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Upcoming Hearing: HALRB Dec. 17

Upcoming Hearing: HALRB Dec. 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 November Agenda for HALRB is now online. On the agenda are five (5) CoAs for Maywood; discussion of historic preservation easements for the Wakefield Manor and Courthouse Manor garden apartments…

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APS Board To Sell the Wilson School

APS Board To Sell the Wilson School

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Note: On June 18, the Arlington Public School Board unanimously approved a “letter of intent” to sell Wilson School and the surrounding playfield to Penzance Properties, an adjacent property owner. The Wilson School building was included on Preservation Arlington’s 2013 list of the county’s Most Endangered Historic Places. As Preservation Arlington continues to monitor the developing situation regarding the Wilson School, we invited this guest post on the situation by Mark Antell, a longtime community advocate for the school. In…

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