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Updated: Public Hearing on W&OD Trestle Historic Designation

Updated: Public Hearing on W&OD Trestle Historic Designation

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On Tuesday, June 17, the Arlington County Board will hold a public hearing on a Request to Advertise (RTA) a public hearing to consider the local historic designation of Benjamin Elliott’s Coal Trestle, located at 6873 Lee Highway. This coal trestle is one of the last remnants of the East Falls Church industrial/commercial hub. It was listed on Arlington’s Most Endangered Historic Places List in both 2013 and 2014. This RTA and local historic designation will cover only the remaining…

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High View Park/Waverly Hills/Cherrydale Walkabout

High View Park/Waverly Hills/Cherrydale Walkabout

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Our friends at WalkArlington are planning a community Walkabout on Sunday, May 18, that will feature the High View Park, Waverly Hills, and Cherrydale neighborhoods. The Walkabout, which includes a 2.5-mile loop and a 3-mile loop, takes walkers past several historic sites, including the Glebe House (shown at right), Calloway United Methodist Church, the Cherrydale Library, and the Cherrydale Firehouse. Click here for event information and here for a printable map.

Spring Break

Spring Break

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Preservation Arlington is on Spring Break. Thank you for all your support over the last year. We hope you have enjoyed our posts. We will continue with our features next week. We are running several different collections of posts: Preserved & Developed features stories about how development of a site occurred while still positively responding to the historic resources of the site. Saved focuses on projects where historic resources have not only been saved from destruction but have also witnessed…

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Upcoming Hearing: April HALRB

Upcoming Hearing: April HALRB

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Arlington County’s Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The agenda includes three Certificate of Appropriateness (CoA) requests in the Maywood Historic District, one CoA in the Reevesland Historic District, discussion on the status of the Pierce-Queen Apartments redevelopment, a report from Arlington County’s urban forester on trees in historic districts and other items. The Public Hearing Agenda is available as a PDF on the county website. For more information…

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Upcoming Meeting: Envision Courthouse Square

Upcoming Meeting: Envision Courthouse Square

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The Envision Courthouse Square is a community planning effort to re-imagine the county’s civic center and create a great public destination. The goal is to update the 1993 Sector Plan and create a visionary plan, strategies, policies, development standards and implementation steps. One of the goals is to understand and include cultural resources and the treatment of historic features, public art, and a potential cultural facility. Historic preservation is an important part of the past and the future in this…

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UPCOMING SPRC MEETING: Key Boulevard Apartments

UPCOMING SPRC MEETING: Key Boulevard Apartments

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The Arlington Planning Commission’s Site Plan Review Committee (SPRC) will hold its first meeting to discuss the proposal for the redevelopment of the Key Boulevard Apartments, located at 1537-1545 Key Boulevard. The agenda for this meeting includes an informational presentation, a discussion of the land use and zoning issues, and the justifications by the applicant for this proposal. Preservation Arlington highlighted this project in a recent post about existing site plan proposals that impact important historic resources. Built in 1943,…

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Upcoming Hearing:
March HALRB

Upcoming Hearing:
March HALRB

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Arlington County’s Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. The Agenda includes four Certificate of Appropriateness (CoA) requests in the Maywood Historic District, one CoA in the Fraber House Historic District, discussion on the proposed language for the Arlington Village Historic Marker and the Green Valley Pharmacy Marker, and other items. The Public Hearing Agenda is available as a PDF on the county website. For more information on HALRB including their purpose,…

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UPCOMING MEETING: Deep Throat Garage, 1401 Wilson Blvd.

UPCOMING MEETING: Deep Throat Garage, 1401 Wilson Blvd.

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The Arlington Planning Commission’s Site Plan Review Committee (SPRC) is continuing to assess plans for the property at 1401 Wilson Boulevard, the location of the “Deep Throat” garage. The agenda for this seventh SPRC meeting outlines three topics to be covered: Open Space, Community Benefit, and Construction Issues. Part of the discussion for “Community Benefit” will include historic preservation issues of the site. Already recognized with a County Historical Marker, the proposed redevelopment of this site has increased awareness of…

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