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This house on South Pitt has a tiny model of itself in the front (see inset).
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This house is showing signs of age when you look closely: corners that aren’t square, sagging windows, lopsided shutters, etc.
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This photo doesn’t show well, but the brick wall along the side of this house is bulging out. If you look closely, you can also...
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The Shipbuilder statue was dedicated in 2004. It sits on the Strand between King and Prince streets. It depicts a 19th Century shipbuilder and commemorates...
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Today was the fifth Old Town Festival of Speed & Style. Dozens of great cars and free! Takes place on the blocks immediately around City...
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Certain times of the year we’re reminded that we live in the middle of a tourist spot. The tourists are usually confined to King Street...
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This tree-lined section of Wolfe St is very picturesque. Except the house on the left clearly needs a paint job.
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This little house on South Lee St looks so lonely. Like all the other houses are avoiding it.
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This is an Osage Orange tree growing in the corner of the Lyles Crouch Elementary School playground. Even though it looks like it has fallen...
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Townhomes can get a facelift too. You’ll be happy to know they got the Tyvek in place before the rain started.
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So many great front stairs in the historical district. This is a good one even if it could use a power washing.
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Alexandria’s Washington Monument is a scale model of the actual monument just upriver. Located in the Promenade Classique sculpture garden at Canal Center Plaza.
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Visited George Washington’s Distillery & Gristmill today. They’re making whisky the way they did in the 18th Century. We did a tasting of a rye...
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The Patton-Fowle house was built in the early 1800s. It’s a private residence, but a historical landmark. It’s over 6500 square feet of fine, southern...
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Blue-and-pink and Pink-and-blue on South Fairfax Street.
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This little cottage on Franklin Street looks cozy. Then I realized it’s TWO cottages in one building. Super cozy.
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Not sure who they’re keeping in this dungeon, but it looks like they get cable.
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The plaque on this house on South Pitt St reads “Washington’s Tenement House. Built for investment in 1797 by George Washington. Lot purchased by Washington...
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The Majestic has been opened since 1932 and moved to this location on King Street in 1949. Art Deco design and “gourmet American comfort food”...
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This house/business on the corner of Commerce and South Payne looks like an optical illusion. But it’s built to the very edges of the property...
