Manassas

Downtown Manassas - a Main Street Community

does Manassas have any colonial history to justify Olde English spelling?

why would a Conrail locomotive appear at the Manassas depot?

Harris Pavilion - with an outdoor ice rink

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• City of Manassas
• Center Street to Receive Face Lift - Old Town Streetscape Project
• Manassas Museum System
• Harris Pavilion
• Historic Manassas
• Potomac News - Manassas train runs out of steam
• Project for Public Spaces
• Traffic Calming 101
• Virginia Main Street Communitiues
Manassas Historic District

Topics to Explore

- why was Manassas started as a town? when? why did it become a city?
- why was Manassas a dairy farming area until the 1960's?
- how has Manassas changed in the last 50 years? how will it change in the next 50 years?
- why is traffic so congested in downtown Manassas now? how would the Tri-County Parkway improve traffic flow?