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Design Unveiled for Ward 6 Short-Term Family Housing Program

Photo above: The Short-Term Family Housing project as seen from the north side. Photo below: The Short-Term Family Housing project as seen from I St. SW. (Renderings by Studio 27 Architecture) In Feb. 2016, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced an ambitious plan to close DC General, a previously shuttered hospital now serving […]

The Mayor’s Closing of DC General and Southwest’s Future

On Feb. 11, 2016, I attended Mayor Bowser’s community meeting for Southwest regarding her decision to close DC General and build short-term housing in each of the city’s eight wards. The location for one of those shelters is proposed to be located behind the Blind Whino Arts Center near the […]