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Month: August 2015

For Sale: Place in Cherrydale’s History

For Sale: Place in Cherrydale’s History

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Own a piece of Cherrydale history. This gorgeous Queen Anne style home has original windows, a two-story wrapped around porch, which itself is wrapped with 100-year old wisteria, original hardwoods plus a 1990’s addition, all sitting on a hill backing up on to Arlington’s Cherry Valley Park. And a location with a WalkScore of 90 it is a “Walkers’ Paradise”. The Schutt family owned most of the land that is now Cherrydale. The family purchased this particular property in 1865….

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Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB Aug. 19

Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB Aug. 19

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A wide range of important and ongoing issues go before the HALRB on Wednesday, August 19. The HALRB agenda is divided up among several topics based on the action to be taken that event. On the Discussion Agenda is a request by Arlington County to a demolish garage, reconfigure and resurface existing driveway, add new hard scape features, and remove two trees at Reevesland Historic District, 400 North Manchester Street. This request is part of the County effort to prepare…

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Arlington Bookshelf:
An Incredible Look at Columbia Pike

Arlington Bookshelf:
An Incredible Look at Columbia Pike

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The newest addition to our Arlington Bookshelf is one of the most amazing photographic journeys one could take, much less here in Arlington, much less down our most diverse street – Columbia Pike. Published this month by the University of Virginia Press, Living Diversity: The Columbia Pike Documentary Project, is the extraordinary result of a team of five insightful and highly skilled photographers and interviewers portraying the contemporary life of people and sites along the exceptionally ethnically-diverse and rapidly-changing Columbia…

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Arlington. History. Survey. Take it.

Arlington. History. Survey. Take it.

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What about Arlington’s history is important to you? Where do you go to learn about our history as a community? How do you think our history should be collected, preserved and shared? Arlington is seeking the general public’s ideas on collecting, preserving, sharing the history of Arlington. This is part of an ongoing effort started in January 2015 when the County convened a task force to look at current county policies and practices as well as best practices and successful…

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