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Alexandria Information
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the
2000 census, the city had a total population of 128,284. It is located on the
west bank of the Potomac River, six miles south of downtown Washington, DC.
Like the rest of Northern Virginia, as well as southern Maryland, modern
Alexandria has been shaped by its proximity to the nation's capital. It is
largely populated by professionals working in the federal civil service, the
U.S. military, or for one of the many private companies which contract to
provide services to the federal government. The latter are known locally as
beltway bandits, after the Capital Beltway, an interstate highway that circles
Washington, D.C. One of Alexandria's largest employers is the U.S. Department of
Defense. Others include the Institute for Defense Analyses and the Center for
Naval Analyses. In 2005, the United States Patent and Trademark Office moved
7,100 employees from 18 separate buildings in nearby Crystal City into a new
headquarters complex in Alexandria.
Alexandria is home to numerous associations, charities, and non-profit
organizations including the national headquarters of groups such as the
Salvation Army.
The historic center of Alexandria is known as Old Town. It is a major draw for
tourists and those seeking nightlife. Like Old Town, many Alexandria
neighborhoods are high-income suburbs of Washington D.C. A 2005 assessed-value
study of homes and condominiums found that over 40 percent were in the highest
bracket, worth $556,000 or more.
Alexandria landmarks include the George Washington Masonic National Memorial
(also known as the Masonic Temple), Gadsby's Tavern, Christ Church, the Little
Theatre, the Torpedo Factory art studio complex, Market Square, Robert E. Lee's
boyhood home, the John Carlyle House and the Virginia Theological Seminary. In
2005, Alexandria became one of the first cities of its size to offer free
wireless internet access to some of its residents and visitors.
Market Square in Old Town was once the site of the second-largest slave market
in the United States. Today it contains a large fountain and extensive
landscaping, as well as a farmers' market each Saturday morning.
The city is served by the Alexandria City Public Schools system and by the
Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College. The largest seminary
in the Episcopal Church, Virginia Theological Seminary, is located on Seminary
Road. Virginia Tech's Alexandria Architecture Center is located on Prince Street
in Old Town, offering graduate programs in Urban Affairs and Planning, Public
and International Affairs, as well as Architecture. Also, Virginia Commonwealth
University operates a Northern Virginia branch of its School of Social Work in
Alexandria. Alexandria is home to several well known private schools, such as
Episcopal High School, Bishop Ireton High School, and St. Stephen's and St.
Agnes School. Students and faculty from the Thornton Friends School of Maryland,
which closed its Virginia Campus in June, 2006, have formed the new Alexandria
Friends School, to maintain Alexandria's tradition of Quaker education.