Ballston Quarter
Ballston Quarter is one of the first major suburban shopping centers built in the Washington metropolitan area. It opened in 1951 as Parkington Shopping Center and was the nation's first shopping center built around a multi-story parking garage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mall
- Description: Ballston Quarter (formally Ballston Common Mall)
- Also known as: “Ballston Common Shopping Center”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ballston–MU station and First Presbyterian Church.
Ballston–MU station
Metro station
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Ballston–MU station is a side-platformed Washington Metro station in the Ballston section of Arlington County, Virginia. The station opened on December 1, 1979, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Ballston–MU station is situated 1,100 feet north of Ballston Quarter.
First Presbyterian Church
Church
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First Presbyterian Church of Arlington, Virginia, United States, is a congregation in the National Capital Presbytery, the Synod of Mid-Atlantic and the Presbyterian Church. First Presbyterian Church is situated 910 feet southwest of Ballston Quarter.
The Westin Arlington Gateway
Hotel
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The Westin Arlington Gateway is a hotel, which is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Ballston Quarter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballston and Buckingham Historic District.
Ballston
Suburb
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Ballston is a neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia. Ballston is located at the western end of the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. It is a major transportation hub and has one of the nation's highest concentrations of scientific research institutes and…
Buckingham Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Buckingham Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia. It contains 151 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood in North Arlington.
Virginia Square
Neighborhood
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Virginia Square is a section in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. It is centered at the Virginia Square–GMU station on the Orange and Silver lines of the Washington Metro subway system between Clarendon and Ballston.
Ballston Quarter
- Category: shopping center
- Location: Arlington, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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