Fresno judge dismisses request to remove “historic” homes
Old Armenian Town will include five of its original homes by Paul Chaderjian FRESNO, Calif. -- Five homes described by local preservationists as historic and removed from a 10-acre downtown Fresno neighborhood known as Old Armenian Town may now become part of a new multi-million-dollar, mixed-use, high-rise redevelopment project called . . . “Old Armenian Town.” A court ruling this week determined that a previous agreement between two Fresno-area preservation groups, the Fresno City Council, the Fresno Redevelopment agency, and developers Gunner-Andros still stands, and the homes owned by the City of Fresno cannot be located outside the new development, as proposed recently by the developers. “The Armenians are very important here,” says president of Heritage Fresno Midge Barrett. “We have no problem with the development. We don't find a problem with urban renewal. The problem is that we believe the old can exist beside the new.” Armenian develop...