The library broke ground last year but now we are finally getting to see how the brand new Freelon Group designed Anacositia library is shaping up. The distinctive green from the renderings seems to already be present on some of the structural elements. And Now, Anacostia has more of the details of the progress, it should be finished up this Spring.
[Photo: And Now Anacostia]
The famous Subway/Delhi Dhaba building along Wilson Blvd in Arlington has seemingly grown up over night. We noticed over the last few months workers have added an additional two stories on top of the building. Considering every other block in this area has a curb to curb 5 story or taller building, the added density isn’t surprising, but building on top of the building without starting over is a little unusual.
Building on top of an existing building can be tricky so you don’t see it often, but when done right it certainly is a good way to save money, and keep the current businesses open during construction. Which is good because Arlingtonians can only go so long without good Indian (and Tandori Nights just doesn’t cut it!).
[Photo: DCMetrocentric]
The little project going up at 2345 MLK ave has been getting a lot of attention now that construction is underway. There has been a lot of speculation of how the exterior is going to look, but now the banner up at the site (pictured) can put all that speculation to rest. Not as interesting as the original more ambitious plans, but still modern and different…
More photos of the construction progress after the jump…
All the proposals are in for the redevelopment of the old Justice Park located at 1427 Euclid Street NW and this month one of the four bids is going to be chosen so we thought we would take a look at our options. The proposals are fairly similar and are split between condos or apartments all with around 40 units.
The development is going to be on the site of the old Justice Park, with the new park just across the street. The teams include Argos Group and Potomac Investment Properties, Euclid Partners (pictured above), Mosaic Urban Partners and Bogdan Builders, and the Neighborhood Development Company.
You can find all the details here (PDF), but we are just going to let the renderings speak for themselves, check out the rest after the jump… what do you think? Which is the winning proposal?
Looks like the folks behind the new mega skyscraper development in Rosslyn have put together a nice little promotional video. It includes the new reconfigured plaza we talked about last week as well as some of the amazing views the new building will have of the surrounding area.
We can’t wait to take pictures from that observation deck!
What to do with all that subsidy money just laying around that was meant for the now defunct Broadcast Center One project? Give it to Costco says Council member Kwame Brown… who as we have discussed in the past has been a big advocate of bringing a Costco store to Northeast along South Dakota Ave.
We guess it’s better than just letting the subsidies sit around, right?
It seems like it has been years since we heard any news on the long delayed Broadcast Center One project in Shaw, but now comes some bad news that Radio One has pulled out of the development on top of the Shaw Metro station. Considering there wasn’t any progress while they had a major tenant, this may spell close to the end.
The project included over 100,000 sq-ft of office, residential, and a 200 spot parking garage. There was a package worth almost $30 million in subsidies put together to make this project happen, but at least in the immediate future, even that ended up not being enough.
[Rendering: Ellis Development]
The Dupont ANC just this week approved plans from architects FORMDesign to develop a mixed use project right in the heart of Dupont. The project at 1737 Connecticut Avenue will include adding an additional story to the building, adding residential space and expanding the retail space in a building which originally dates back to the 1950s.
Looks for work to start in the summer and finish up in 2011, the real question is what type of restaurant will occuppy the two story redesigned space.
[Rendering: FormDesign]
With the coming redevelopment of the core center of Rosslyn, it makes sense to take the opportunity to reconfigure how people access the metro station. Currently the area is a confusing mess of overhead walkways but as you can see, the reconfiguration of the metro entrance will allow for the creation of great looking pedestrian plaza which will be surrounded by all the new skyscrapers.
Best part of the reconfiguration? It is being paid for by JBG as part of their construction of the adjacent 31 story Rosslyn Central Place development.
[Rendering: JBG Company]
You know how much we love timelapse videos, so this one of the work being done to retore the old historic Howard Theater really caught our eye! The video shows the removal of the old siding, and the exposure of the original 1910 facade. Very Cool!
[via LeftforLeDroit]
Looks like while the site of the new development the Arts at 5th and Eye (pictured below) is waiting for construction to start, the owners are going to use the property as a big parking lot. We are hearing from community members that they are not that happy about this idea and we got a press release from ANC 6C commissioner Keith Silver about the possibility of picketing. What do you think, is a temporary parking lot so bad?
[Photo: Shalom Baranes]
Up in Columbia Heights, the intersection of 11th and Park NW is about to get a little more crowded. Already home to fan favorite Red Rocks Pizza, work has been underway to build out the space across the street on the NW corner (pictured on left).
The butcher paper is still up in the windows but as you can see the fixtures are now in place to put up signage, no word on who will fill up the additional storefront window bays along the 11th street side. We guess all that snow is not helping move things along.
[Photo: Mr T in DC]
The plans to develop the old Gales School have now officially been delayed thanks to a petition by the ACLU. The issue at hand was that apparently the way the solicitation was written to turn the empty building into a homeless shelter was geared towards a Christian provider, specifically the Central Union Mission who has repeatedly expressed interest.
With the deadline now extended to mid March, hopefully there will be a little more competition, though it is difficult to expect many enterprising developers would want to incur the the cost of the refurbishment of a historic building into a homeless shelter, but we will keep you posted.
[Photo: Ronnie R]
Thankfully reports like this have been few a far between, but today one of the building awnings on American University’s campus collapsed under the weight of the accumulating snow. The AU Examiner is also reporting that there was minor damage to the structure of the brand new School of International Service Building.
Update: According to school officials, it is going to take several weeks to dismantle and rebuild the structure. [Photo: AU Examiner]
A project that has long been on the drawing boards, the Mosaic development is planned for a piece of land right behind the UMD Business School in College Park. Interestingly the project is being billed as a non-student housing alternative. We can’t imagine many alumni are going to want to live this close to the school, but you never know.
The project will eventually have 300 multi-family units and the detailed Site Plan was approved by the Planning Board over a year ago. We shall see how much traction a project like this can get considering the location and the current market, we are not sure it will be very much.
