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What Do You Think You're Looking At? #5

A fun illustrated series on the unexpected lives of commercial buildings

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Addison Del Mastro
May 05, 2021
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Today’s entry comes from Centreville, Virginia, a “census-designated place” and Washington, D.C. suburb which consists chiefly of the intersection of Virginia 28 and U.S. 29, and the sprawling development around it. Centreville is the Platonic form of a suburb. The stretch of U.S. 29 which runs through it towards D.C. was once, along with U.S. 50, a mai…

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