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LOST: April 2014 Snapshots

LOST: April 2014 Snapshots

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In April 2014 a total of 22 demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County, 20 of which were for single-family homes and two were for a commercial demolitions. Of the twenty new permits, all but one are located in North Arlington. Five of the homes are in National Register Historic Districts: 19 North Highland Street (Lyon Park), 3501 17th Street North (Cherrydale), 1810 North Cleveland Street (Lyon Village), 5808 22nd Street North (Highland Park/Overlee Knoll) and 2009 North Madison…

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LOST: February 2014 Snapshots

LOST: February 2014 Snapshots

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In February 2014 a total of 11 demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County, all of which were for single family homes (see photos below). All of the homes are located in North Arlington and the majority (seven) are north of Lee Highway. Three are located in National Register Historic Districts: 1743 North Quincy (Cherrydale Historic District), 2511 16th Street North (Lyon Village Historic District), and 6126 22nd Street North (Highland Park/Overlee Knolls Historic District). Several of the homes…

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Planning 101: Active Site Plan Proposals in Arlington

Planning 101: Active Site Plan Proposals in Arlington

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Arlington County has certainly undergone significant change and will continue to do so, because of our great location in the metropolitan Washington area. Most of the high-density development that occurs in the County is done through Arlington’s unique Special Exception Process. The Special Exception process is just that — a collection of approvals and agreements between the County and a developer related to form, use, and density of a development that is out of the norm. The Process These requests,…

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LOST: January 2014 Snapshots

LOST: January 2014 Snapshots

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In January 2014 a total of 14 demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County (see photos below). Eleven of them were for single family homes, one was for a commercial building, and the other two were demolition of detached garages. One of the houses, 2608 3rd Street North, is located in the Lyon Park Historic District. Several of the homes are located in neighborhoods that could qualify for historic designation under National Register criteria. In review of the Arlington…

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Upcoming Hearing: County Board To Hear Blue Goose

Upcoming Hearing: County Board To Hear Blue Goose

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On Saturday, January 25, the Arlington County Board will consider Site Plan #64 – the redevelopment of the Blue Goose, Marymount University – Ballston Campus, at 1000 North Glebe Road. (Click here for the hearing agenda, staff report and the applicants proposal under agenda item #41 (A & B)) The proposal is to construct approximately 165,203 sf of office space for use as a school of higher instruction, approximately 3,000 sf of retail, and 267 dwelling units.The proposed density is…

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LOST: December 2013 Snapshots

LOST: December 2013 Snapshots

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In December 2013, a total of 11 demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. Nine of them were for single-family homes, and one was for a commercial building (see images below). The looming demolition of these houses and buildings represents an incredible loss of history, architecture, time, energy, and materials. Some of these houses are in National Register neighborhoods. Many had the potential for renovation and additions, or, at a bare minimum, reclamation/reuse of building materials. Furthermore, these buildings…

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LOST: November 2013 Snapshots

LOST: November 2013 Snapshots

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In November 2013 a total of 23 demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. Twenty-one of them were for single family homes, and one was for a commercial building. Five of the houses and the commercial building are part of a major site redevelopment. We show all of these doomed properties below. The demolition of these houses and buildings represents an incredible loss of history, architecture, time, energy, and materials. Some of these houses are in National Register neighborhoods;…

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LOST: October 2013 Snapshots

LOST: October 2013 Snapshots

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In October 2013 a total of 27 demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. Twenty-two of them were for single family homes, three were for a set of two story brick garden apartments buildings, and two were for commercial warehouses. We show all of these doomed properties below. The demolition of these houses and buildings represents an incredible loss of history, architecture, time, energy, and materials. Some of these houses are in National Register neighborhoods; other buildings are increasingly…

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Rare Lustron Home for Sale: 2915 7th Street South

Rare Lustron Home for Sale: 2915 7th Street South

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A rare and historic Lustron home in Arlington is for sale (click here for the listing), and Preservation Arlington is concerned that it is vulnerable to demolition, which would erase another part of Arlington’s architectural history. In the buoyant years after the end of World War II, an enterprising man named Carl Strandlund envisioned a new kind of home for modern families: the Lustron. These prefabricated, all-steel houses were considered marvels of modern efficiency and style, and advertisements called them…

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UPCOMING MEETING: Blue Goose Redevelopment

UPCOMING MEETING: Blue Goose Redevelopment

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Members of the Arlington Planning Commission’s Site Plan Review Committee (SPRC) will be holding a meeting on Monday, September 30, to discuss proposed redevelopments in Arlington. The second part of that meeting, from 8:30 to 10 pm, will cover the Blue Goose, the building owned by Marymount University at 1000 N. Glebe Road. The building, which was included on Preservation Arlington’s 2013 list of Endangered Historic Places, is now threatened with demolition as part of plans to redevelop the site….

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