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From YouTube: Newsmakers: Long Bridge Park Groundbreaking
Description
News show featuring people and events in Arlington County VA. In this segment, the long-awaited groundbreaking for Long Bridge Park.
B
Of
us
know
the
history
of
this
place,
it's
had
a
long,
strange
history,
this
site
that
we're
standing
on
it
was
a
concrete
company.
It
was
a
tow
and
recovery
field
where
your
toad
cars
came
was
an
auto
storage
yard,
a
trucking
concern
and
a
scrapyard.
It's
been
everything
that
we
didn't
want
it
to
be.
B
Yet
over
the
last
nine
years,
we
have
worked
incredibly
hard
and
I'll
be
mentioning
some
of
those
people
that
worked
so
hard
to
change
that
and
turn
it
into
an
incredible
place.
That
will
have
an
incredible
future
right
now.
Fifty
a
hundred
people
gather
some
years
down
the
road
there'll,
be
thousands
of
people
on
this
site
daily
to
use
the
facilities
that
will
ultimately
be
here.
B
C
Started
as
far
back
as
1993
when
there
was
a
dump
on
this
site
and
a
very
complicated
cleanup
effort
was
undertaken
and
Tony
Gardner,
who
was
then
the
county
manager
had
the
vision
to
see
that
this
should
not
be
industrial
property.
This
should
be
parkland
in
exchange
for
moving
all
that
development
down
to
the
other
end
of
crystal
city,
which
was
in
railroad
yard
and
is
now
potomac
yard
that
deal
laid
the
foundations
for
all
of
this.
There.
B
Will
be
lots
of
other
things
going
on
here?
Landscaping,
picnic
area
raised
observation
area,
the
Esplanade,
a
2,000
foot,
long
raised
Esplanade
with
breathtaking
views
of
the
Potomac
and
the
Washington
DC
skyline,
and
that
esplanade
will
connect
directly
in
this
first
phase
to
Crystal
City
and
make
everything
that
is
created
here,
fully
accessible
and
easily
accessible
to
the
residents
and
the
businesses
the
people
working
and
living
in
Crystal
City.
We're.
D
Really
thrilled
about
that,
they
finally
has
arrived,
and
you
know
the
not
only
people
who
aren't
fitness,
but
any
person
wants
to
come
and
enjoy
park
will
have
that
opportunity
here.
So
this
is
not
for
one
particular
group
or
in
other
words
for
entire
Arlington
community.
So
we
excited.
Of
course
it
will
have
a
major
athletic
component
soccer
players,
frisbee
players,
football
players,
fuel
hockey,
players.
Anyone
who
wants
to
engage
in
healthy
recreational
activities
will
be
able
to
do
that
here.
So.