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...