A parade this weekend in Old Town will celebrate America’s first Commander-in-Chief: George Washington.
The parade is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15. The theme this year is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War.
A large mixed-use building in Old Town was sold last week for $38.85 million, Washington Business Journal first reported.
The sale is of Tavern Square, a building consisting of 421 King, 123 N Pitt, and 110 and 132 N Royal Streets, which occupies a full city block in Old Town Alexandria. The 171,738-square-foot property contains a mix of retail and office uses. The release notes the building was renovated back in 2019 to add a fitness center, a new conference center and more.
The La Madeleine at 500 King Street in Old Town is temporarily closed, but signs in the window say it will reopen next month.
The coffee shop, next to the Alexandria Circuit Court and directly adjacent to a Starbucks, has signs in the window saying the shop will reopen on March 16.
Last night, a crowd gathered in Old Town for a candlelight vigil to commemorate the 67 victims of a midair crash near Reagan National Airport last week.
Among the speakers at the event were elected leaders from the region including Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Don Beyer and Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins.
It’s no good to raise the elevation of Alexandria’s waterfront along the Potomac if it means the flood water that does get over the top just gets stuck inside that barrier. The solution: a new pumping station that city staff would help “drain the bathtub.”
The proposed pumping station is part of an extensive plan to fix flooding at the end of King Street, where high tides regularly turn the area around the Torpedo Factory into a Venetian canal system (complete with boats).
The Alexandria Police Department (APD) investigating a report of an armed robbery on the iconic cobble stone Captain’s Row in Old Town.
According to the scanner, a person called in around 1:20 p.m. saying they were just robbed at gunpoint at the intersection of Prince Street and S. Lee Street in Old Town, two blocks from the waterfront.
Saigon Rolls, a new restaurant with pho, banh mi and more is now open at 606 King Street.
The restaurant is filling a space previously occupied by another Vietnamese restaurant, Pho Nam, which opened in 2020, and Breugger’s Bagels before that.
The owner of an iconic commercial building in the heart of Old Town wants to convert the second floor from commercial to residential space.
The special use permit (SUP) request is going before the Alexandria Planning Commission on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Building owner Jemals 628 Newco LLC wants to convert the 6,700-square-foot second floor of the building at 628 and 622 King Street into five studio and six one-bedroom apartments.
George Washington’s cherry-filled past will be celebrated this month with the second annual GW Cherry Challenge.
The challenge is sponsored by George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and requires participating venues to create the best “cherry-oriented appetizer, entrée, beverage, or dessert,” according to organizers.
Three teenagers have charged in the fatal shooting of Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier and wounding two others, the Alexandria Police Department announced today.
A 16-year-old and two 17-year-old suspects have each been charged with murder by mob and two counts of malicious wounding by mob.
A number of pending bills in the Virginia General Assembly reward Israel and threaten Palestinian supporters, according to protestors outside Alexandria’s City Hall on Saturday afternoon.
The weather was near freezing as more than 50 protestors held signs, chanted and spoke out against legislation that they say targets Palestinian solidarity and activism, in addition to free speech and academic freedom. The effort was organized by three groups seeking a ceasefire in Gaza — Alexandria for Palestinian Human Rights, Arlington for Palestine, and the George Mason University Coalition for Palestine.
