[CPEO-IRF] Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Arlington Envisions Crystal City After BRAC

By Annie Gowen
Washington Post
June 16, 2006

An Arlington County task force yesterday presented a wide-ranging plan 
designed to limit the economic impact from the loss of 17,000 military 
and defense jobs ordered by the federal Base Realignment and Closure 
Commission.

The panel recommended launching a planning process that could ultimately 
transform the entire landscape there, potentially knocking down some of 
the boxy buildings and eliminating the subterranean passageways that 
have defined the area for years.

In their place would be a more lively street-level scene with a greater 
mix of shops, restaurants and offices. One Arlington County Board 
member, Jay Fisette (D), went so far as to suggest that the county 
consider changing Crystal City's name.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061502078.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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