November 8th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Historic District, Old Town
One of the most important policies relating to the future of downtown College Park continues to make its way through a convoluted approval process that involves more lawyers than College Park Residents. When it is implemented, the Old Town Historic District will require property owners within the designated area (shown on a map here) to [...]
April 5th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Historic District, Housing, Old Town
With College Park’s Old Town Historic District nearing final approval with county officials, the first public controversy regarding a property in the district has emerged. We had previously reported that the Old Town Historic District faced an additional hearing with the Prince George’s County Zoning Hearing Examiner’s (ZHE) Office. In response to complaints from some [...]
October 5th, 2006 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Downtown, Historic District, Old Town
A proposed Old Town College Park Historic District could prevent or slow new, pedestrian-scale development connecting the campus and downtown to the Metro station. The proposed district includes structures on both sides of Calvert Road, a street several groups from last spring’s design charrette targeted for dense development to create a pedestrian corridor running from [...]
