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Month: December 2014

Recording Vietnamese Voices in Arlington

Recording Vietnamese Voices in Arlington

As we’ve reported, Preservation Arlington has been proud to sponsor an ongoing project by master’s degree students from Virginia Tech’s Department of Urban Affairs and Planning (National Capital Region) to collect and preserve Vietnamese heritage in Arlington. The students have now completed the first phase of this project, which involved collecting stories, photos and artifacts from Vietnamese community members who immigrated to, shopped at or owned businesses in Arlington’s Clarendon neighborhood when it was known as “Little Saigon” during the…

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Lost: November 2014

Lost: November 2014

In November 2014, a total of twenty (20) demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. All were for single-family homes. One was a re-application from June 2014. One permit was for the demolition of a construction site that has been inactive for months. There were no permits for commercial property. North Arlington accounted for fifteen of the permits and South Arlington had four of the permits. Six of the properties are in National Register Historic Districts. Two of the…

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Upcoming Hearing: HALRB Dec. 17

Upcoming Hearing: HALRB Dec. 17

The Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) advises the County Board on historic preservation matters. The HALRB nominates properties for local and national designation and also reviews plans for exterior alterations, demolition and new construction in locally designated Arlington historic districts through a Certificate of Appropriate (CoA) process. The November Agenda for HALRB is now online. On the agenda are five (5) CoAs for Maywood; discussion of historic preservation easements for the Wakefield Manor and Courthouse Manor garden apartments…

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For Sale: Updated and Expanded in Maywood

For Sale: Updated and Expanded in Maywood

Arlington has only one local historic district that is primarily single family homes — the Maywood community. Nestled just north of Lee Highway in Cherrydale, Maywood is one of Arlington’s older residential neighborhoods. It contains a wide variety of architectural styles and homes, many of which have inviting front porches and gable roofs. Homes representing the Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Craftsman styles are located in the community. Maywood was platted between 1909 and 1913 with the oldest…

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