Welcome to the nice town of alexandria. Just across the river from DC, Alexandria is one of the 5 densest cities in america. You can't tell just by looking at it though since there are no highrise buildings and the city has that "Old Town" look to it with lots of brick and wood siding on the buildings instead of steel and concrete. This building on the left is the Masons Temple. It is not a religious building but a building for the Masons Guild, an old and very famous guild that many of our nations origional leaders like Washingtions and Jeferson and Franklin were apart of.
Alexandria was the main city of the area back in the 1700's when our country was first staring off. The Picture to the right is a shot of the temple in the daytime at approximatly the same spot. The building is at the higest point in Alexandria so it goes to show how powerful the guild was back then. The great part about this city is that the atmosphere and unity of the community seems great. You walk down this street and there are shops and restaurants and everything for you to enjoy on a nice day. You may think that every city has a little part like this . But not every city is like this 5 blocks in both directions. This is what I mean by being a dense city. Take this street, King Street, and copy it over 3 or 4 times on each side with all the little streets in between and that s Alexandria for you. Oh, and the names for those other Streets: Queen, Duke, Prince... Well have a fun day here at Open House and try not to spend to much of your time looking at the pictures. Enjoy!
Welcome to the nice town of alexandria. Just across the river from DC, Alexandria is one of the 5 densest cities in america. You can't tell just by looking at it though since there are no highrise buildings and the city has that "Old Town" look to it with lots of brick and wood siding on the buildings instead of steel and concrete. This building on the left is the Masons Temple. It is not a religious building but a building for the Masons Guild, an old and very famous guild that many of our nations origional leaders like Washingtions and Jeferson and Franklin were apart of. 
Alexandria was the main city of the area back in the 1700's when our country was first staring off. The Picture to the right is a shot of the temple in the daytime at approximatly the same spot. The building is at the higest point in Alexandria so it goes to show how powerful the guild was back then. The great part about this city is that the atmosphere and unity of the community seems great. You walk down this street and there are shops and restaurants and everything for you to enjoy on a nice day. You may think that every city has a little part like this . But not every city is like this 5 blocks in both directions. This is what I mean by being a dense city. Take this street, King Street, and copy it over 3 or 4 times on each side with all the little streets in between and that s Alexandria for you. Oh, and the names for those other Streets: Queen, Duke, Prince... Well have a fun day here at Open House and try not to spend to much of your time looking at the pictures. Enjoy!
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