Arlington Towers, there’s a blast from the past. I lived in Arlington Forest from 1957 to 1966. Rosslyn was nothing at the time. Arlington had lots of mom & pop shops, I’m sure that is all gone now. Gov’t employees weren’t getting rich back then, that is something that developed later. McClean is where the Kennedys lived but their fortune long preceded politics.
When I first arrived at Arlington Towers, I realized I was south of the Potomac when I was served scrapple for breakfast at the restaurant that was next door (now replaced by an office building). I had never even heard of scrapple, much less eaten it before, but I enjoyed it.
I used to like to stay at the Motel 50 on Arlington Blvd., which was probably there when you lived there, but the last time I was in Rosslyn, it was closed—and a high-rise probably stands in its place.