The Wilson Blvd CVS with a large blank, brick wall facing the street is set to open next month. A new CVS, on the former site of the Highlander Motor Inn at 3336 Wilson Blvd near Virginia Square and Clarendon (and next to Mario's Pizza), is aiming to open in a few weeks, we're told.
Arlington County has been working with a pair of local hotels in an effort to keep vulnerable populations safe during the pandemic. Arlington's Dept. of Human
Driving west on Wilson Blvd from Clarendon, there's a new addition to the landscape near Mario's Pizza: a large cement block wall. The wall is the rear of a new
The Highlander Motel is finally coming down, with a CVS set to go up in its place. Demolition has begun on the nearly six-decade-old, two-story motel on Wilson
March 9, 2021 at 3:55pm
With the Highlander Motor Inn in its final days, the 57-year-old motel was paid one last visit over the weekend by long-time fans.
About 100 members of the motorcycle club Boozefighters rolled up on Saturday afternoon to pay their respects to the place they’ve stayed and partied at every Memorial Day weekend since 1992 while participating in Rolling Thunder.
The Boozefighters were first founded in 1946 by World War II veterans.
“[The Highlander] let us get away with stuff that other hotels wouldn’t have,” says Jeff Thompson, president of the Falls Church chapter of the Boozefighters. “Wonderful memories. It was important for us to say goodbye.”