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CAR to consider mixed-use on Jefferson, six new homes from Carrington to Franklin Street

The agenda for Tuesday, December 15, 2015 meeting of the Commission of Architectural Review includes a number of local projects:

  • 602 1/2 N. 21st Street – Install new wood windows at the rear of the structure
  • 307 N. 29th Street – Replace a metal porch roof with a modified bitumen roof membrane with a granulated surface
  • 3305-3307 E. Marshall Street – Replace existing front porch, consturct new rear 2 story porches, and install new windows and doors
  • 2123 E. Marshall Street – Construct a new rear porch and install roof mounted mechanical equipment
  • 800 N. 21st Street – Infill existing window opening
  • 2615 E. Broad Street – Paint a mural on a wall of an existing carriage house
  • 125 N. 25th Street – Construct a rear addition
  • 2220 E. Marshall Street – Rehabilitate the structure to include removing asphalt siding, replacing metal windows with PVC windows, rehabilitating front and rear porches, and installing mechanical equipment
  • 613 N. 28th Street – Construct two attached single-family houses
  • 2221 Jefferson Avenue – Construct a pocket park
  • 2308 Jefferson Avenue – Construct a new mixed-use building
  • 3008-3012 E. Franklin Street – Construct a single-family house and two attached single-family houses
  • 2317 Carrington Street – Construct a single-family house

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3008-3012 E. Franklin Street
3008-3012 E. Franklin Street

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Jefferson Avenue Pocket Park
Jefferson Avenue Pocket Park

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613 North 28th Street
613 North 28th Street

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2317 Carrington Street
2317 Carrington Street

22 comments

Neighbor2 12/08/2015 at 9:52 AM

Pocket parks! Mixed use! This is awesome.

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Mike 12/08/2015 at 10:43 AM

Is the drawing of the mixed-use building out of scale with the neighbor or is it really going to look like that? And is there no sideyard setback?

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Lee 12/08/2015 at 11:20 AM

This is all really awesome looking stuff. Only one question – does/can the building on Jefferson’s facade/frontage wrap around the corner? I’m there are zoning and/or practical concerns, but it would be nice if it had a facade/windows/a presence on both streets

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Progress 12/08/2015 at 12:33 PM

The Carringotn St project – NO

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Dave 12/08/2015 at 12:39 PM

why do people submit work for rear decks and other items on the sides and/or rear of their homes to CAR? I thought only changes to the front of the structure had to be approved by them…

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crd 12/08/2015 at 1:36 PM

@6 CAR regulates everything external on any structures in a city recognized historic district, not just the front.

@5 I agree, belongs in Chesterfield County.

@4, you might try looking at the more detailed plans. Click on the word ‘agenda’ in the first sentence, then click on that address. There are some fairly detailed plans there.

I think anything at all down at the end of Franklin St. is great.

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Christo423 12/08/2015 at 2:33 PM

Dave, CAR reviews any project that can be seen from a public right of way. Alleys are considered a public right of way. If it can’t be seen from a street or alley, then CAR doesn’t care.

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John M 12/08/2015 at 2:38 PM

I like the Carrington house. I used to live right down the street from there, and definitely see how it picks up design and scale from the Victorians that remain in that area. 1206 n 23rd, that great house that BHC saved near 21st and Fairmount, that big ass house at 20th and R Street, that vacant beauty at R and 23rd.

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Steve 12/08/2015 at 2:45 PM

Love the Carrington St. house!

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ann 12/08/2015 at 3:51 PM

John M, I too like the Carrington Street house. It’s remarkably like many of its neighbors. CAR meetings are not only open to the public but provide for public comment; and they’re well worth attending and very educational.

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Dave Seibert 12/08/2015 at 4:10 PM

Thanks John. Those are exactly some of the homes that inspired the preliminary designs for the Carrington House. For the record I am only going for conceptual review on the 15th not Certificate of Appropriateness. I have already changed some things to plans that were submitted. I am planning to live in this house and def. don’t want it to look suburban. That’s the last thing I want. These plans are still in process and I am definitely open to changes and criticism. With MANY advisers a plan succeeds! If any one has specific comments or suggestions my email is daves@longandfoster.com.

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