A bunch of items to start the week with:
* Remember that the west entrance to the Navy Yard Metro station at Half and M is closed every evening this week from 8 pm until closing, thanks to work on
55 M Street.
* On Monday (Nov. 13), the Zoning Commission gave final approval to moving
225 Virginia Avenue into the Capitol South Receiving Zone, which will allow any construction on the block to have greater height and density than the 6.5 FAR/90-ft-height currently allowed. This was approved with two caveats: that there is Zoning Commission review of the design of the portions of a building proposed to rise higher than 90 feet to confirm that the building will be sufficiently setback from the eastern building face, and that any structure will provide a suitable northern focal point for the
Canal Blocks Park. Read my
entry from the hearing a few weeks ago for more information.
* On Nov. 24 at 2 pm, the city council will be
having a hearing about
B17-0909, the "Taxation Without Representation Street Renaming Act of 2008," which would "designate the portion of South Capitol Street, SE that intersects with N Street SE and Potomac Avenue SE as 'Taxation Without Representation Street, SE." It just so happens that this is the portion of
South Capitol Street that runs alongside
Nationals Park, where the council was thwarted in earlier
attempts to install an electronic tote board showing the federal taxes that DC residents pay while still having no voting representation in the US Congress.
* For weeks I've been meaning to post that Nationals Park made the list of Travel and Leisure Magazine's "
Must-See Green American Landmarks," thanks to being the first LEED-certified professional sports facility.
