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DESCRIPTION:Catherine Miliaras and Stephanie Sample present "Alexandria's P
 arker-Gray District: Then and Now" at The Lyceum --- Alexandria's History 
 Museum\, for the Alexandria Historical Society.  
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SUMMARY:Saving An Old Part Of Old Town on Oct 22\, 2014
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X-WR-CALDESC:Saving An Old Part Of Old Town on Oct 22\, 2014
X-WR-CALNAME:Saving An Old Part Of Old Town on Oct 22\, 2014
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CATEGORIES:Black History Museum,Lyceum
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 hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=9304\n\nUnless you've lived in 
 Alexandria for most of your adult life\, you have little idea how much thi
 s town has changed in the past half century.  Long-segregated neighborhood
 s and nearly abandoned industrial districts have given way to the attracti
 ve mix of quaint streets and homes\, historic sites\, boutique retail and 
 unique dining that today draws residents and visitors alike.  On Wednesday
  October 22\, at 7:30 PM\, two City preservation planners describe this ch
 ange as it relates to one of Alexandria's oldest neighborhoods\, known as 
 Parker-Gray.\n  \nCatherine Miliaras and Stephanie Sample present "Alexand
 ria's Parker-Gray District: Then and Now" at The Lyceum --- Alexandria's H
 istory Museum\, for the Alexandria Historical Society.  Lightly settled un
 til after the Civil War\, Parker-Gray was originally known as "Uptown\," a
 n African-American neighborhood with a strong commercial core centered on 
 Queen and North Henry Streets.  The name Parker-Gray comes from two late-1
 9th/early 20th-c. principals of local schools\, John Parker and Sarah Gray
 \, and the neighborhood makes up the historic northwest quadrant of what m
 ost people know as Old Town Alexandria.\n\nBy the late 1970's\, neighborho
 od residents faced threats to their historic community from urban renewal\
 , the development of the Metro system\, as well as gentrification.  Miliar
 as and Sample will put these issues into perspective in the larger world o
 f historic preservation\, and show how public action led to the establishm
 ent of the Parker-Gray Historic District.\n\nThe talk is free and open to 
 the public\, and doors open at 7:00 PM.  Parking is extremely limited at T
 he Lyceum itself\, but there are garages and street parking nearby.\n\n\nL
 ocation: Lyceum\nContact Person: Audrey Davis\nContact Phone: 703.746.4356
 \nContact Email: Audrey.davis@alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may atten
 d\nTags: Black History Museum\, Lyceum\n\nImport this event into your cale
 ndar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=9304
DTEND:20141023T010000Z
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LOCATION:Lyceum
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Saving An Old Part Of Old Town
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