Some historical images of another met-life project on the national register in Virginia.
www.parkfairfax.info Which has a conco, unit owner's association and is a well-liked and enjoyed complex, maintained and preserved.
Parkmerced a 191.5 acre site designed by Leonard Schultze, Thomas Dolliver Church + Robert Royston. The Modern landscape & apartment community developed by Met-Life in the 1940's was to provide affordable rental housing + open space. Proposals of density + development, threaten the landscape design neglected by prior owners + shrunken by subtle sales of blocks. The integrity of the landscape design, radiates utilitarianism, simplicity, + beauty.
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