[Scan-DC] Fairfax FD TG 4M?

[Blair Thompson]

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From: "Merlin" <merlin at merlinjacobs.com>
To: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>, <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Fairfax FD TG 4M?
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:12:19 -0500

Skyline towers is in Falls Church. If you are old enough to remember they were made famous when one of the towers collapsed in the 70's during construction killing a lot of the construction workers.
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I recall that well. I'd like to add a minor comment. That part of Fairfax County, although it is often referred to as Falls Church in the phone books, is not actually in the independent city of Falls Church. I think of that location as Bailey's Crossroads. The easternmost highrise there is practically a stone's throw from the Alexandria campus of NVCC. I remember the airport that was there before all the new buildings went up. The Burke and Herbert bank has aircraft warning lights on the building.

http://www.fallschurchva.gov/Content/Docs/Map_CityStreetIndex.pdf

I hope this site is still running:

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/VA/Airfields_VA_Fairfax_NE.htm

Darn: "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage"

Here's an article about the building collapse:

http://tbwb.blogspot.com/2006/11/day-that-shook-baileys-crossroads.html

There's even a Wikipedia entry for the collapse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_Towers_collapse

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