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For Sale: Broadview

For Sale: Broadview

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Arlington’s most recently designated single-home historic district is for sale. Broadview, built in 1881, and dedicated as a local historic district in 2014, is for sale for $1,289,000. It is a 5BR/3BA Victorian located at 5151 14th Street North in the Woodlawn Waycroft neighborhood. Preservation Arlington covered the designation of the property in November 2014; click here for the article. The historic designation preserves the exterior features of the property. For the full real estate listing, click here. On occasion,…

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World War II and Arlington Memories

World War II and Arlington Memories

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Arlingtons’s Center for Local History at Central Library just opened a new display about Arlington and World War II. It was a rapidly changing era, both here and abroad. According to the library: The displays range from poignant letters home, combat boots, banners, music albums and “Victory” cookbooks to sometimes-grisly Horrors of War trading cards meant as social commentary, folk art and propaganda. The exhibition also includes a listening station of Arlington-at-war recollections culled from the Center’s hundreds of recorded…

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LOST: February 2016

LOST: February 2016

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In February 2016, a total of twenty-four (24) demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. Twenty-one (21) were for single-family homes; one was a garden style apartment; one was a commercial building; and one is not classified correctly, so it’s unclear what the structure is. Of the single-family homes, all but one were in North Arlington. Three of the homes are located in National Register Historic Districts: 1124 North Kentucky Street, Westover National Register Historic District 1517 North Taylor…

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LOST: January 2016

LOST: January 2016

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In January 2016, a total of thirteen (13) demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. All were for single-family homes. All but one of the homes were in North Arlington. Four of the home are located in a National Register Historic Districts: 1600 North Edgewood, Lyon Village National Register Historic District 2033 North Utah Street, Cherrydale National Register Historic District 710 North Highland Street, Lyon Park National Register Historic District 3626 Vacation Lane, Cherrydale National Register Historic District Totals…

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Nominations Sought for 2016 Endangered List

Nominations Sought for 2016 Endangered List

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Arlington is a great community with modern high rises and vibrant shopping areas, along with older commercial strips and quiet single-family neighborhoods. Is there a building or place that you see or use in your daily life and feel is an important part of your experience of living or working in Arlington? Are you concerned that it may be under redevelopment threat or is disappearing due to lack of attention or other factors? If so, we encourage you to nominate…

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Historic District Approved:
Cambridge Courts

Historic District Approved:
Cambridge Courts

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Introducing Arlington’s newest Local Historic: Cambridge Courts located at 2401-2813 Arlington Blvd in Arlington’s Lyon Park neighborhood. This is the third garden apartment complex designated a local historic district, joining Colonial Village and Buckingham. Cambridge Courts is a complex of 20 Colonial (Georgian) Revival-styled buildings and identified as contributing to the Lyon Park National Register Historic District. The almost seven acre site includes 20 buildings comprising 159 individually owned units. Built in 1943 as apartments the project converted to condominium…

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February 2 1959 & 2016
Arlington Schools

February 2 1959 & 2016
Arlington Schools

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On February 2, 1959 four young black students entered Stratford Junior High School, beginning the integration of Arlington County schools. And so went the rest of the state. On February 2, 2016, all four of these students will return to Arlington County and Stratford for a community event sponsored by Arlington Public Schools. Michael G. Jones, Gloria Thompson, Ronald Deskins and Lance D. Newman will once again be together at Stratford. Come celebrate these amazing “Arlington History Makers” and here…

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Lost: December 2015

Lost: December 2015

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In December 2015, a total of nineteen (19) demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. Sixteen were for single-family homes and three for commercial buildings. Three of the sixteen homes are in South Arlington. Only one home is located in a National Register Historic District — 705 North Kenmore Street is in the Ashton Heights National Register Historic District. At least ten of the single-family demolition permits were for speculative developments. All the commercial properties are in North Arlington…

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LOST: November 2015

LOST: November 2015

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In November 2015, a total of seventeen (17) demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. All were for single-family homes with all but one being located in North Arlington. Four of these homes were located in National Register Historic District with two in the Lyon Village National Register Historic District (1500 North Hancock Street and 1811 North Hancock Street); one in the Lyon Park National Register Historic District (2917 2nd Street North); and, one in the Cherrydale National Register…

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