Rosslyn, Virginia
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Rosslyn is an unincorporated area located in the northeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown in Washington, DC. Characterized as one of many "urban villages" by the County, the numerous skyscrapers in the dense business section of Rosslyn make it in some ways more urban than much of Washington. This is partly due to the Washington ordinance which restricts building heights.
The Washington Metro Blue and Orange lines service the Rosslyn Metro stop.
In 2003, the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority attempted to attract the relocating Montréal Expos to Northern Virginia by proposing three Arlington County locations for a new baseball stadium. Two sites were in the neighborhood of Pentagon City; the third was a site in the southeastern corner of Rosslyn that was already occupied by four high-rise apartment buildings. Though polls appeared to show that a majority of Arlington residents supported locating the stadium in the county, the issue proved highly divisive. The Expos eventually moved to D.C. to become the Washington Nationals.
External links
- Arlington's Urban Villages - Rosslyn (http://www.commuterpage.com/art/villages/rosslyn.htm)