Alexandria from DC
This view was taken from the clock tower atop the Old Post Office in Washington DC.
It looks south-west across the National Mall (the grass and trees in the lower foreground), Jefferson Avenue NW and the US Department of Agriculture Administration Building out across the Potomac River to Ronald Reagan National Airport and Alexandria VA beyond.
The silhouetted conical structure to the right and beyond the airport's control tower is the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. On the far right is part of the Crystal City complex.
To the left of the image can be seen a few spans of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge carrying I-95 and the Beltway across the Potomac.
Because it's difficult to spot, I've put a note on the image showing a jet airliner approaching Runway 010 at National Airport. It's passing hotels in Alexandria at an altitude below their rooftops. In the 1990s those hotels had triple-glazed windows to keep out the noise!
Alexandria from DC
This view was taken from the clock tower atop the Old Post Office in Washington DC.
It looks south-west across the National Mall (the grass and trees in the lower foreground), Jefferson Avenue NW and the US Department of Agriculture Administration Building out across the Potomac River to Ronald Reagan National Airport and Alexandria VA beyond.
The silhouetted conical structure to the right and beyond the airport's control tower is the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. On the far right is part of the Crystal City complex.
To the left of the image can be seen a few spans of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge carrying I-95 and the Beltway across the Potomac.
Because it's difficult to spot, I've put a note on the image showing a jet airliner approaching Runway 010 at National Airport. It's passing hotels in Alexandria at an altitude below their rooftops. In the 1990s those hotels had triple-glazed windows to keep out the noise!