Diamond Teague at CFA Delayed to November - JDLand.com: Near Southeast DC Redevelopment

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· It's a bit late, and I'll blog/retweet tmrw, but here's a batch of pretty striking Yards Park before-and-afters: link (6:52 PM 9/7)

· Official blog post on the Yards Park opening (and photos now captioned, too): link (3:01 PM 9/7)

· I still need to caption them & write a blog post, but here's my photos from the Yards Park shindig: link Gorgeous day. (1:51 PM 9/7)

· And (last one), ANC 6D will hear a request next week to change the Navy Yard #wmata Metro station name--maybe add ballpark/cap riverfront? (1:06 PM 9/7)

Diamond Teague at CFA Delayed to November

In this entry on Friday I noted that the agenda for the next meeting of the Commission on Fine Arts included a design review for Diamond Teague Park--but I've been told that the city is going to hold off presenting their revised design for the park until probably the November meeting. (The Commission had asked for some changes to the design shown to them in September.) Approval of the park's conceptual design is also on the just-released tentative November agenda for the National Capital Planning Commission, but that review should happen as planned.

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STAINLESS STEEL BASEBALLS THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE PARKING GARAGE.

REGRADING OF EXISTING OT APPROX. 2 200 SQUARE FEET DISTURBANCE TO STABILIZE EXISTING SLOPES

IRON FENCE AROUND FRONT YARD.

NEW 3-STORY 3-UNIT APARTMENT WITH NO REQUIRED AUTOMOBILE PARKING AS PER Z.C. ORDER NO. 03-12 03-13. (ACC TYPE M RENTAL UNITS).

CONSTRUCT NEW SFD AS PART OF PUD CASES 03-12 03-13. NEW UNIT TYPE P SFD. THIRD PARTY REVIEWED PLANS. PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT LAND.

AH = After Hours; B = Alteration & Repair; D = Demolition; E = Electrical; FB = Boiler; M = Mechanical; P = Plumbing and Gas; PC = Post Card; R = Raze; SG = Sign; TN = Tent; RW = Retaining Wall;

FRANSWELLO 291 / 1522 GOA AT 3:40PM

304 / 3176 THERE WERE NO VIOLATIONS AT 12:48PM

NOTCOLL. SBRITT. CLOSED BY JH ON 9-2-10.

Capitol Gateway and Southeast Federal Center Zoning Overlays
Two documents that spell out in extreme detail exactly what the requirements are for developments along South Capitol, M, in the Ballpark District, and at "The Yards". Read also my short explanatory treatise on these two overlays.

Capitol Riverfront Promotional Video (May 2007)
From the Washington DC Economic Partnership, a new web site with a five-minute video promoting the $13 billion in investment that is coming to Near Southeast, the Southwest Waterfront, and Poplar Point. Lots of statistics and snazzy computer graphics show what the neighborhoods could look like in just a few years.