On Dec. 14, developer PN Hoffman signed a Land Disposition Agreement agreement with the DC Office of Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), marking approval for plans to build out the last undeveloped parcel within Waterfront Station, an 11-story mixed-use building. The parcel, referred to as Waterfront Station II, is the District-owned 1000 […]
Southwest Community Foundation Awards Major Grant for Duck Pond
The Southwest Community Foundation (SWCF) recently announced a grant of $250,000 to the Southwest Business Improvement District (SWBID). The grant funds, provided by Mill Creek Developers, will support a project that will assess and plan for renovation of the current Duck Pond Park. It will also create a vision for establishing a Greater Duck Pond […]
Locally Owned UPS Store Coming to The Wharf
In 2007, some college friends and I pulled Washington, DC out of a hat in search of our next adventure. We moved here in 2008 with almost nothing to our names, and out of sheer luck we found ourselves renting a townhouse in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood. I worked several retail jobs before landing a career […]
Improved: The Journey to Beautify and Strengthen 10th St., SW
The improved 10th St., SW—south promenade, looking north; Photo: SWBID & Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd. The improved 10th St., SW—north promenade, looking south; Photo: SWBID & Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd. A quiet street rests amid the weaving maze of the on-ramps and off-ramps of 395. Linking the Washington Channel to the National Mall, 10th St., […]
Historic Building Gets Second Life at The Wharf-Rappahanock Oyster Bar Opening in Historic Oyster Shucking Shed
Lunchroom drawings, unsigned; 1916-1917; Photo from DC Historic Landmark application Since 1899, Rappahannock Oyster Company has sought to “celebrate good food grown well,” and that is exactly what they plan to bring to their latest outpost set to open at the Wharf this month. Located in the now historic designated Lunch Room Building and Oyster […]
Southwest Community Center Takes its First Steps
Artist’s rendering of the new Southwest Community Center; Photo: Perkins Eastman DC When the D.C. Zoning Commission voted in September to support Forest City’s plans for the open lots at Fourth and M, our neighborhood gained more than just two more apartment buildings and ground level retail. As a result of some hard negotiations on […]
What’s in a Name: A Series on Shakespeare, SEU and Southwest, Part 6
Latest proposed designs of The Bard project looking southeast across 6th St.; Photo from the PUD submission Author’s note: This is part six of a series on the redevelopment of the old Southeastern University site in Southwest. These articles will serve to provide information for the greater community, and not to take a side on the development […]