Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 16/09/2026Arlington negotiated a condition as part of the Site Plan Approval for the hotel that the County and Rosslyn Community groups get to use it at least 4 times per year. 120
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 27/06/2026I'm at the mall. I'm at the scenic overlook. I'm at the combination Mall and scenic overlook. 250
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 13/06/2026A Tangy BBQ empanada and strawberry lemonade pair beautifully with an afternoon of blues. 110
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 13/06/2026The weather's hot, but the blues are hotter! Grab some food, drink a beer outside, see your neighbors and enjoy some killer local music at the Columbia Pike Blues fest! Today til 8pm at Penrose Square! 162
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 08/05/2026Correct! This was taken on the trail along the creek behind Arlington Village Condos between Barton and Edgewood. You have won minor fame and notoriety! 351
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 21/04/2026Seems that Arlington Montessori has zero bike racks during the Career Center construction?! Had to get creative while voting today. 050
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 29/01/2026Draft items will continue to be refined in the lead-up to the next public engagement in April. If you have thoughts about any of the draft items or items that seem to be missing from the draft items, send your thoughts my way - either here on BlueSky or on the @susmo.org Discord Server. 110
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 29/01/2026DRAFT NEW Engineering Action Items for the plan update: 110
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 29/01/2026Arlington's Vision Zero Action Plan update is moving along. Adoption coming in Summer/Fall. 192
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 16/12/2025The long-gone businesses on this sign outnumber the in-business businesses. 1122
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 16/12/2025Should we put the fire hydrant in the utility strip? Or maybe along one of the wider sections of sidewalk? Neah... 010
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 16/12/2025In north Arlington we put the benches in the utility strip between the sidewalk and the road so that they aren't in the way. On Columbia Pike however... 230
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 16/12/2025*sigh* Does that look like a 10' wide sidewalk to anyone? 1130
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 14/12/2025Why? Because of "significant traffic engineering requirements for repurposing a travel lane on a VDOT-owneed roadway that were unknown in full at the time of the application for funding". 320
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 13/12/2025The old Christian Science Reading Room on Walter Reed is apparently now a DHL. 020
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 27/11/2025Save the Date: National Landing Garage Races Saturday 2/21/2026 032
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 04/11/2025I got excited for a moment, then I remembered that this is Arlington. We only use hard bollards to protect hydrants, not people. 030
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 31/10/2025Pro Tip: trash cans make great traffic calming on Halloween (or any other night). 050
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 22/10/2025Pro Tip: there are bike racks inside the main level Penrose Square garage that you can reach with a Giant grocery cart without locking its wheels. Go down the ramp from 9th St and turn right. 182
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 18/10/2025Two for one public engagement at Pike Fest. Weigh in on the Vision Zero Action Plan update and the Public Spaces Master Plan Update (while drinking a beer, if you want) 041
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 18/10/2025Pike fest has Pumpkin Pie Empanadas and Maple Bacon Brunch Empanadas. Event runs til 5! 021
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 29/09/2025Another fine example of Pike Multimodal's accommodations for pedestrians. Crosswalk closed, please use this other crosswalk that is closed, or this sidewalk that doesn't lead to another safe crossing for like 1/4 mile. 061
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 18/07/2025Pedestrians not allowed to cross Walter Reed Drive from either sidewalk of Columbia Pike. WTF @arlingtondes.bsky.social? 2151
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 19/06/2025Say what you will about the Brits, but they stole a lot of shit. This post courtesy of the British Museum in London. 240
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 20/05/2025It's gotta open soon right? If they've already shipped in the peanut oil? 110
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 20/05/2025One of my only strongly-held architectural opinions is that these townhouses that dangle their ugly butt at the Pike are trash. 220
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 20/05/2025If you live on the Pike, you must come here and have a Saltena. I will die on this hill. 1101
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com · 20/05/2025Still mad we didn't get the bear sculptures, tbh. Also why does this plaza smell like sewage? 110