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Alexandria BAR approves conversion and partial demolition at 1201 East Abingdon Drive over preservation objections
Summary
The Alexandria Board of Architectural Review approved conversion, addition and partial demolition work at 1201 East Abingdon Drive after the applicant revised brick color and facade detailing; one commissioner dissented, citing conflict with Washington Street standards.
The Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on a 4–1 vote approved an application to convert, add to and partially demolish portions of the former office building at 1201 East Abingdon Drive.
The approval covers BAR 2025-00535 (request for alterations and new construction) and BAR 2025-00036 (request for partial demolition and encapsulation). The board voted in favor of the staff recommendation with one dissenting vote from Commissioner Tonino.
The project team, represented by attorney Ken Wire of Wire Gill and Benjamin Cassin, design principal and project architect at KTGY, presented revised materials and design moves intended to respond to the board’s earlier concerns. Cassin told the board the team changed brick color to better match neighboring townhouses, emphasized horizontal datum lines, stepped edges of a wing and “wrap[ped] the corner” with a bay using the…
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