Plan For New 'Trendy' Neighborhood In D.C.

D.C. officials envision a new "trendy" neighborhood with housing, theatres, and supermarkets.

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November 26, 2001, 11:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A soaring, light-filled glass tower. A promenade lined with art galleries and cafes and studded with locally commissioned sculpture. Hundreds of apartments and condominiums filled with urban pioneers. Supermarkets, theaters, health clubs and child care centers to serve them.Those are the visions being offered for the site of the long-ago National Wax Museum, now a three-acre parking lot owned by the city but eventually, officials say, the cornerstone of a trendy new neighborhood."

Thanks to Robert Hopwood

Read the full story: New Dwellings Envisioned on City-Owned Lot

Thursday, November 22, 2001 in The Washington Post

Community / Economic Development District of Columbia

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