45 Rhode Island Ave, NE
A reader reports on this regularly nominated house of the day:
“There are dumpsters and scaffolding surrounding the castle-looking house on 45 Rhode Island Ave NE. After sitting around empty for a very long time, it looks like someone is finally doing something to it. Wondering if you heard anything about it? Probably condos? I always though it would fall down before anyone did anything…”
From a press release:
“Lima Hotels, a new company established by Washington, DC developer Habte Sequar, plans to develop a 14-story building on the corner of 4th and K Streets, NW in downtown Washington, DC. Scheduled to break ground in mid-2016, the high-rise structure will have 200 hotel rooms on the first through 11th floors, topped by 30 apartment homes on the 12th through 14th floors.
Lima is in the process of identifying a management company and flag for the as yet unnamed hotel. An architectural design team, composed of PGN Architects and Gordon & Greenberg, already is on board.
The site at 317 K Street, NW is located within the 15-square-block Mount Vernon Triangle in Washington’s East End. A small commercial building and auto body shop on the site will be demolished.”
1125 Spring Road, NW
From the Petworth listserv:
“Many of you will remember the community conversation about affordable housing at the redevelopment of the old Hebrew Home (1125 Spring Rd NW) last year. At the time, then-mayoral candidate Muriel Bowser facilitated a series of very public and transparent community meetings revealing an overwhelming consensus in support of affordable housing in the redeveloped property.
The result was a plan for the building to have 90% of its units be affordable, at a range from working class affordability to more middle-class affordable units, including some prioritized for seniors. You can see those plans here. These are units that would house people to work in our neighborhood restaurants, cafes, schools, grocery stores, barber shops, and more – valued members of our community. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
How did this Pop-back on Varnum between 4th and Grant Circle get a permit? They essentially built a second condo in the backyard.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user mosley.brian
From Events DC:
“Events DC, the official convention and sports authority for the District of Columbia announced today that OMA, a globally-recognized architecture firm has been selected to develop both short and long-term redevelopment concepts for the future usage of the RFK Stadium-Armory Campus. In collaboration with Brailsford and Dunlavey (B&D) and the existing subcontractors who are part of the team conducting the RFK Campus site and market analysis study, OMA will develop a holistic conceptual plan for the iconic Campus located in the Southeast corridor of the District.
“On behalf of Events DC, we are tremendously excited about bringing OMA on board to help us reimagine the RFK Stadium-Armory Campus. OMA will help us develop both short and long-term redevelopment concepts for this important site in our nation’s capital,” said Max Brown, chairman of Events DC Board of Directors. “They will bring world-class credentials and ideas to this effort and we are looking forward to working with all our stakeholders on this important effort.”
OMA’s conceptual designs will address connectivity across the 190 acre site – while creating a sense of place for the Campus that resonates with the surrounding community and across the District. It is our shared goal that OMA will deliver conceptual plans for the entire Campus that create axis points and public areas of convergence from which residents and visitors can benefit. The conceptual concepts will be available and made public in mid-January 2016.
This project continues OMA’s urban engagement with Washington, DC, following their award of the 11th Street Bridge Park in 2014. The project is a public park elevated over the Anacostia River that connects two historically disparate sides of the river with a series of outdoor programmed spaces and active zones. (more…)
A reader sends from “the empty retail space across from the CVS at Florida and Georgia”.
Nice. This is The Jackson coming to 630 14th Street, NE – you can see the rendering and more info here.
Photo by PoPville flickr user mosley.brian
Thanks to a reader for passing on from Change.org:
“It is an exciting time to live in Washington, D.C., with positive developments happening city-wide. Please tell the Mayor and City Council to use this opportunity to make decisions that will have a lasting positive impact on all District residents. Focus funds and efforts on schools, crime, transportation, good jobs, housing…not the misplaced priority of new football stadium. As residents of D.C., we oppose any proposed plan to build a new football stadium for Dan Snyder and the Washington Football Team. The reason for the opposition is simply a matter of priorities. Football stadiums are very expensive and, unlike baseball and other sports stadiums, used only a handful of times each year. There are much more important and impactful ways to spend a billion or more dollars.
Residents in all quadrants of the District are concerned about increases in crime, problems with public transportation, improving schools and addressing the challenge of affordable housing. Many school-aged children in the District attend schools in desperate need of repair. Law enforcement and emergency responders talk about the negative impact of slashed budgets on their jobs. Affordable housing is needed in neighborhoods that are close and accessible to jobs. Public transportation clearly needs some work. If the city has hundreds of millions (or billions) to spend on a football stadium, let’s spend it on these things instead. Fix what’s broken. Seize the opportunity to make the District a better place for all to live. (more…)
Thanks to a reader for sending – a bit hard to tell in the gray light but a tentative thumbs up or down? I’ll try to head back for updated photos when the sun returns one day!
