PRESS RELEASES - FEBRUARY 2007

Public Hearing about Historic Resources Survey is February 15

February 9, 2007

The City of Arlington Landmark Preservation Commission will host a public hearing on Thursday, Feb. 15, about the Historic Resources Survey.

The survey is an inventory of pre-1960 historically significant structures, buildings, places, and objects of architectural, historical and cultural value located within the city limits of Arlington.
The public is invited to attend the hearing, which starts at 6:30 p.m. in Room A of the Arlington Human Services Complex located at 501 W. Sanford St.

Komatsu Architecture, Inc. is leading the Historic Resources Survey team. Phases I and II are complete.

Phase I updated the 1987 Historic Resources Survey which documented pre-World War II properties and surveyed all properties within the boundaries of the Old Town and South Center Street Historic Districts. Phase II completed a survey of pre-1945 properties that were not identified by the 1987 Historic Resources Survey.

Phase III started in November. It identifies and records structures and developments that are over 50 years old from post-World War II until 1955. This aspect of Arlington’s Historic Resources Survey captured the attention of Governing, a national magazine publication which reports on state and local government issues. Read the article, “Honey, Our House is Historic” at http://www.governing.com/articles/10modern.htm.

For more information about the February 15 public hearing and the Historic Resources Survey, call Pablo Calderon with the City of Arlington Community Services Department at 817-459-6232 or e-mail calderonp@ci.arlington.tx.us.