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First Look Inside VIDA Fitness / Photo Gallery
September 18, 2014
There's still a lot of finishing touches to install and dust to clear, but VIDA Fitness and its Bang Salon, Aura Spa, and Penthouse Pool Club are not long from opening at the corner of 4th and Tingey, SE, in the Twelve12 apartment building at the Yards. Here's a hard-hat tour.
On the second floor, at the intersection of the staircases. (link)
The third floor, where upper body equipment and personal trainers will be located. (link)
The eastern end of the third floor has the 'inner fitness' room, with a special HVAC system to allow for hot yoga (and to quickly cool the room down afterward). (link)
Behind the signage on the building's corner at 4th and Tingey. (link)
Walking out onto the Penthouse Pool Club site, on the roof. The pool is straight ahead, albeit not yet filled in. (link)
Standing on the pool deck and turning back to look at the Penthouse entrance, with the bar and kitchen visible at right. (link)
Another view of the pool desk. Try not to torment the poor USDOT workers. (link)
The view from the penthouse to the southwest, where you can see all the way to Alexandria--at least until the Arris apartment building reaches full height in a few months. (link)
The folks in the southern end of the Twelve12 apartments will have quite a view. The cabanas will be set up across the pool from this vantage point, with flat screen TVs and more. (link)
Couldn't resist this, on the way out of the Penthouse. (link)
In the meantime, a few feet up 4th Street, Harris Teeter is getting ever closer to what's now expected to be an early November opening. (link)