the Pike

2010-07-18T11:28:00.005-04:00

Photographs documenting encounters and scenes in the 2700 and 2800 blocks of Columbia Pike in Arlington VA.

Mark Cvetnick (in the yellow shirt), a lifelong resident of the Pike corridor, expressed heartfelt and thoughtful concern about the impact of the ongoing and coming gentrification in the area.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf