Tag: architecture
DeWitt Godfrey to create display for South Circle Park
By Dylan Jaffe | [email protected]
Sculptor DeWitt Godfrey has been chosen as the artist for a public art piece at South Circle Park, a new...
The Twig hosts 81st Alexandria Homes Tour
By Kaitlin Murphy | [email protected]
The Twig hosted the 81st Historic Alexandria Homes Tour in Old Town on Sunday. While originally scheduled for Saturday, the...
Beautification Commission seeks nominations
By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected]
The Beautification Commission is looking for nominations for public properties or individual or group activities/efforts that promote the beautification of Alexandria...
Home profile: Memory lane
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Memories are powerful, and none more so than childhood memories. Those foundational experiences hold sway over people for their entire...
Hugo Black house renovation advances, council affirms BAR decision
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
The Hugo Black house controversy came to a peak in the crowded city council chambers on Tuesday evening, when council...
A civil fight over an Old Town landmark
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
It’s not often that Alexandria’s various historic preservation organizations band together to oppose a project, but one family’s home improvement...
Our View: One BAR for all
It’s much easier to grow government than to shrink it.
Functions, staff positions, committees and departments are all added over time and are seldom eliminated....
Letter to the Editor: City council needs creativity – and an...
To the editor:
Public approvals need to have city government integrity behind them, otherwise
we have a breach in the public trust and how can we...