Since moving to The Hill in June 2009, I’ve wondered what — if anything — would eventually be built at the corner of 13th and C Streets SE. Sure, it had a sign promising a “community park and garden,” but there weren’t any specifics. The garden was simply promised at some “future” date. The site […]
The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation (USRC) has proposed plans to cut a large hole in the center of Union Station’s Great Hall for a redesign project that will add two large spiral staircases and elevators, which will open the main hall up to the food court below. Something similar was attempted in the 70s, but […]
The less than year-old project to develop Hine Jr. High School may seem thick in the new decade’s summer doldrums, but a lot is happening behind the scenes even as demolition and groundbreaking remains a couple of years away. On the calendar next: The plan goes to City Council July 13th, sent over for approval from […]
So, for those of you who were unhappy with my post the other week about Old Engine House 10 being turned into condos (More than one person complained, “Not more condos!” ), I’m happy to say I have good news this week on another abandoned historic building – the Webb Public School building on the […]
For those of you who are wondering what’s up with the status of plans to redesign Eastern Market Metro Plaza aka “Capitol Hill Town Square,” (or going back several years back, the Gateway project, with actual arches or gates) all in order to create a L’Enfantian landscape – well, I did too and I had […]