Arlington Park Neighborhood
- Preserve Sarasota
- Aug 28
- 1 min read
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The Arlington Park Neighborhood is located within the City of Sarasota and features a
variety of historically significant residential structures built between 1920 and 1970.
Sections of the neighborhood have been identified as eligible for listing in the National
Register of Historic Places as well as the City of Sarasota’s Local Historic Register.
Today, while retaining its rich history the Arlington Park Neighborhood is also identified
as an affordable place to live.
The unique character of the Arlington Park Neighborhood is at risk from investors and homebuilders who are demolishing older homes with small footprints and building large, post-Modern structures. This increase in density is making the neighborhood cost prohibitive for lower and middle-income residents of the city while also changing the look of the neighborhood as modest homes and native habitat are replaced by concrete.
Recently a proposal for high density housing has been submitted to the City of Sarasota
which would add 250 – 280 housing units on 6 acres of property in the neighborhood, a
fivefold density increase over the present pattern of single-family homes on lots which
average 50 feet wide by 100 feet deep.
