Virginia Square is a section in the Ballston neighborhood of

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. It is centered at the

Virginia Square–GMU station Virginia Square–GMU station is a Washington Metro station in the Virginia Square, Virginia, Virginia Square neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, United States. The side platformed station opened on December 1, 1979, and is operated ...

on the

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and

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lines of the

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subway system between Clarendon and Ballston. The neighborhood consists of a mix of high-rise

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s, garden apartments, and single-family homes that date back to the 1930s. Virginia Square is home to the Arlington campus of

George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...

, including its

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and the

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, the

Arlington Arts Center The Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (MOCA Arlington) is a non-collecting contemporary art museum and visual arts center in the Virginia Square neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, established in 1974. Housed since 1976 in the histori ...

, some offices of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a State-owned enterprises of the United States, United States government corporation supplying deposit insurance to depositors in American commercial banks and savings banks. The FDIC was cr ...

(FDIC), and the main branch of the Arlington Public Library. The area's name is derived from the former Virginia Square Shopping Center, now occupied mainly by a major satellite office of the FDIC with a Giant supermarket on part of the property. Among local restaurants, Mario's Pizza has been a landmark since 1957 and El Pollo Rico since 1988. Ballston-Virginia Square Partnership was a business development organization inclusive of both Ballston proper and the Virginia Square section.(1) (2)

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Virginia Square Metro Station Area Data, Statistics and DevelopmentArlington Arts Center
Ballston, Virginia Neighborhoods in Arlington County, Virginia Transit-oriented developments in the United States {{ArlingtonCountyVA-geo-stub