When Metro Came To Town

Photo courtesy of Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing & Development - Ballston in the 1970s

Photo courtesy of Library of Congress - Blue Line construction in Crystal City

Reprinted with permission of the D.C. Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post - Commuters at Ballston Station, shortly after it opened in 1979

Photo courtesy of Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing & Development - Courthouse in 1953

Photo courtesy of Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing & Development - Downtown Rosslyn late 1950s

Photo courtesy of Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing & Development - Old County Courthouse in 1954

Photo courtesy of Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing & Development - Parkington, 1970s

Photo courtesy of Arlington TV - Residents preview a Metro car prototype in the parking lot of the Kann's Department Store

Photo courtesy of Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing & Development - Rosslyn 1962

Photo courtesy of Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing & Development - Wilson Blvd in the mid-1950s