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Power plant redevelopment team talks ‘woonerf’ vs pedestrian-only design

By Vernon Miles
Woonerf designs for the Potomac River Generating Station development (image via Hilco Redevelopment Partners)

(Updated 6:17 p.m.) Representatives from Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP) recently opened up about some of the behind-the-scenes discussions on whether or not to make the central street in Old Town North’s power plant redevelopment project pedestrian-only.

The redevelopment of the GenOn power plant in Old Town North is one of the biggest projects on the city’s horizon, and the centerpiece of that project will be a pedestrian-focused boulevard called a ‘woonerf‘ — a Dutch design concept that prioritizes pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

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Man held without bond after stabbing in Landmark neighborhood apartment building

By ALXnow.com
A man was shot in the 300 block of S. Reynolds Street on Thursday, April 13, 2023 (via Google Maps)

A 45-year-old man is being held without bond in connection with a stabbing in the West End on Saturday evening, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

Police were dispatched just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, to the ninth floor of an apartment building in the 300 block of S. Reynolds Street for a report of shots fired and found the victim suffering from a non-lethal stab wound to the midsection.

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Transformative Samuel Madden redevelopment in Braddock area goes to Planning Commission tonight

By James Cullum
The proposed North Building of the Samuel Madden redevelopment (via City of Alexandria)

A major affordable housing development in the city’s Braddock area is headed to the Planning Commission tonight.

Tonight’s meeting on the proposed Samuel Madden redevelopment comes after more than a year-and-a-half of back-and-forths between city staff and the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

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JUST IN: Loyal Companion in Old Town North to close by end of February

By Vernon Miles
Loyal Companion at Gables Old Town North (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

Almost exactly two years after it opened, Loyal Companion (923 N. St. Asaph Street) in Old Town North will be closing for good.

The location’s closure is part of a broader sweep of closures following Independent Pet Partners filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. All stores outside of Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois will close.

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Man injured in Arlandria assault early Monday morning

By James Cullum
A man was attacked by a group of men in the area of W. Glebe Road and Mount Vernon Avenue on Monday, February 6, 2023 (via Google Maps)

A man suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he was attacked by group of men in Arlandria on Monday morning, according to police.

Police were dispatched to the intersection of W. Glebe Road and Mount Vernon Avenue on Monday at around 2:30 a.m.

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After 70 crashes over the last decade, Alexandria begins the process of fixing two Duke Street intersections

By Vernon Miles
Duke Street intersections with Route 1 (image via City of Alexandria)

As the city works through some of the most high-crash intersections, it’s setting its sights on twin troublesome intersections in southern Old Town: the intersections of Duke Street with Route 1 (South Henry and South Patrick streets).

The Duke Street intersections with Route 1 are among the most crash-prone in the city, with over 70 crashes at the intersection since 2014, the city said in a release. Of those, four resulted in severe injuries and more than 20 resulted in non-life-threatening injuries.

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Alexandria City High School instructor performed with Coldplay on Saturday Night Live this weekend

By Vernon Miles
ACHS instructor performed on stage with Coldplay on Saturday Night Live (image via Saturday Night Live/NBC)

Alexandria City High School students watching Saturday Night Live this weekend might have seen a familiar face in the musical numbers: the school’s Director of Choral Activities Theodore Thorpe III.

Thorpe was part of the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers in a choral ensemble with Coldplay, performing the songs The Astronaut, Human Heart, and Fix You in the show on Saturday, Feb. 4.

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Toppers Pizza closes ‘flagship’ location in Alexandria

By James Cullum
Toppers Pizza at 3827 Mount Vernon Avenue is permanently closed (staff photo by James Cullum)

Updated at 10:45 a.m. Toppers Pizza officially closed its doors at 3827 Mount Vernon Avenue last month and there is now only one of the Wisconsin-style pizza locations left in Virginia.

Toppers opened in 2017 to great fanfare in Arlandria, and was supposed to be the flagship location of a 22-store deal with locations popping up throughout Northern Virginia. In 2018, the second store opened at 6676 Richmond Highway in the Groveton area of Fairfax County, and it remains the only location in the state.

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