 In 1976, Cardinal Karol Józef Wojtyła - the future Pope John Paul II - visited the Parkfairfax apartment of Polish-American journalist John Szostak and offered his blessing.From 1977 to 1979, Parkfairfax was renovated and sold as condominium apartments by The IDI Group Companies.The Arlington County community of Shirlington provides restaurants, stores, bars, live theater, a cinema, and the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail trailhead within walking distance for Parkfairfax residents via a pedestrian walkway that crosses the Shirlington Circle interchange with I-395.