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APS Board To Sell the Wilson School

APS Board To Sell the Wilson School

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Note: On June 18, the Arlington Public School Board unanimously approved a “letter of intent” to sell Wilson School and the surrounding playfield to Penzance Properties, an adjacent property owner. The Wilson School building was included on Preservation Arlington’s 2013 list of the county’s Most Endangered Historic Places. As Preservation Arlington continues to monitor the developing situation regarding the Wilson School, we invited this guest post on the situation by Mark Antell, a longtime community advocate for the school. In…

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Army Corps Green-Lights Cemetery Tree Removal

Army Corps Green-Lights Cemetery Tree Removal

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Over the objections of conservation and preservation groups, as well as private citizens, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given Arlington National Cemetery the go-ahead to cut down nearly 800 native trees near Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee National Memorial. The Corps performed an environmental assessment that concluded that the proposal, designed to expand the cemetery to allow for more burials, would have “no significant adverse impact” on the environment of the site. The oldest trees in the…

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UPCOMING MEETING: Blue Goose Redevelopment

UPCOMING MEETING: Blue Goose Redevelopment

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The proposed redevelopment of the building at 1000 Glebe Road, better known as the Blue Goose, will be considered at an upcoming meeting of the Arlington Planning Commission’s Site Plan Review Committee (full agenda here). This meeting will be an informational presentation on the proposed redevelopment from the applicant and County staff, which will also include an overview of the site’s land use and zoning and how this and the proposed changes correlate to neighboring sites and the County’s General…

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The Last Days of the Navy Annex

The Last Days of the Navy Annex

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Built in 1941 during the booming war effort in Washington, D.C., the Navy Annex overlooking the Pentagon is now nearly gone. After more than a decade of negotiating and planning, the Department of Defense is close to completing its demolition of the building to make way for an expansion of nearby Arlington National Cemetery. Once the demolition is complete, the site will be converted to a grass field pending its incorporation into the cemetery. Once known simply as Federal Office…

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Sun Gazette Reports on Carlin Hall Reopening

Sun Gazette Reports on Carlin Hall Reopening

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The restoration and grand reopening of National Register-listed Carlin Hall was the subject of a feature in the Arlington Sun Gazette.  “Meeting place, church, dance hall, library, theater: it served a multitude of functions until, in 1962, the county government took over operations and began using it as a community center,” Scott McCaffrey writes in the piece.

Introducing the Center for Local History

Introducing the Center for Local History

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A valuable local history resource in Arlington County has been given a new name and a new sense of purpose. As part of the ongoing renovations and changes at Central Library, the Virginia Room is now the Center for Local History. The center has three primary components — the Virginiana Collection, a collection of library holdings including books, newsletters, maps, and other materials pertaining to the history of the Arlington area specifically and Virginia more generally; the Arlington Community Archives,…

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Carlin Hall Ribbon Cutting!

Carlin Hall Ribbon Cutting!

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Historic Carlin Hall has been structurally restored, and all are invited to an official ribbon-cutting to celebrate its reopening. Constructed in 1892, Carlin Hall is a one-story Victorian structure that is listed in both the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. As part of the Glencarlyn Day festivities, the ribbon cutting will be held to celebrate this Arlington treasure following the neighborhood parade and before the fun fair begins. DATE:       Saturday, June 1 TIME:    …

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UPCOMING MEETING: Shreve Apartments/W&OD Railway Site Under Consideration

UPCOMING MEETING: Shreve Apartments/W&OD Railway Site Under Consideration

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This Thursday night, May 30, the Site Plan Review Committee (SPRC) of the Arlington Planning Commission will discuss Shreve Apartments, a planned mixed-use development that may impact one of the last remaining sections of the Washington & Old Dominion Railway. Preservation Arlington included the historic train trellis on its 2013 list of Arlington’s Most Endangered Historic Places. Located on a 1.7-acre site in East Falls Church, the proposal includes 180 dwelling units and 1,449 square feet of ground-floor retail, with…

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Blue Goose, Other Endangered List Sites Make News

Blue Goose, Other Endangered List Sites Make News

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Preservation Arlington and our 2013 Endangered List have made local headlines, with coverage in ArlNow, the Arlington Sun Gazette, the Arlington Patch, and the City BizList for Washington, D.C. Much of the coverage focused on the Blue Goose, the mid-century modern office building in Ballston, as well as the Arlington House Woods, which made both Preservation Arlington’s and Preservation Virginia‘s endangered lists this year. “To save the Blue Goose, preservationists will have to convince its owner, Marymount University, to abandon…

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CBS News Highlights Historic Preservation

CBS News Highlights Historic Preservation

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This CBS News segment highlights preservation battles of the past, such as the fight to save Grand Central Station, and features architecture critic Paul Goldberger and traditional design firm Roman and Williams. “Historic architecture is part of our culture, just the way art, music, literature, all of these are part of our culture,” Goldberger says in the piece.