Wednesday, July 29, 2009

D.C.'s Poplar Point Development on the Anacostia Keeps Moving Forward

The development of Poplar Point has again been revived by the District’s economic development team. The area is the city’s largest planned development.

At a community meeting at Thurgood Marshall Academy in Anacostia July 18, which I attended, the city unveiled three proposed plans for Poplar Point, the 110-acre site on the Anacostia River being transferred from the federal government to D.C. All of the plans included millions of square feet for retail and housing mixed with 70 acres for park space and two future memorial sites.

The proposals we were given attempted to address local residents ideas, likes, and dislikes regarding development and how best to mix the development plans with the existing park and Anacostia neighborhoods, as well as accessibility to I-295 and the nearby Anacostia Metro station.

The city already has plans to relocate the South Capitol Street bridge and construct a traffic circle to the site. It is considering whether the plans should incorporate the 1,200-car garage owned by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority at the Anacostia Metro station. I think it's essential in making the area more accessible.

The proposals are being watched by business investors looking to connect their projects to the city’s. Four Points LLC plans a massive overhaul of downtown "Main Street" Anacostia along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and W Street SE.

Since Poplar Point is located at the banks of Anacostia River it makes the Poplar Point development site different from any other park or development in the city.

D.C. will relocate existing National Park facilities (NPS aviation and police stations) which are currently housed on the southeastern end of the park. The city plans to relocate these facilities to north end of Anacostia Park.

What is most exciting to me are the proposals by the city to redevelop the entire Anacostia Park. As mentioned in a previous blog, the park would maintain its tennis courts, swimming pool, workout facilities, basketball courts and playing fields, but will also includes picnic pavilions, more bathrooms, horseshoe pits, an Amphitheater and piers. The road that travels along the river would be moved back from the riverbank and replaced with jogging, walking and bicycling paths.


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