Posts tagged Capitol Quarter
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Then and Now: Capitol Quarter
Last Wednesday, the Capitol Quarter townhouse development in Near Southeast officially opened. The HOPE VI mixed-income project replaces 707 units of mid-century garden apartments with 1,500 new units, maintaining the 707 units of affordable housing. It also adds 700,000 square feet of office space and 50,000 square feet of retail. Keep reading…
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A busy day for NCPC
This morning, the National Capital Planning Commission (the federal government’s planning body for the DC area) released a great proposal for the future of the Federal area of the city. It calls for decking over not only the E Street Expressway but almost all of the “ramp spaghetti”, creating space for new buildings east and northeast or the Kennedy Center and… Keep reading…
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The Master (Re)builder
The NYT writes about DC’s Capitol Quarter project, which is replacing the failed Capper/Carrollsburg housing projects with new mixed-income townhouses. It includes enough low-income units to accommodate all residents of the old projects, but also has its critics. Keep reading…
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Another side of Capitol Quarter
Via DCist, new documentary Chocolate City examines gentrification from the point of view of Capper/Carrollsburg residents, who feel the new mixed-income Capitol Quarter development doesn’t do enough to enable previous residents to return to the community. Keep reading…
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Maybe they can build ‘em like they used to
During the dark ages of urban planning (the 1960s and 70s), many old residential buildings were replaced with boxy, alienating public housing projects, until Jane Jacobs discredited the idea. Block after block of attractive row houses are gone forever, even though brownstones in places like Brooklyn, Boston, San Francisco, and DC sell for a million dollars or two, or more. Can… Keep reading…