The public comment period for the design concepts for the Eastern Market Metro Park ends this Friday, January 31st. Designs can be viewed at the project website www.easternmarketmetropark.org. The entire design presentation (Power Point) from the December 2013 public meetings is on the website, as well as Master Plan A and Master Plan B plus […]
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 […]
The three alternative design plans for Eastern Market Metro Plaza Design Study are now available online. The comment period, which began July 1, ends Aug. 17th. The goal of this project, according to the project’s website, is to transform the Eastern Market Metro Plaza into a town square and community park. The project hopes to […]
On Tuesday night the much anticipated proposals for the redevelopment of the Eastern Market Metro plaza were unveiled to neighbors at a community meeting in the basement of St. Peter’s Church. The three proposals, designed by a team lead by architect Amy Weinstein, were met with much criticism from the community for their impact on […]
There will be a community meeting tonight to unveil a set of three proposals for reconfiguring the plaza around the Eastern Market Metro stop on Pennsylvania Avenue. Some of these propose reconnecting the original square, and re-routing Pennsylvania Avenue around the square or circle. If you would like to see the proposals and offer feedback, […]