I paid a visit to the beautiful Lubber Run Community Center to be vaccinated against COVID-19…read more Sadly, the center was not open at the time to be frolicked upon, gamed in, or purposed as an event venue. But, I nevertheless got a glimpse of the beautiful architecture, stunningly pristine parking garage, luscious grasses, and shining basketball court that Our Community considers representative of the Lubber Run Community Center.
In all honesty, I only saw a handful of the many rooms of this vast complex, but was impressed. The floors and walls seemed solid, and were a color that was generic but not institutional. A stark contrast from my days in elementary school. But this is not an elementary school. I'm no architect, but I found the structure of beams and buttresses to be quite appetizing. This, of course, is in no small part due to the lovely wooden accents that define them: is it pine, spruce, oak, cedar, beech, ash, or a supple fir? I certainly do not know and I will not claim to know--I'm no liar and I'm certainly no thief.
It seems that the types of community gatherings taking place in this center have shifted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the youth and the elderly came together to play a leisurely game of basketball, learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint, memorize some basic phrases of Old Church Slavonic, take a cooking class, or roll about on the succulent grasses. Now, the masses of Arlington County convene to receive the latest iteration of the COVID-19 vaccine. The games and classes and rolling of the past are truly a tale of bygone years! Alas.
But so it goes.
I don't know and I don't particularly want to know the etymology behind "Lubber Run." It sounds filthy. But who knows what the county leadership, the Namers Themselves, had in mind. I certainly do not know and I will not claim to know.
Nevertheless, the facility is pleasant. In 2021, I'd recommend paying a visit to get vaccinated. No photos allowed.