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March 2015 Advocator@Inmanpark.Org • Inmanpark.Org • 245 North Highland Avenue NE • Suite 230-401 • Atlanta 30307 Volume 43 • Issue 3 THE Inman Park Advocator Atlanta’s Small Town Downtown News • Newsletter of the Inman Park Neighborhood Association March 2015 [email protected] • inmanpark.org • 245 North Highland Avenue NE • Suite 230-401 • Atlanta 30307 Volume 43 • Issue 3 The Virtues of Historic Preservation BY DENNIS MOBLEY • IPNA PRESIDENT • [email protected] You may recall from century. They also define how tall the modern, multi-family these pages that I structures can be in “Sub-Area 3” (the village district). If you was interviewed by happen to think that the new Inman Quarter is suitably or a columnist for a unsuitably tall, realize that our historic zoning actually limited periodical entitled the height of that development. Newcomers Magazine. The one question I So if you’re an Inman Parker with a historic home, regardless found the most thought- of whether you are seeking to do renovations or not, I believe President’s Message provoking was, “what you should consider yourself lucky that the regulations (and makes Inman Park unique as compared to other intown the Atlanta Urban Design Commission who enforce them) neighorhoods”? are protecting the charm, and the value, of the homes on your street. I think I speak for my Board colleagues when I say I mentioned the fact that we as a neighborhood have embraced we will endeavor to hold fast to our Historic Preservation Historic Preservation. This distinguishes us from other nearby regulations, to protect our historic, contributing homes as intown neighborhoods who still struggle with the challenges well as ensure that our newer, denser communities remain at of in-fill, the destruction of historic one-story homes in favor a tolerable scale. The fabric of our wonderfully unique, still- of tall, modern-looking McMansions that loom over their growing Inman Park depends upon it! neighbors and destroy the fabric of many a street. I noticed a historic bungalow in a nearby neighborhood where literally everything but the white porch columns had been Thank You Trolley Barn Fundraising demolished. Behind the original porch columns, a whole new Contributors house was constructed. Happily, the new house turned out to fit The Trolley Barn board is grateful to everyone who attended in on its street, appearing rather compatible with the properties the Love Our Barn fundraising event and who has contributed that had been there for nearly a century. to the effort to purchase the Trolley Barn from the City of Atlanta. See page 14 for more information about our But without the protection of a Historic Preservation ordinance, fundraising efforts. virtually ANYTHING (of a single-family or duplex residential nature) could have been built behind these porch columns! Indeed it is much easier to obtain permission to demolish an entire house in a neighborhood without historic zoning. IPNA Membership Renewals Due Soon Be sure to renew your IPNA membership before it expires on The Inman Park Historic Preservation regulations don’t protect April 30. Use the form on page 13 or go to inmanpark.org and just our historic, “contributing” homes from the early 20th click on Membership in IPNA under the Association tab. What’s Festival Our Barn Happening Countdown Is Loved Begins See upcoming See images from the activities in and Meet this year’s Parade Valentine’s Day event around Inman Park in Grand Marshalls and and read the latest the weeks ahead. get the scoop on street fundraising update. closures. 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