Huntley Park Neighborhood Association Records (DeKalb)

Collection

Identifier: RHC-RC-241

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Huntley Park Neighborhood Association records document the coordinating efforts between the City staff and the Association. The Huntley Park Neighborhood folder consists of city council meeting minutes, memos, maps, bid information, correspondence, and historic preservation articles on brick streets. Also included in the records are curb survey data for South Second Street, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting the curbs on South Second and South Third Streets. Of special interest is specification and bid information for brick streets in Columbus, Ohio.

Dates

created: 1994-1996
Other: Date acquired: 08/23/1999

Biographical or Historical Information

In 1995, the city planned to remove all of the existing cutstone (limestone-block) curbing on South Second Street and replace that with standard extruded-concrete curb and gutter. In addition, bricks would be removed for a distance of approximately 3 to 4 feet out from the curb edge, the subbase filled in and raised, and the bricks replaced. The members of the Huntley Park Neighborhood Association living on South Second Street requested the city consider alternative plans to preserve the character of the brick streets in keeping with historic preservation guide-lines of the neighborhood. Coordinating efforts between the City staff and the Association ended in a compromise that retained the original curbing.

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