File:Detail view of door to "parts and service entrance" to show door handle - Bob Peck Chevrolet, 800 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Arlington County, VA HABS VA-1413-7.tif

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Detail view of door to "parts and service entrance" to show door handle - Bob Peck Chevrolet, 800 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Arlington County, VA
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Rosenthal, James W.
Title
Detail view of door to "parts and service entrance" to show door handle - Bob Peck Chevrolet, 800 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Arlington County, VA
Description
Bob Peck Chevrolet; Musolino, Anthony F, AIA; Arlington Iron Works; Sharpe and Hamaker Inc.; Price, Virginia B, transmitter; Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Depicted place Virginia; Arlington County; Arlington
Date 2006
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS VA-1413-7
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  • Significance: When it opened in 1964, the Bob Peck Chevrolet dealership at the corner of Glebe and Wilson, one of Ballston's major transportation crossroads, quickly became one of Arlington's landmarks. Making the most of its location, the site plan featured a distinctive, transparent circular showroom made of glass and chrome with a butterfly roof line that created a frieze of diamond-shaped, blue panels. Lettering within the panels spelled 'Chevrolet.' The buildings of the dealership were demolished in 2007.

The showroom was an outstanding example of automotive-inspired commercial architecture, and it was part of a larger design oeuvre for the industry that peaked in the 1960s. The only rival to the forward-looking, sleek and aerodynamic buildings of the car dealerships were the chrome and fin enhanced machines on display inside.

  • Survey number: HABS VA-1413
  • Building/structure dates: 1963-1964 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 2007-2008 Demolished
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va2031.photos.362523p
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