Editing Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia (section)

===20th century===
[[File:Bailey's crossroads windmill.jpg|thumb|Bailey's Crossroads windmill]]
After the Civil War Bailey's Crossroads returned to its pastoral pre-war pursuits.  The area remained a rural farming community until the post-[[World War II]] years, when a massive wave of development occurred.  Leesburg Pike is now a commercial corridor, with apartments and homes to its north and south.  A strip shopping center called [[Culmore, Virginia|Culmore]], in particular, has lent its name to the apartment development behind it, which is now home to several thousand Latino immigrants.  "Culmore" is now an established place name within Bailey's Crossroads.<ref>"Preserving the Public Square--Hispanics Oppose Drug Store Proposal", ''Washington Times'', December 7, 1999; "Falls Church's Image Problem", ''Falls Church News-Press'', July 14, 2005.</ref> Close behind Culmore is Lake Barcroft, whose shore is lined with upscale middle-class homes.

During the 1960s, as Washington's [[wmata|Metro]] system was being conceived, original plans called for a subway line to extend under Columbia Pike to and through Bailey's Crossroads.  As a result of the plan a massive highrise complex was built on the former [[Washington-Virginia Airport]] in the heart of Bailey's Crossroads called Skyline City.  Its location coincided with the planned locations of Metro stations.  Plans for the Metro, however, changed.  The western line was placed along the I-66 corridor instead.<ref name=autogenerated1 />