there goes our history again…
Please be aware that the Kensington Talmadge Community Association, a social group and legal owner of the Kensington sign which hangs over Adams Avenue, has applied in the past week for a demolition permit for the community sign that hangs over Adams Avenue. About one week prior to the application Celia Conover, a resident and member of Heart of Kensington, submitted an historic nomination for the sign to the Historical Resources Board. The sign has been hanging over Kensington for 54 years, since the Christmas of 1954.
Unfortunately, the KTCA has chosen to stop maintenance on the sign, so now there is not only no SIN in Kensington, there is no SINGTON, either. Some think they are going for demolition by neglect, in case all else to sway the public fails. Most other older communities with the neon banners have chosen to refurbish or restore their signs (like Hillcrest). In the last year, the KTCA chose instead to circulate in the community a ballot with two designs for a new sign, with no mention of the age of the sign or that it was a potential historical resource. At the same time, they also raised $40,000 from within the community for the new sign.
It was only after a member of the KTCA made a presentation at the Kensington Talmadge Planning Group that Celia became aware of the plans to demolish the old sign and took action to save it. If you would like to help save the Kensington sign, contact the folks at the Heart of Kensington.
