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The District Wharf, commonly known simply as The Wharf, is a multi-billion dollar mixed-use development on the Southwest Waterfront in Washington, D.C. It contains the city's historic Maine Avenue Fish Market, hotels, residential buildings, restaurants, shops, parks, piers, docks and marinas, and live music venues.
Capitol Crossing is a $1.3 billion real estate development often also referred to as a community revitalization project [1] in downtown Washington, D.C. Construction on the project began in 2014 and was completed in 2021. The Capitol Crossing project is privately funded, and is one of the largest ongoing private developments in DC. [2]
CityCenterDC, colloquially called CityCenter, is a mixed-use development consisting of two condominium buildings, two rental apartment buildings, two office buildings, a luxury hotel, and public park in downtown Washington, D.C. [1] It encompasses 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m 2) and covers more than five city blocks. [2]
Ghosts of DC – A Washington, D.C. history blog "History DC Area Directory". DCpages.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011; The Seat of Empire: a history of Washington, D.C. 1790 to 1861; Ovason, David, The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital: the Masons and the building of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named after George Washington, the first president of the United ...
In October 2021 the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled that the proposed development project may proceed pursuant to the legislation. [10] Demolition of the site commenced in October 2021. [11] In May 2023, the Washington Business Journal reported that the site had been renamed from the "McMillan Sand Filtration Site" to the "Reservoir District."
1751: Georgetown founded 1752 – February: First survey of Georgetown completed. [1]1784 – October 7: Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts motions “that buildings for the use of Congress be erected on the banks of the Delaware near Trenton, or of the Potomac, near Georgetown, provided a suitable district can be procured on one of the rivers as aforesaid, for a federal town”.
Brutalism is present throughout Washington, D.C., but is especially visible in the city's central neighborhoods, most notably Downtown, the National Mall, and Southwest Washington. Due to the fact that Brutalism's height in popularity intersected with a major construction boom as Washington was becoming one of the world's most important cities ...