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Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Ballston Central Business Improvement District
Lighting Design Concepts
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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EXISTING STREET
LIGHTING AND
FURNITURE INVENTORY
• Wide range of styles,
materials and finishes
• No standards holding it
together
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Ballston Central Business Improvement District
Exisiting Streetscape Lighting Conditions
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Existing Streetscape Lighting Conditions and Operating Profile
Arlington County provides
• Code compliant illumination on streets, crosswalks and sidewalks,
using state-of-the art technologies and equipment.
• A variety of street lighting systems to accomplish these tasks.
• Ongoing technology and hardware upgrades.
• Operation and maintenance of the systems.
• Storage for poles and lighting fixtures.
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Existing Streetscape Lighting Elements
The principal Arlington lighting equipment standards include:
• A primary “workhorse” streetlighting pole and luminaire from Philips
Lighting, from their RoadStar series (image to right). It utilizes LED
technology and is a standard product from the manufacturer.
• A “decorative” streetlighting pole and luminaire which is used in
districts where the pseudo-historic fixture vocabulary is desired (image
to right). The pole and fixture is manufactured by Hadco and is from
their post-top series. Most existing product has been, or is in the
process of being, retrofitted with LED sources.
• A “decorative” pedestrian-scaled” pole and luminaire which is used in
districts where the pseudo-historic fixture vocabulary is desired (image
to right).. The pole and fixture is manufactured by Hadco and is from
their post-top series. Most existing product has been, or is in the
process of being, retrofitted with LED sources.
Control of most all LED-based lighting fixtures is through a wireless
remote system called Sentinel, manufactured by Revolution Lighting
Technologies.
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Existing Streetscape Lighting Elements
Lighting for streets – vehicular
Preferred Solid State LED “cobra head”
Preferred pole and pole arm
Established maintenance procedures
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Existing Streetscape Lighting Elements
Lighting for streets – vehicular (decorative)
LED light source engine
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Existing Streetscape Lighting Elements
Lighting for streets – vehicular and pedestrian (decorative)
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Existing Streetscape Lighting Elements
Lighting for streets – pedestrian (decorative)
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Exisiting Streetscape Lighting Elements – Principal Decorative Lighting System
Retrofitted
Decorative luminaires have been routinely
retrofitted with LED clusters. The source
clusters can be quite glarely in areas with
little other contributing light.
Existing Streetscape Lighting Elements
Lighting for streets – vehicular and pedestrian (decorative)
LED Retrofit module
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Existing Streetscape Lighting Elements
Lighting controls
• Time-of-day scheduling
• Remote Digital Monitoring (RDM)
• “Smart City” issues
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Ballston Central Business Improvement District
Arlington Guiding Principles
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Arlington Guiding Principles
Safe
Enhance public safety
Improve or enhance accessibility
Sustainable
Reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint
Minimize uplight
Compatible
Improve community environment via streetscape
Smart
Improve technology to align/meet County goals
Maintainable
Reduce maintenance and improve reliability
Limit inventory space requirements
Cost Effective
Minimize operating and life cycle costs
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Arlington Guiding Principles
Review of Ballston CBID lighting concepts and their alignment with the principles
Safe
Enhance public safety
Improve or enhance accessibility
CBID Lighting Concept approaches:
• Inproved illuminance levels for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic
• Heightened uniformity of light
• Enhanced visibility through reduction in direct source glare
• Lack of glare enhances wayfinding
• Improvements in light source color rendering
• Accessibility guidelines address uniformity, glare control and color rendering
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Arlington Guiding Principles
Review of Ballston CBID lighting concepts and their alignment with the principles
Sustainable
Reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint
Minimize uplight
CBID Lighting Concept approaches:
• LED sources used for all proposed luminaires, reducing energy consumption
• The use of LED sources allows for more flexibility in controls, further managing energy
needs after hours, with possible additional energy savings.
• All fixtures would be cutoff luminaires, almost eliminating direct upward spill light and
greatly minimizing light trespass in more sensitive residential areas.
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Arlington Guiding Principles
Review of Ballston CBID lighting concepts and their alignment with the principles
Compatible
Improve community environment via streetscape
CBID Lighting Concept approaches:
• The use of a pedestrian pole and fixture provides human scale and community enrichment.
• Pole and fixture aesthetic helps in establishing neighborhood character
• Improved illuminance levels and uniformity will enhance the nighttime community setting
• Enhanced visibility through reduction in direct source glare fosters wayfinding
• Improvements in light source color rendering is a strong neighborhood benefit
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Arlington Guiding Principles
Review of Ballston CBID lighting concepts and their alignment with the principles
Smart
Improve technology to align/meet County goals
CBID Lighting Concept approaches:
• LED sources used for all proposed luminaires are ideal sources for remote managed
lighting control
• All pole/luminaire assemblies being considered can be provided with Smart City
compatible technologies or be wired/piped for future adaptation
• Modular components provide future flexibility with improvements in technology
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Arlington Guiding Principles
Review of Ballston CBID lighting concepts and their alignment with the principles
Maintainable
Reduce maintenance and improve reliability
Limit inventory space requirements
CBID Lighting Concept approaches:
• LED sources have inherently longer life, extending maintenance cycles and improving
long term operational profiles.
• Well designed LED source lighting fixtures are quite reliable
• All lighting fixtures being considered will use modular components, easing
maintenance demands
• LED modules and driver assemblies are relatively small and easy to store
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Arlington Guiding Principles
Review of Ballston CBID lighting concepts and their alignment with the principles
Cost Effective
Minimize operating and life cycle costs
CBID Lighting Concept approaches:
• Operating costs are reduced using LED sources over older technology legacy sources
• Due to their inherent construction quality and availability of modular components, life
cycle cost profiles are attractive.
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Ballston Central Business Improvement District
Alternative Streetscape Lighting Upgrades
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Approaches for the Business Improvement District Lighting Program
Alternative A - Dedicated Pedestrian Streetscape Lighting Assemblies
This approach suggests using the Arlington standard pole mounted vehicular light -
namely, the Philips RoadStar Series (image to right) - to provide street illumination; and
develop a completely different, appropriately scaled pedestrian light pole assembly.
This approach would mostly divorce the pedestrian pole vocabulary from the high-pole,
functional vehicular system, and allow more stylistic and interpretive selection at the
scale that maters most for the District identity.
Control of pedestrian lighting equipment, as with the vehicular light poles, would be
managed through Arlington’s Sentinel wireless control system, already in use
throughout.
The following pages illustrate a variety of pedestrian pole aesthetics that could be
discussed for the District. Issues and questions to consider in review and assessment
of these options include:
• Does the aesthetic reinforce the District’s message & specific sense of place?
• Will the optical choices available provide desired functional illumination while
creating a comfortable visual environment for the pedestrian?
• Do the geometries available provide the needed flexibility and robustness to serve
long term needs?
• Can other specialty items (the branding graphic – powered, digital, or whatever
format) mount successfully to the pole(s)?
• Can all manner of wireless communication be accommodated?
• Is long-term availability an issue?
• Is operation or maintenance compromised?
Philips RoadStar
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609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
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Existing Streetscape Lighting Elements – Principal Street Lighting System
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Dedicated Pedestrian Streetscape Poles – Escofet Bali Series
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Dedicated Pedestrian Streetscape Poles – Landscape Forms Rama Series
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
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Dedicated Pedestrian Streetscape Poles – Landscape Forms Leo Series
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
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Dedicated Pedestrian Streetscape Poles – Escofet Tronic Series
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
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Dedicated Pedestrian Streetscape Poles – Eaton Arbor Series
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Specialty Poles
These would/could be used selectively at parks, plazas or in other specialty zones.
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609 East Lockwood Ave.
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St. Louis, MO 63119
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Approaches for the Business Improvement District Lighting Program
Alternative B - Combination Vehicular/ Pedestrian Streetscape Poles Assemblies
This approach focuses specifically on using a common fixture and pole language for both the
vehicular and pedestrian solutions. In some sense, Arlington’s current “decorative,” pseudo-historic
fixtures utilize this approach. Both dedicated pedestrian poles and vehicular/pedestrian combination
pole assemblies would occur.
Control of both the vehicular and pedestrian lighting equipment would come through Arlington’s
Sentinel wireless control system.
The following pages illustrate several vehicular/pedestrian pole/fixture combinations that could be
discussed for the District. Issues and questions to consider in review and assessment of these
options include:
• Does the aesthetic reinforce the District’s message & specific sense of place?
• Do the geometries available provide the needed flexibility and robustness to serve long term
needs?
• Can the pedestrian scaled version of the fixture(s) mount to both low and high poles, thereby
having fewer poles?
• Can other specialty items mount to the combination poles?
• Can all manner of wireless communication be accommodated?
• Is long-term availability an issue?
• Is operation or maintenance compromised?
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Assessment of application options for preferred lighting vocabulary
Alternative A - Dedicated Pedestrian Streetscape Lighting Assemblies
Alternative B - Combination Vehicular/ Pedestrian Streetscape Poles Assemblies
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
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Typical Ballston corridor - Wilson Boulevard from North Randolph to North Glebe
Blow-up of segment - Wilson
Boulevard from North Randolph
to Stuart
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
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St. Louis, MO 63119
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Fax: (314) 9617640
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Blow-up of segment - Wilson Boulevard from North Randolph to Stuart
Wilson-Stuart intersection Wilson-North Randolph intersection
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609 East Lockwood Ave.
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Existing Arlington standard Philips Lumec
RoadStar roadway/street lighting fixture
Existing Arlington standard GE cobra-
head roadway/street lighting fixture
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609 East Lockwood Ave.
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St. Louis, MO 63119
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Dual-directional traffic signal and light standard
Wilson mid-block
Existing Arlington standard GE cobra-
head roadway/street lighting fixture
Dual-directional traffic signal with
cross-walk and street lighting
Ground mounted tree uplighting in
median
Existing “acorn” style pedestrian
pole
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
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Typical existing pedestrian-scaled light poles
Wilson mid-block
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
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St. Louis, MO 63119
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Typical existing pedestrian-scaled light poles
Wilson mid-block
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
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Typical mid-block conditions (Wilson near Stuart)
Existing Arlington standard GE cobra-
head roadway/street lighting fixture
Ground mounted accent
floodlighting for retail crossing
bridge mounted within median
Ground mounted tree uplighting in
median
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
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Lighting Alternate A1 Street Section Blow-up
22.5’ 45’ 22.5’ 45’
22.5’ 45’ 22.5’ 45’
Single Head Pedestrian Scaled Area
Light (12’-14’)
Single Head Street Light Assembly (30’)
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
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St. Louis, MO 63119
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Lighting Alternate A2 Street Section Blow-up
34’ 68’ 34’
34’ 68’ 34’ 68’
Single Head Pedestrian Scaled Area
Light (14’-16’)
Single Head Street Light Assembly (30’)
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
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Lighting Alternate B Street Section Blow-up
45’ 45’ 45’
45’ 45’
Single Head Pedestrian Scaled Area
Light (12’ -14’)
Two Head Street Light and Pedestrian
Scaled Area Light Assembly (30’ and 12’-14’)
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Discussion
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Lighting for Streetscapes
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Lighting for Streetscapes
Ballston Business Improvement District Streetscape Ballston, Arlington County, Virginia
609 East Lockwood Ave.
Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel: (314) 961-6650
Fax: (314) 9617640
www.rbldi.com
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Lighting for Streetscapes
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