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What Do You Think You're Looking At? #21

An illustrated series on the unexpected lives of commercial buildings

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Addison Del Mastro
Sep 01, 2021
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Today’s entry is the Nachman Building in Herndon, Virginia, a small town at the western edge of Fairfax County, not far from the border with Loudoun County.

Herndon is one of the few actual towns in the area, with a former rail station and a small classic downtown street grid. It was also once the rural edge of the D.C. area; one of the area’s major econ…

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