Abi Restaurante

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

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

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

A selection of newly released images.

Photography by Duy Tran.

Columbia Pike Plaza - night views

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

Photography by Duy Tran

Emilio Vasquez

Serious tattoos - and a lot of living.

Photography by Duy Tran.

Ted and Family

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

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