It's (Almost) Time To Say Goodbye To That Weird Gas Station Under a
Rosslyn Church
Rosslyn's church atop a gas station is losing its halo, if you'll
permit a tortured metaphor about a demolition permit.
Arlington County has issued a permit for the site developer to tear
down the decrepit old pedestrian skywalk that connected the church and
other buildings in Rosslyn to the Metro across Fort Myer Drive,
according to Katie O'Brien, a spokesperson for the Arlington County
Department of Environmental Services.
It's a step toward a larger redevelopment plan for the site, which
will eventually require tearing down -- and then rebuilding -- one of
the odder architectural juxtapositions in the region. O'Brien told me
the county is hoping the full demolition of the church and gas station
will happen this summer, pending a few more easements needed to move
ahead.
So that means you and I have a few more months to properly say goodbye
to the Arlington Temple United Methodist Church and the Sunoco gas
station that sits directly under it.
https://dcist.com/story/24/01/18/weird-gas-station-church-rosslyn-redevelopment/
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