Arlington Mill Community Center

The Arlington Mill Community Center was built around 1965. Before this building became Arlington Mill, it was a Safeway. The first picture is where Arlington Mill was originally located, which is on Columbia Pike in the Columbia Heights West neighborhood. It was recently demolished, and is now just an empty parking lot with a pile of dirt and dust. It is now going to be renovated. All of it's programs are located in different areas around Arlington for the mean time. For example, the high school continuation program is located in NOVA's campus in the Ballston area. The new renovated Arlington Mill is predicted to be done by 2013.

Oral History of Arlington by Andy Barr

Andy Barr has been an outstanding citizen of the Arlington Community for More than 60 years. He is a national hero as well. He served in the military and fought in the Korean war. Any Barr is also an exceptional humanitarian. He has used his success as a realtor to help the needy. He has remained very active as an alumni of Washington Lee high school by donating to many clubs and sports in our school. He has lived in Clarendon for over 50 years. I want to thank Mr Barr for giving up some of his time to share his amazing story. It was truly an honor.

Breakdown of the video
From the beginning to 2:30: Talks about himself and career in the army. Talks about how he started his real state business in Arlington.

From 2:30 to 4:35 : Talks about how it was like to live in Clarendon in the fifties and his high school years in the forties.

At 4:35: Talks about segregation.

5:25 to 13:15: First moving to Arlington and what that was like. Time in elementary school in Arlington. What life was like in the depression. Talks about moving around the nation and what the nation was like during that time and how segregation was different in different parts of the nation.

13:15 to 15:35: Time at Washington Lee

15:40 to 19:00: Time in the military. Segregation in the military.

19:30 to 22:40: Depression in Arlington and then racism in Clarendon.

23:00 to 24:10: Places of historical importance. Real estate business in Clarendon.

24:20 to the end: What he wanted to add to the interview. His success in the Army. His career as a businessman. Time on the debate team in Washington Lee.

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Interview Bios

Marilyn Faris Scholl- Interviewee number 1.
This is my mother. She has been in Arlington for 25 or 26 years. And through out this interview we discuss things such as the attractions of Arlington, and some of the negative aspects as well. We discuss the benefits of living so close to the Nation's capitol and we also discuss things such as driving and transportation accessibility. We discuss things such as the metro system, the bus system, traffic congestion, and bike trails. We also talked a lot about the weather here in Arlington, how it has changed and/or hasn't changed much over the years, and how people manage to deal with the climate changes. We also discussed how she would recommend people to live here, if they can afford it. She believes it is a great place to raise a family. We also focused a lot on the cost of housing and how buildings have been sprouting up a lot more in Arlington.

Hunt Allard- Interviewee number 2.
This is a very good friend from church. He grew up in Arlington and still lives here today. He now has one daughter who is an 8th grader at Williamsburg Middle School. Hunt graduated from Washington-Lee High School in 1978. In our interview we focused a lot on the metro systems and on the bike trails and accessibility of Arlington. He said that he loves living here and is extremely grateful that his parents decided to move here in the 50s/60s. He says he loves being close to D.C. and loves using the bike trails a lot, since he and his family are all avid bikers. We talk a lot about the public school systems in Arlington, and how he himself is a public school graduate from Arlington, and he highly recommends all the schools. He also would just highly recommend anyone to live here in Arlington, anyone who can afford it. There is just so much to offer, attraction wise, and the people are generally very very nice to be around.