DC’s New Forensic Lab
6 08 2008Remember the plan for the old firehouse on the block between School and E street Southwest we talked about in March? Well we just got our hands on the renderings for what’s going to replace the police station on the other side of the same block. The DC government plans to move the police station currently on the site to the Bowen school on M Street to make way for this glassy new building.
As for what will replace the old police station, the District plans to build the cities Consolidated Forensics Laboratory. The space will combine many government offices into one facility including police and health labs, as well as chief medical examiner. The new building will be over 240,000 sq-ft and should be finished up by 2011. [Credit: DC.gov]
I guess the lack of windows on the left is due to all the labs that will be in the building?
Looks pretty decent, I’d say. Although, I’m always complaining about the lack of color of some of these projects though. But this is good for what it is.
Its like a Volvo: boxy, but good.
reminds me of the Newseum a bit
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