The agenda for the next regular CAR meeting on Sept.23 has been posted and includes items for 401 North 27th Street, 2818 East Broad Street, 3118 East Broad Street, 2102 East Broad Street, 2306 East Grace Street, and 517 North 27th Street. This is different than the special meeting on 9/12 on Oakwood Heights.

On Friday, September 12, 2008, the Commission of Architectural Review (CAR) will hold two special meetings, to discuss the Oakwood Heights project located in the 3600 blocks of Broad and Marshall streets. The first meeting will begin at 2:00pm with interested members of the public. The second meeting will begin at 3:30pm with Fulton Hill Properties and their architect. Both meetings are open to the public. [via]

The Church Hill Association site has the agenda for the July 22nd Commission of Architectual Review meeting (which includes projects on East Franklin Street, East Grace Street, East Broad Street, East Marshall Street, North 26th Street, North 28th Street, North 29th Street, and North 36th Street).

The Church Hill Association site has the agenda for the upcoming 6/24 Commission of Architectural Review meeting, including applications for 2202 East Marshall Street, 512 North 28th Street, 300-400 Blocks of North 25th Street, and 2720 East Broad Street.

Laura Daab is proposing that the Commission of Architectural Review (CAR) change their guidelines concerning new construction in Old & Historic Districts (PDF) so that new homes would much more closely replicate historic existing structures on the block. Saying that CAR does a fairly good job with rulings on existing buildings, Daab states, “I think that they have a lot to learn (or should I say, unlearn) about in-fill and new construction.”

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The Church Hill Association site has the agenda for the upcoming 4/22 CAR meeting.

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The Church Hill Association site has the agenda for the upcoming Commission of Architectural Review meeting set for March 25 at 3:30PM @ City Hall. Includes projects on 32nd, 29th, Leigh, Marshall, etc; nothing controversial.

The Commission of Architectural Review meeting began on time with about 25 people in attendence. Except for the Oakwood Heights condo proposal, the remainder of the 11 items on the agenda, if not trivial, seemed at least routine: removal of vinyl siding, replacement of exterior doors, construction of an addition, the painting of a facade. The commission ultimately voted unanimously to both deny the Oakwood Heights application to relocate 3626 East Broad Street and the current design proposal for the 33 condominiums.

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The Commission of Architectural Review monthly board meeting will be held today, Dec.18 at 3:30PM, 5th Floor Conference Room, City Hall. On the agenda is discussion of the controversial proposal for the Oakwood Heights condo development.

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We went to check out the exhibit celebrating 50 years of City Old and Historic districts at the Virginia Center for Architecture, and it is really anticlimatic. As this was billed as “a pictorial exhibit highlighting 50 years of preservation of Richmond’s historic properties and neighborhoods”, I was expecting some dramatic before and after photos. The exhibit itself mainly consists of blow-ups of pages from the Richmond Old and Historic Districts Handbook and Design Review Guidelines (PDF), though.

The Historic Overlay Task Force has been formed to implement the expansion of the St.John’s and Chimborazo Old & Historic Districts to boundaries north of Broad Street.

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