The original creator of a Hall’s Hill mural depicting the neighborhood’s Black history is returning to repaint the artwork, after McDonald’s demolished it last fall.
D.C. artist Roderick Turner will replace the mural on a paneled structure, which will be attached to poles at 4834 Langston Blvd facing the Langston-Brown Community Center, Wilma Jones, president of the John M. Langston Citizens Association, told ARLnow.
At long last, McDonald’s is back in business on Langston Blvd — now with a second drive-thru lane but no Ronald McDonald statue.
Nearly a year after closing for a full rebuild, the modernized fast food restaurant at 4834 Langston Blvd officially reopened Thursday.
McDonald’s is coordinating with Hall’s Hill residents to replace a local Black history mural after the company’s contractor demolished it earlier this month.
In a new response to residents’ questions and concerns, the fast food chain acknowledged the significance of the 33-year-old brick and cinder-block wall on its property at 4834 Langston Blvd.
McDonald’s has torn down a wall with a decades-old mural depicting local Black history while replacing its restaurant in Hall’s Hill.
The fast food chain, which demolished its former location at 4834 Langston Blvd to construct a more “modernized” restaurant in its place, cited structural concerns in its decision to remove the mural’s concrete wall.
Langston Blvd has been without its McDonald’s for about seven months, but that’s about to change.
The company is in the final stages of constructing a “modernized” restaurant on the grounds of its former red-roofed joint at 4834 Langston Blvd. The new build, which replaces the old-school look with the franchise’s updated, neutral color palette, is expected to open next month.
The McDonald’s on Langston Blvd has been torn down, making way for a new, “modernized” McDonald’s on the same site.
Construction at 4834 Langston Blvd is scheduled to begin the week of June 23, area construction manager Michele Miller told ARLnow.
It’s the end of an era for the McDonald’s at 4834 Langston Blvd.
The fast food chain’s aging Langston Blvd location just closed and is now blocked off with fencing, ahead of its scheduled demolition to make way for a long-planned, modernized building.
Big news: the Shamrock Shake is back.
McDonald’s may try to tell you it’s returning on Monday, Feb. 10, but ARLnow obtained an early edition of the minty green milkshake from the set-for-replacement McD’s on Langston Blvd around lunchtime yesterday.
Apparently Uncle O’Grimacey is making up for lost time.
The Shamrock Shake is back on 2.10 at McDonald’s.
And so is the icon and legend : Uncle O’Grimacey. pic.twitter.com/24EJeJ2VWp— Guillaume Huin (@HuinGuillaume) February 4, 2025
The Shamrock Shake’s triumphant return, and the imminent return of Girl Scout cookie booths in Arlington, got us thinking about other sugary, seasonal treats that seem to herald the coming of spring.
Which is your favorite of the following four?
The McDonald’s at 3013 Columbia Pike is back in business after some renovations.
The location was bustling with dozens of customers this morning (Monday) after closing for at least a month. The fast food restaurant remodeled its kitchen to improve efficiency and installed a new service counter, a representative told ARLnow.
Major improvements are in the plans for the McDonald’s at 4834 Langston Blvd.
The fast food restaurant intends to completely demolish the aging building, replacing it with a modernized restaurant next year “to serve our customers better,” area construction manager Michele Miller told ARLnow.
(Updated at 11 a.m.) The McDonald’s on N. Glebe Road in the Buckingham neighborhood is on track to get a second drive-thru lane.
The fast food restaurant at 40 N. Glebe Road plans to add another queuing lane leading up to the existing drive-thru window, increasing how many customers can place orders at the same time. The change is expected to bring shorter lines, cutting down on the amount of cars that back up onto the road, according to a county report.
The McDonald’s at 4834 Langston Blvd is once more looking to change its drive-thru to reduce backups that spill onto the busy road.
The fast food restaurant has filed a special exception use permit application to add a second ordering station and three more “standing spots” for customers. Currently, the site has one drive-thru lane and a circulating lane wrapped around it.
