Takoma Theatre Conservancy - Takoma Theatre Conservancy

[February, 2011] In testimony before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole Oversight Hearing on the Office of Planning (OP) and Historic Preservation Office (HPO) , Conservancy President Loretta Neumann, urged continued support for OP/HPO, but expressed concern that HPO had not yet developed regulations to implement the DC Historic Preservation Act’s “Demolition by Neglect” provisions, now a decade old.  The Conservancy brought the deteriorating condition of the historic Takoma Theatre and lack of maintenance by the owner, Mr. Milton McGinty, to the attention of HPO, but because no regulations had been developed they were unable to act. Ms. Neumann urged the Council to support the development of these regulations by HPO.
-- Testimony by Ms. Loretta Neumann to the DC Council's Committee of the Whole Oversight Hearing, February 16, 2011