Edmonson Plaza on Duke St.
1 08 2008Right across from the Old Town Whole Foods sits 1701 Duke Street, a little building with a lot of history. The building, which once served as a slave jail, is part of a new five story office building by Carr Properties which will be called Edmonson Plaza. The name comes from Emily and Mary Edmonson who were two slaves once detained in the facility.
We often get on builders cases about giving new projects unoriginal names, but we think this is a nice nod. The builders could have avoided the not so possitive history of the building, but they chose to honor it. Much better than naming the building after the address! [Photo: DCmetrocentric]
are they designing around the existing building?
Erin, yes.
http://www.rappaportco.com/pdf/1701_Duke_Street.pdf
Wow, that’s not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to look. ALX is really becoming a world class city in and of itself…
awesome, thanks for the link! now i know where that is . . . there’s a bunch of old restaurants (or at least one) there now.