Tag: Old and Historic District
Your Views: Don’t destroy Old Town
To the editor:
On April 12, the Alexandria Department of Planning and Zoning held a “community meeting” to inform the public that current height...
Your Views: I support James Lewis for council
To the editor:
The controversy over the proposed Heritage development, accompanied as it has been with the blithe lack of concern on the part...
Your Views: Reject Heritage density waiver
To the editor:
I am writing to you to express my extreme displeasure at the city’s plans to develop three 80-foot buildings in the Old...
Your Views: Entire neighborhood opposes Heritage
To the editor:
Kudos for your recent editorials highlighting “the core culprit is the over-densification of Alexandria,” and pointing out that “the poster child...
Your Views: A solution to idling tour buses
To the editor:
The Alexandria Old and Historic District is experiencing a tour bus crisis on its old and narrow streets. These massive 45- to...
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...
Parker-Gray and Old and Historic BARs to be consolidated
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Council voted unanimously at its public hearing on Saturday to consolidate Alexandria’s two locally regulated boards of architectural review, putting...
Letter to the Editor: Think carefully before combining BARs
To the editor:
At the April city council legislative session, Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg submitted a proposal to consolidate the Old...
Council discusses affordable housing tax
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
At Tuesday’s budget work session and legislative meeting, city council held a preliminary add/delete session and made a final vote...