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The Douglass neighborhood sits atop a hilly ridge that is the highest point in Southeast Washington, The area was once almost entirely dominated by two public housing complexes, Douglass Dwellings and Stanton Dwellings. It is now one of the up-and-coming areas of Washington, DC and experiencing a fair amount of retail investment and gentrification.
In August 2015, Sursum Corda Cooperative Association announced it had partnered with Winn Development Co. and adjacent private landowners in the neighborhood to redevelop the Sursum Corda co-op and the surrounding 6.7 acres (27,000 m 2) of land into a new high-density, mixed use housing development. The development, which will occur in two ...
Potomac Gardens was designed by the Metcalf and Associates architectural firm, and was built from 1965 and 1968 by Edward M. Crough, Inc. It contained the innovative Potomac Gardens Multi-Service Center, bringing community services into the new public housing project. [1]
Churchill Home (Churchill) Zielinski Apartments (Downtown) Coughlin Apartments (Churchill) Beaudry-Boucher Apartments (South Holyoke) Falcetti Apartments (Churchill) Rosary Towers (The Flats) Murphy Congregate House (Whiting Farms) Seibel Apartments (Highlands) Somerville. Claredon Hill Housing Projects; Mystic Avenue Housing Projects
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]
Only seven of the first 34 grants went toward the development of high-rise housing. [13] Some criticized the new developments because they resulted in a net loss of housing for the poor. [15] As the program does not require a "one-for-one" replacement of the old housing unit, the new project does not have to house the same number of tenants as ...
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]
But many homes in the neighborhood were still in poor condition. As late as 1995, Marshall Heights still contained a number of home-made houses with sheet metal roofs. [9] Most of the notorious Eastgate Gardens was razed in 1998, and the remainder in 2002. [72] A new public housing development, Glenncrest, opened on the site in 2008. [73]