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Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB, August 21

Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB, August 21

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The August meeting of the HALRB (Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board) will begin at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, August 21. The Agenda includes: COA Consent Agenda for: 2904 22nd Street North to replace three (3) windows and to convert a wall penetration with A/C unit back into a window in the basement of a contributing dwelling in the Maywood Historic District. 3610 22nd Street North to replace three (3) windows in the non-historic kitchen addition of a contributing dwelling…

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Upcoming Hearing: HALRB October 18

Upcoming Hearing: HALRB October 18

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The October meeting of the HALRB (Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board) will be begin at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 18 (this is an hour earlier than their usual start time). The agenda includes: COA Consent Agenda for: 2165 North Lincoln Street on after-the-fact request to install two retaining walls in the rear of the property in the Maywood Historic District, click for staff report, and; 3202 23rd Street North a request to replace the cedar-shingle roof with asphalt…

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Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB April 19

Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB April 19

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The April meeting of the HALRB (Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board) will be begin at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, April 19. The agenda includes: Consent Agenda COA’s (Certificate of Appropriateness) for: 2411 24th Street North for minor alterations to the tractor barn in the Fort C.F. Smith Historic District; download Report. 1028 South Walter Reed Drive to alter a blade sign in the Columbia Pike Form Based Code; download Report. two COA’s (2315 North Kenmore Street, download Report, and…

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Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB Dec. 21

Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB Dec. 21

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The December meeting of the HALRB (Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board) will be begin at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, December 21. The agenda includes: Consent Agenda COA’s (Certificate of Appropriateness) for 2900 Columbia Pike to install rooftop mechanical units in the Columbia Pike Form Based Code Area; COA’s for window replacements in the Colonial Village Historic District and a fence in the Maywood Historic District; Discussion of the proposed Queens Court siteplan which will result in the demolition of…

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Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB Sept. 16

Upcoming Hearing:
HALRB Sept. 16

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The September 16 HALRB Public Hearing includes important items on both the Consent Agenda and Discussion Agenda. One of the topics on the Consent Agenda is the Columbia Pike Form Based Code project at 2338-2354 and 2406-2408 Columbia Pike. This is the site currently occupied by Rappahannock Coffee and other small retail uses. The applicant, Columbia Pike Four Mile Run Associates, has requested to construct a new six-story mixed-use residential building incorporating the historic facades at 2338-2354 and 2406-2408 Columbia…

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New Bridge Honors Freedmans Village

New Bridge Honors Freedmans Village

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Celebrating “a community connected,” as one transportation official put it, the new Freedmans Village Bridge was dedicated on Thursday before a crowd of dignitaries, descendants, and local residents. Carrying Washington Boulevard over Columbia Pike, the bridge is named for the Civil War-era community that was established for emancipated and fugitive slaves on the grounds of the Arlington estate. More than 20 years in the making, the bridge replaces a 70-year-old span that was severely deteriorated and a cause for concern…

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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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Upcoming Meeting: DRC on
Reevesland and Columbia Pike

Upcoming Meeting: DRC on
Reevesland and Columbia Pike

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The Design Review Committee (DRC) of the HALRB will meet on August 5, 2015. The DRC offers free technical and design advice to those looking to make changes in one of Arlington’s locally designated historic districts. This input helps finalize the CoA request before it goes to the HALRB for review. Two items of particular interest on the DRC Agenda are changes to Reevesland Historic District (400 North Manchester Street) and a form-based code project on Columbia Pike (2338-2354 and…

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Arlington’s Most
Endangered Historic Places
— 2015

Arlington’s Most
Endangered Historic Places
— 2015

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As Preservation Month comes to an end, Preservation Arlington is putting forward the 2015 Most Endangered Historic Places List to heighten awareness of historic sites and resources in the county and to inspire advocacy on behalf of preservation within the Arlington community. For 2015 we are also highlighting several items on a “watch list” as the story for these sites is still being told and it is hopeful it will continue in a positive manner. Dive Bars. With the closing…

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HALRB Agenda for 9/17

HALRB Agenda for 9/17

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The Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) advises the County Board on historic preservation matters. The HALRB nominates properties for local and national designation and also reviews plans for exterior alterations, demolition and new construction in locally designated Arlington historic districts through a Certificate of Appropriate (CoA) process. The September agenda for HALRB is now online. It includes: Three (3) CoA’s for the Maywood Historic District; Alterations to 2900 Columbia Pike; Proposed Local Historic District Designation and Design Guidelines…

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