This week’s earlier post on the closing of Chateau Animaux reminded me again of this post from DCist from September 11, 2007 reporting the rumor that a Gap might be coming to Barracks Row. Obviously, that never happened. The DCist post had several positions for and against which all ring pretty hollow looking at the […]
Things are well underway at the Hill Center, especially underground. The restored Old Naval Hospital, scheduled to open next June and offer cultural, educational and civic programs to the community, will be heated and cooled by a geothermal system, and this week there’s a drilling rig on site digging 30 wells that are 350 feet […]
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 […]
When redevelopment plans for H Street Connection are discussed in grand terms, I don’t think 7-Eleven is part of the vision. However, that is exactly what’s happening — now and in the new development (assuming it is finished in the next 10 years). Rappaport Companies, the manager of H Street Connection, has signed a multi-year […]
This past weekend the DC Preservation League announced its 2010 list of the most endangered historic places in Washington. One Capitol Hill structure made the short list this year: Anne Archbold Hall on the grounds of the former DC General Hospital. (Note to the DCPL: this property is in Southeast DC, not Northeast as listed in […]