As you’ve probably read, the first phase of the Mary Washington Foundation’s Eagle Village project opened this Summer.  Over 600 students now live where Rose’s used to be.  Last month, Jeff Rountree and I worked with Susan Hedenberg of Flying H Photography to take aerial photographs of the area.Here’s a low resolution version of the imagery

As you can see, the landscape at the intersection of Route 1 and College Avenue has been changed completely.  The massive red brick-white column buildings of Eagle Village will be balanced on the Mary Washington side by the Anderson Center – now under construction.  The pedestrian bridge (complete with UMW logo) gives drivers heading north the feeling of passing through a gate – even though the landscape of Route 1 quickly reverts to its rundown, pre I-95 appearence as  they approach the Falmouth bridge.