A private home in North Arlington designed by noted modernist architect Charles Goodman has come on the market. Built in 1970 the home remains true to the Goodman style. A 2012 “refinement” upgraded the interior of the home. Sitting on almost half an acre of land the house backs up to acres of parkland and Pimmit Run. While it has a McLean address, 400 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, it is located in Arlington County. Goodman’s Unitarian Universalist Church here in…
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (UUCA), a modernist building with touches of brutalist architecture, has been nominated for inclusion in the Virginia Landmarks Register. (Click here for copy of the detailed nomination form.) UUCA is one of seven considerations before the State Review Board and Board of Historic Resources at their September 18, 2014, meeting in Richmond. If approved, the property will be placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register, and this nomination will then be forwarded to the National…
Preservation Arlington celebrates the return to the school year with a four-day series looking at one of the most important building types in our community — the school house. Today, we close out the first week of school by examining how the community prepares for the future and what impact that might have on two important school buildings. (Click here for parts 1, 2, and 3 in our series.) The school building in Arlington has evolved as our community has…
Members of the Arlington Planning Commission’s Site Plan Review Committee (SPRC) will be holding a meeting on Monday, December 9, to discuss proposed redevelopments in Arlington. The second part of that meeting, from 8:30 to 10:00 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….
Members of the Arlington Planning Commission’s Site Plan Review Committee (SPRC) will be holding a meeting on Thursday, October 17, to discuss proposed redevelopments in Arlington. The first part of that meeting, from 7:00 to 8:30 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….