Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Street light installation


New efficient LED street lights being installed in the 2600 block of the Pike.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Beauty Fair Hairstylists










Beauty Fair Hairstylists is located at 4105 Columbia Pike in Arlington, VA. Appointments can be made at 703-979-5380. Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Street memorial for Edgar Aguilar "El Tigre"

A spontaneous street shrine has been erected to Edgar Aguilar, who was killed in a bus accident at this site on July 1 2012.


According to the news blog ArlNow, "a video was taken on the evening of July 1, 2012. Just minutes prior to the start of the video, a man had been struck by a car on Columbia Pike near the intersection with Four Mile Run Drive, which was darkened due to power outages in the area following the June 29 derecho. The video shows the bus pulling up to the scene, which was next to a bus stop. The man’s bloodied body — blurred out by police — is lying on the sidewalk.
With the bus stopped, passengers file past the man’s body. Although someone had called 911 — lights from police cars heading to the scene can be seen in the background — not a single person stops to check on the man, who was either dead or dying. A woman carrying shopping bags walks right by, without hesitation. One man crosses himself after getting on the bus.
Police say they released the video in a “good faith effort” to get witnesses to the accident to step forward. Detectives are not looking to charge anybody in the video with any wrongdoing — they just want them to “come forward and say ‘this is what happened, this is what we saw,’” according to Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck.
“The intent is solely to get these witnesses to… assist police in the reconstruction of what happened that night,” Sternbeck said. “The intent is not to say these individuals are accountable for anything.”
Sternbeck noted that the driver of the striking vehicle “has been very cooperative,” but the case is still open. Charges could still be filed if the driver is thought to be at fault."

May El Tigre rest in peace.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Columbia Pike Plaza businesses

Photographs from businesses ( El Pike Restaurant, Beauty Fair Hairstylists, and Pan American Bakery)  and other central Columbia Pike areas.









Photography by CPDP intern, Marina Ralph.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

A walk on the Pike- summer scenes


Photography by Lloyd Wolf








Continuing construction of Arlington Mill Community Center

Photography by Lloyd Wolf



Mid-Pike people & places





Photographs by CPDP intern, Marina Ralph

Friday, June 22, 2012

Columbia Pike Blues Festival 2012





























































There was a large and diverse turnout at this year's annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival, sponsored by CPRO. The band lineup was headlined by Peter Karp and Sue Foley.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf