Tag: preservation
Preserving Alexandria’s charm: Historic Alexandria Foundation legacy endures
By Patrick Burchette and Brian Branton
Walking along the 200 block of Prince Street, many a passerby has probably noticed the beautiful four-story 18th century...
Part of Del Ray makes Preservation Virginia’s Most Endangered list
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
Preservation Virginia has listed The Town of Potomac, which is now part of Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood, as one...
Volunteer organization wins award
By Leslie Golden | [email protected]
On April 23, the city’s Environmental Policy Commission and Alexandria Renew presented the Ellen Picker- ing Environmental Excellence Award...
Advisory commission and city clash over Taylor Run
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
When Alexandria’s Environmental Policy Commission members penned a letter to City Council on March 10 opposing the stream restoration project...
Your Views: Retain Old Town’s sense of place
To the editor:
Few things in Alexandria come across with such clarity as the unfortunate demise of the Old and Historic District on June 19...
Your Views: What’s the point?
To the editor:
Paige Pollard of the Commonwealth Preservation Group writes in the May 9 Alexandria Times, “Black house is in compliance with easement” that...
Your Views: Black House is in compliance with easement
To the editor:
A great deal has been said about the easement governing 619 S. Lee St. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources has provided...
Ivy Hill Cemetery Executive Director Lucy Goddin seeks to build lasting...
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
Ivy Hill Cemetery Executive Director Lucy Goddin doesn’t see death when she walks the grounds of the historic Rosemont burial...
Our View: Wanted: More low-income housing
Housing affordability is an issue that continues to bedevil Alexandria.
We have frequently lamented on these pages the gradual loss of affordable housing units in...
EYA, city seek uses for historic Pioneer Mills foundation
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
Developer EYA and the city have begun the process of relocating the final remaining
foundation stones of Pioneer Mills, the 19th-century...
