Latino Family Day

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

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

Photography by Duy Tran.

John Moran

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

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

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

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

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

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.innerearstudio.com

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Dancing Under the Stars | Randolph School

"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

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

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 .