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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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