WHERE WE LIVE | Once quiet community is becoming a trendy destination
When the New York Times in 2016 reported that the Arlington neighborhood of Crystal City was “so cool,” and becoming to Washington what Brooklyn is to Manhattan, area residents responded with derision. But now, with dozens of new businesses set to open, about 10 new residential towers under construction and major investments in pedestrian trails and greenways underway, the historically quiet and nondescript Crystal City finally seems poised to become the trendy destination the Times described.
These kinds of trail developments are especially significant to Crystal City residents, who are disproportionately likely to commute to work on foot. According to data provided by Arlington County, 8.8 percent of Crystal City dwellers walk to work, compared to 5 percent of county residents overall. Klug said he was also attracted to the area’s relative affordability. While price per square foot in Crystal City is comparable to Arlington as a whole, most residences are smaller and therefore more attainable. Crystal City is one of the rare Arlington neighborhoods with no single-family homes inside its boundaries, though there are some single-family homes in the larger National Landing area.
“I kind of like that it’s very, very quiet on nights and on weekends. If we get past 7:30, and the office happy hours are done, it’s very quiet on the streets,” Klug said. “The established kind of fine dining, your McCormick and Schmick’s, your Ruth’s Chris [both on Crystal Drive], all those ’90s expensive chains, they’re much more geared to the business dinner crowd and not really to the residents.
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