With SACRPH Almost Here, a round-up of NOVA on The Metropole

October 28, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

As many of our readers may already be aware, SACRPH 2019 commences this Thursday in Northern Virginia (NOVA). In anticipation of the conference, we’d like to provide attendees and non-attendees alike to chance to explore a bit of Northern Virginia’s history. “Capital within a Capital: Covert Action, the Vietnam War, and Creating a “Little Saigon” […]

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Two Airports: A David vs. Goliath Story

February 25, 2019.Reading time 21 minutes.

Editor’s note: Remember that SACRPH 2019, the organization’s 18th conference, is in Northern Virginia (NOVA or NoVa) this October/November from October 31 – November 3, the deadline for the CFP, which you can view here, is March 15. With this in mind, we begin our focus on NoVa as our Metro of the Month. Submit […]

African American Life in Arlington, Virginia, during Segregation: A Geographer’s Point of View

February 21, 2019.Reading time 28 minutes.

Western Loudoun and the Metropolitan Fringe

February 20, 2019.Reading time 31 minutes.

Uncle Sam and Black Arlington: Bringing Jobs but Taking Housing, 1861- 1945

February 13, 2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

Editor’s note: Remember that SACRPH 2019, the organization’s 18th conference, is in Northern Virginia (NOVA or NoVa) this October/November from October 31 – November 3. The deadline for the CFP, which you can view here, is March 15. With this in mind, we continue our focus on NoVa as our Metro of the Month. Submit […]

From Arlandria to Chirilagua: The Shifting Demographics of a Northern Virginia Neighborhood

February 11, 2019.Reading time 22 minutes.

Northern Virginia: From ‘Star Wars’ to Cloud Wars

February 6, 2019.Reading time 27 minutes.

The Capital’s Surveillance Shadow: A Northern Virginia Bibliography

February 4, 2019.Reading time 31 minutes.

Previewing Our February Metro of the Month: Northern Virginia

January 30, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

If you find yourself in Northern Virginia and you feel a burgeoning hunger in your belly, you won’t find many better spots for Korean and Vietnamese food. Swing down to Annandale for the former (maybe check out Honey Pig) and over to Falls Church for the latter, where Eden Center has numerous sumptuous options. The […]