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.

The photo of Housing Authority Director Michael Kelly reminds me of another famous photo of an influential figure in housing project construction…

(Left: Photo by Brendan Smialowski for The New York Times, 2008. Right: Photo by Arnold Newman, 1959.)