Washington Tower, a signature building of the Pentagon City neighborhood.

Pentagon City is an unincorporated neighborhood (also called an "urban village") located in the southeast portion of Arlington County, Virginia, near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery. The community of residential, office, and retail complexes is a major tourist stop due to its proximity to Washington, D.C.; Pentagon City is less than a mile from the Potomac River, which separates the Commonwealth of Virginia from Washington, D.C. It is conveniently located on the Blue and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro, and the Pentagon City Metro station is one of the busiest in the metrorail system during peak and off-peak hours. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 610 KB)Washington Tower, a signature building of Arlington, Virginias Pentagon City neighborhood. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 610 KB)Washington Tower, a signature building of Arlington, Virginias Pentagon City neighborhood. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location in the state of Virginia Formed 9 July 1846 Seat Arlington Area  - Total  - Water 67. ... Jump to: navigation, search A pre-9/11 view of The Pentagon, looking east with the Potomac River and Washington Monument in the distance. ... Arlington Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Robert E. Lees home. ... Jump to: navigation, search Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... The Potomac River at Great Falls, MD from Olmstead Island, water relatively low The Potomac River flows into Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ... State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th)  - Land 102,642 km²  - Water 8,220 km² (7. ... Jump to: navigation, search Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... The Blue Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 subway stations from Franconia_Springfield to Largo Town Center. ... The Yellow Line of the Washington Metro consists of twelve subway stations from Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center to Huntington. ... Jump to: navigation, search Red Line train at Metro Center, hub of the system The Washington Metro is the public transportation system of Washington, D.C., and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ... Pentagon City is a Washington Metro station in the Pentagon City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia on the Blue and Yellow Lines. ...

The Pentagon, whose parking lots span both sides of nearby Shirley Memorial Highway (I-395), is located just a couple of blocks away. The neighborhood of Crystal City borders Pentagon City to the east along S. Eads Street, and separates Pentagon City from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Washington Boulevard (VA Rt. 27), Arlington Boulevard (US Rt. 50), Columbia Pike (VA Rt. 244), Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway (US Rt. 1), and VA Rt. 110 are nearby major thoroughfares. Interstate 395 is the designation for several interstate highway spur routes associated with Interstate 95, which spans the east coast of the United States. ... Satellite image of the interlocking highrises of Crystal City. ... Jump to: navigation, search Color enhanced USGS satellite image of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, taken April 26, 2002. ... Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway was named for Jefferson Davis (1808-1889). ... Virginia State Highway 110 is a highway running through Arlington County, Virginia, between Rosslyn, where it connects with Interstate 66 and Wilson Boulevard, and Crystal City, where it connects with US 1 and Interstate 395. ...

The area is primarily known as a shopping district, particularly for the multi-level indoor shopping mall, the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City (also known as the Pentagon City Mall), which includes Macy's and Nordstrom as anchor stores. On the west side of the Fashion Centre is the mixed-use development of Pentagon Row, which includes a Harris Teeter grocery store and many smaller specialty stores and restaurants in the midst of high-end apartments. Pentagon Row features an outdoor ice rink during the winter. The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, also known as Pentagon City Mall, is an upscale shopping mall in Arlington, Virginia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Macys Department Store on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan Looking down on Macys. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nordstroms headquarters and flagship store in Seattle. ... Harris Teeter is a chain of supermarkets based in Matthews, North Carolina, just outside Charlotte. ...

Other popular retail outlets include a Best Buy, and a Borders Books and Music at Pentagon Centre, which is located to the east of the Fashion Centre across Hayes Street. Next to Pentagon Centre is a Costco Warehouse, which sits in a larger complex of warehouses that is one of the few signs of the area's former industrial character. In 2003, the Costco complex was one of three Arlington County sites proposed by the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority to host the relocating Montréal Expos; the other two sites were a plot of undeveloped land closer to the Pentagon and a site in the neighborhood of Rosslyn. Though some polls of Arlington residents appeared to show overall support for locating the stadium in the county, the issue was highly divisive and many Pentagon City residents strongly opposed it in a highly visible campaign. Major League Baseball finally announced in the fall of 2004 that the Expos would move to the District, where the team become the Washington Nationals. Jump to: navigation, search Best Buy is sometimes called the big blue box because of the prominent design on Best Buy stores resembling a blue box. ... Jump to: navigation, search Borders Group NYSE: BGP is an international bookseller based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... Jump to: navigation, search Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world, and headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, United States, with its flagship warehouse #1 in nearby Seattle. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Montréal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montréal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 to 2004. ... The skyscrapers of Rosslyn as seen behind The Pentagon. ... Jump to: navigation, search MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Washington Nationals are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the National Leagues Eastern Division, and currently play at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. ...

Virginia Highlands Park, located immediately south of the central retail area, provides a lush green space as well as basketball, tennis, and softball/baseball facilities. Adjacent to the park are the Aurora Hills branch of the Arlington Public Library system and a firehouse. The suburban neighborhood of Aurora Hills, which consists primarily of single-family detached housing, extends due south of Pentagon City.

The River House apartment complex includes three older high-rise buildings (The James, The Potomac and The Ashley) that house many residents to complement the newly developed luxury apartment homes and condos on Pentagon Row as well as the four-story Southampton Condominium townhouse community.

External links

• Arlington's Urban Villages - Pentagon City
• http://noarlingtonstadium.org/ —includes maps of the proposed sites for MLB baseball stadium and as well as archived news stories documenting the controversy