Comments on: Park Fairfax A Timeless Alexandria Community http://varealestatetalk.com/2007/07/13/park-fairfax-a-timeless-alexandria-community/ A Peek at Life & Real Estate in Northern Virginia Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:09:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cindyjones http://varealestatetalk.com/2007/07/13/park-fairfax-a-timeless-alexandria-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 cindyjones Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:04:49 +0000 http://varealestatetalk.com/2007/07/13/park-fairfax-a-timeless-alexandria-community/#comment-1048 I wish I was able to help you but as you can imagine the records for when Parkfairfax was an apartment complex are long gone. The more famous residents had plaques put on their homes along the way to mark where they lived. My parents lived on Martha Custis Dr from 1948-1955 and then moved to Springfield. I wish I was able to help you but as you can imagine the records for when Parkfairfax was an apartment complex are long gone. The more famous residents had plaques put on their homes along the way to mark where they lived. My parents lived on Martha Custis Dr from 1948-1955 and then moved to Springfield.

]]> By: Augusta (Burwell) Arthur http://varealestatetalk.com/2007/07/13/park-fairfax-a-timeless-alexandria-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 Augusta (Burwell) Arthur Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:53:43 +0000 http://varealestatetalk.com/2007/07/13/park-fairfax-a-timeless-alexandria-community/#comment-1047 More trivia? Sure! I was born in Alexandria when my parents lived at Park Fairfax. My father. chemist, worked in a Navy laboratory during World War II. Shortly after my birth, our family returned to Evanston, IL, where my father was on the faculty of Northwestern University. It was there that I grew up. But while my mother was pregnant with me, my parents were in an accident on a road within the Park Fairfax community. They said a speeding driver without a license hit their car in the middle of an intersection. My sister, aged 2, was thrown from her baby seat through the front windshield, and suffered a severe gash in her neck. The doctors said she was lucky, since the wound just missed her jugular vein. But she received about 50 stitches. Today, at 66, she still has a visible scar on her neck. I would be grateful for any records you have on my parents' stay at Park Fairfax. Their names were Dr. Robert L. and Elise Burwell. More trivia? Sure!
I was born in Alexandria when my parents lived at Park Fairfax. My father. chemist, worked in a Navy laboratory during World War II. Shortly after my birth, our family returned to Evanston, IL, where my father was on the faculty of Northwestern University. It was there that I grew up. But while my mother was pregnant with me, my parents were in an accident on a road within the Park Fairfax community. They said a speeding driver without a license hit their car in the middle of an intersection. My sister, aged 2, was thrown from her baby seat through the front windshield, and suffered a severe gash in her neck. The doctors said she was lucky, since the wound just missed her jugular vein. But she received about 50 stitches. Today, at 66, she still has a visible scar on her neck. I would be grateful for any records you have on my parents’ stay at Park Fairfax. Their names were Dr. Robert L. and Elise Burwell.

]]> By: Michael Titus http://varealestatetalk.com/2007/07/13/park-fairfax-a-timeless-alexandria-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Michael Titus Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:21:38 +0000 http://varealestatetalk.com/2007/07/13/park-fairfax-a-timeless-alexandria-community/#comment-1008 Hi Cindy, My family lived in Park Fairfax from 1963 or 1964 until 1968. I was born in 1965, and although I was 3 when we left Park Fairfax I do have many memories of living there (unusual for such a small child). For years I have assumed that Park Fairfax had been demolished because I could not find my parents' old mailing address on any maps (117 N. DeBray Street). Do you know if DeBray has been renamed? Any other Park Fairfax trivia you can share with me? Thanks! Mike Titus Hi Cindy,

My family lived in Park Fairfax from 1963 or 1964 until 1968. I was born in 1965, and although I was 3 when we left Park Fairfax I do have many memories of living there (unusual for such a small child). For years I have assumed that Park Fairfax had been demolished because I could not find my parents’ old mailing address on any maps (117 N. DeBray Street). Do you know if DeBray has been renamed? Any other Park Fairfax trivia you can share with me?

Thanks!

Mike Titus

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