I read somewhere that there was a webcam showing the construction of the new baseball stadium for the
Washington Nationals, a stadium which the district government spent over $600 creating. After checking out the
Clark Construction webcam I was surprised to see much progress had been made. One thing that struck me was how close the stadium will be to the Anacostia River. This gives me a good idea for a future post, which will contain a primer for Nats fans on what they need to know about the Anacostia River. Step 1: that it exists.
Even more astonishing are
Monument Realty's plans for a Ballpark District. The
Half Street Corridor will contain 775,000 sq ft of mixed-use retail, office space, a 200 room
trendy W hotel, and 320 residential units. The District of Columbia it seems, even in SE, is ready for hyper upscale development. From an urban design standpoint, I really like those lights that arch over the corridor and provide definition for the space without being too confining. I hope they make the final design. Construction is scheduled for completion in 2009. For those unfamiliar with the area, most of this part of SE currently looks like this:
I read somewhere that there was a webcam showing the construction of the new baseball stadium for the Washington Nationals, a stadium which the district government spent over $600 creating. After checking out the Clark Construction webcam I was surprised to see much progress had been made. One thing that struck me was how close the stadium will be to the Anacostia River. This gives me a good idea for a future post, which will contain a primer for Nats fans on what they need to know about the Anacostia River. Step 1: that it exists.
Even more astonishing are Monument Realty's plans for a Ballpark District. The Half Street Corridor will contain 775,000 sq ft of mixed-use retail, office space, a 200 room trendy W hotel, and 320 residential units. The District of Columbia it seems, even in SE, is ready for hyper upscale development. From an urban design standpoint, I really like those lights that arch over the corridor and provide definition for the space without being too confining. I hope they make the final design. Construction is scheduled for completion in 2009. For those unfamiliar with the area, most of this part of SE currently looks like this:
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