Tag: Seven Corners
Giant to take over Seven Corners Shoppers
The Shoppers in the Seven Corners Center. The Shoppers at Seven Corners is going to be converted to a Giant grocery store, a representative of the shopping center confirmed, but wouldn’t say when this will happen or what sort of amenities the Giant will have. The Shoppers at Landmark Plaza closed in June. A Giant … Continued
Mediterranean restaurant coming to Seven Corners
The main entrance of Emessa on Leesburg Pike. Emessa, a Mediterranean restaurant, is set to open Nov. 24 in the spot formerly occupied by the Seven Corners Pub at 6315 Leesburg Pike. The space is being totally remodeled and will feature a hookah bar, live entertainment, and alcohol, as well as a menu featuring Middle … Continued
Bawadi Grill takes over the Sunflower
The entrance to the Sunflower on Leesburg Pike The Bawadi Mediterranean Grill is resurfacing at the Sunflower Vegetarian Restaurant at 6304 Leesburg Pike in Seven Corners. Bawadi was forced out of its location at a strip mall on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads after the landlord refused to renew its lease. It closed several weeks ago. … Continued
You can be part of the InOut Cube art installation in Seven Corners
The InOut Cube with Lisa Mariam of Arts Fairfax (left) and Julietta Guillemet of surcreative. Here’s your chance to have your face projected on a giant glowing cube visible to traffic at the Seven Corners Route7/Route 50 intersection: Come by the InOut interactive public art installation in front of the Bank of America branch on … Continued
Interactive art installation goes live in Seven Corners
The INOUT Cube. The Cube has been revealed. The interactive INOUT CUBE, the temporary public art installation in front of the Bank of America at the intersection of Routes 50 and 7 and Sleepy Hollow Road, went live on May 12. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross, the artist team from the surcreative art studio, and leaders … Continued
Public comment sought on transportation projects
The Seven Corners intersection. Two projects in the Annandale/Mason District area – a ring road in Seven Corners and intersection improvements along Braddock Road – are among the 60 transportation improvements listed by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority for possible funding over the next six years. The NVTA is seeking public comment on which projects … Continued
Art installation will feature community portraits
Shoppers heading into PetSmart will become part of an art project. People of all ages shared their opinions about public art and had their pictures taken April 21 in front of the PetSmart in Seven Corners for the temporary INOUT public art project. Those pictures will actually become a part of the eight-foot, solar-powered INOUT … Continued
Public invited to engage with Seven Corners art project
An illustration of the INOUT Cube. [surcreative] The public is invited to participate in a pop-up art installation project to be installed in Seven Corners this month. The Imagine Art Here project, titled INOUT, is being launched by the Arts Council of Fairfax County with the Annandale-based artist team known as surcreative LLC. The project will … Continued
Overpass in Seven Corners to be rehabilitated
The Virginia Department of Transportation is hosting a public information meeting April 3 on a project to rehabilitate the one-way bridge linking the eastbound Arlington Boulevard service road to eastbound Wilson Boulevard in Seven Corners. The meeting is at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School, 333 Sleepy Hollow Road. The presentation begins at 7 p.m., but VDOT … Continued
Seven Corners Pub to have new owner
The Seven Corners Pub, one of the few gathering places in Mason District with live music, is in the process of being purchased by a company called Ezzat Trading, says Rouni Chiha, who will become the new manager if the deal is finalized. The downstairs area of the pub, at 6315 Leesburg Pike, will become … Continued
Seven Corners chef is getting national attention
Padaek owner and chef Seng Luangrath. Padaek, a small Laotian restaurant in a Seven Corners strip mall, is getting widespread acclaim. Executive Chef and owner Seng Luangrath was nominated for a 2018 James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic Region. “I was really surprised. I didn’t expect this. It blew my mind,” … Continued
Fire strikes Willston Shopping Center
Several stores damaged. [FCFRD] No injuries were reported following a heavy, two-alarm fire at the Willston Shopping Center in the 6100 block of Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners Saturday evening. Fire units from Fairfax County and Arlington County arrived at about 7:20 p.m., and the fire was brought under control in 12 minutes, the Fairfax … Continued
Awards recognize beautification efforts
Mason Supervisor Penny Gross (left) presents a beautification award to Alex Pathammavong and PJ Tierno of Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services. On the right is Kimberly Wilkins, a member of the Bailey’s Crossroads Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation. The Bailey’s Crossroads Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation presented two beautification awards at its Dec. … Continued
Man stabs woman in Seven Corners
Two Seven Corners residents are hospitalized in “serious but stable condition” following a domestic-related stabbing early this morning in the 6200 block of Wilson Boulevard, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. When police arrived at around 1:15 a.m., they discovered a 40-year-old woman had been stabbed in the upper body by her boyfriend. The 45-year-old … Continued
Urban design guidelines in the works for Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners
The Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) is working on urban design guidelines for Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners that will address such issues as landscaping, sidewalks, how buildings should be sited, how storefronts should look, and what amenities like benches and lighting should look like. The draft, including illustrations of how various urban elements … Continued