http://dcmetrocentric.com New Buildings, Construction, Destruction, Planning, Real Estate, and Gossip as it happens in the Nation's Capital Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:45:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/09/college-parks-new-mosaic/ Another year goes by without any progress on the old Gales School property along Massachusetts Ave NW. Only the facade remains of the historic building which has had all sorts of ideas thrown around for its use, from a charter school to more recently a homeless shelter. We say turn it ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/08/gales-school-stands-unchanged/ This is certainly an interesting and innovative way to approach the 360 degree shot. You get every single one of the views we love on the National Mall all squeezed into one picture, including the Air and Space, Washington Monument, and the Capitol building. Great Shot! [Photo: HubbleColor] http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/08/great-shots-360-national-mall/ Remember the big plans to use the air rights over Union Station rail yard to build three million square feet of mixed use buildings? Well the project being dubbed Burnham Place was back before the ANC 6C Planning, Zoning, and the Environment committee to discuss changes to the zoning request ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/05/air-rights-up-in-the-air/ Back in 2007 the District selected Parcel 42 Partners to build a $28 million mixed-use affordable housing project on city-owned land on the corner of 7th Street and Rhode Island Avenue, but since then not much has happened. The District's site still says ground will be broken in Winter 2009 ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/04/whats-up-with-parcel-42/ Not a single building in this photo remains today on this stretch of 14th street NW right near the White House. Today the block is occupied by the JW Marriott hotel leaving little in terms of street front retail. The building in the background is the Munsey Building which was ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/04/thennow-14th-street-1927/ Seems like there was a bit of a communication breakdown between Commonwealth neighbors Alexandria and Fairfax over a planned development. The Examiner is reporting that the Alexandria Mayor only found out last week about the plans for Landmark Plaza which could have a significant traffic impact on Alexandria. Typically local governments ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/03/its-all-about-communication/ The huge planned development of the old McMillan Sand Filtration site along North Capitol Street NW has been in the works for some time. Ever since the development was awarded to Vision McMillan Partners (led by EYA) neighborhood advocates have been very vocal about the site which has sat unused ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/03/plans-for-mcmillian-are-chillin/ The latest property to be up for auction is the 432 unit luxury apartment building in Northeast right behind Union Station at 2nd and Eye Street. Senate Square is going up on the auction block at the end of this month under the threat of foreclosure. This is unfortunate news for ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/02/the-auction-block-senate-square/ The Beaux Arts building at 2339 Massachusetts Ave NW is an imposing structure and the units on the inside live up to the exteriors grand looks. Each unit in the building takes up the entire floor, and floor three just happens to be on the market. Of course there are five bedrooms in ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/02/floorplanapalooza-mass-ave/ Best New Listings: Logan Circle and LeDroit Park This week's Best New Listings include a two-level, two-bedroom condo in a Logan Circle row house and a three-bedroom renovated Victorian in LeDroit Park. Read the rest of this entry on UrbanTurf.com » http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/02/latest-from-urbanturf-106/ In a space that we have talked about extensively in the past as everything from a potential bar to a performance venue, the owners have finally settled on a West African restaurant. The Ghana Cafe has opened at 1336 14th Street... But don't worry, all that performance space in the back won't go ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/01/empty-space-gets-ghana/ While not nearly as paralyzing to the area as the last go around of snow, this weekend saw its share of the white stuff and caused most people to change plans and stay inside. However the weather was not enough to keep area photographers out of the snow. Photog Erin snapped ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/01/great-shots-snomg-edition/ The Historical Society of D.C. and the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum are holding an opening reception for "East of the River: Continuity and Change." Given all the plans for the future of Anacostia in the coming years, this should be an interesting reflection worth checking out to provide a little ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/02/01/to-do-historical-society-reception/ Capitol Riverfront - As the Navy Yard plans for expansion, they will have lots of real estate choices given all the new empty office buildings in the neighborhood. [JDLand] Columbia Heights - A vacant abandoned house has finally been refurbished after years of neglect. [New Columbia Heights]  Dupont - The District plans to put out a request for ... http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/01/30/linked-around-town-22/