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If you want to view more before-and-after photos of Onyx on First from additional locations,
see the Expanded Project Archive.
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A view of 1st and L before demolition and the start of construction September 2006. (06/06)
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The same location, backed up a bit. Originally designed as a condo building, the developers converted to an apartment scheme in late 2007. (3/21/09) 
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The eastern side of First Street, just south of L Street, in February 2006. (02/06)
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The same location, not quite three years later, as Onyx prepares to open. (Use the beige Market Deli building at far left to match the photo locations.) (8/3/08)
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A car-repair shop on L Street marked the lot's northeast corner. (02/06)
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The same location, completed. (11/15/08)
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Square 743N, seen from overhead, in March 2006; St. Matthew's Baptist Church is at bottom, the parking lot is the 1111 New Jersey site, and the Onyx lot is at the right rear of the block. (03/06)
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The same location, two years later, with 100 M (left) and Onyx (right) a few months from completion; 1111 New Jersey could start construction at lower left in 2008. At the very top left of the photo you can see the stadium. (11/17/08)
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Backing away a bit to show Onyx's place in the L Street skyline; this is looking east down L from Cushing Street, in June 2007; the Onyx lot is the empty spot marked by the crane at far center. (6/07)
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The same location, with Onyx nearing completion. (11/17/08)
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Onyx and 100 M are visible from inside the Nationals ballpark, although the parking garages and other nearby construction have obscured the view. (8/3/08)
Backing away even more to look at Onyx, from the Southeast Freeway near South Capitol Street; Onyx is at the center-right of this shot, though it's now been obscured by the Velocity condo project under construction across the street. JPI's 70 I Street is the construction at left. (5/19/12)
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Looking up First Street from M Street, in May 2003. The parcels that would eventually become the Onyx lot are at the far end of the block. (08/06)
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Almost the same location, nearing completion. The Onyx site is the one further to the rear of the photo, beyond 100 M Street. (12/03/11)
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Another look at the buildings along First Street that preceded Onyx. These were demolished in Sept. 2006. (02/06)
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Looking straight south down L Street, back in September 2003. (09/03)
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The same location. (5/10/09)
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Onyx's lobby, showing the elevator bank with its amber lighting. (10/4/08)
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The reverse view of the lobby, showing the entrance doors from First Street. (10/4/08)
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The club room, still awaiting its furniture but displaying the historic Washington baseball photographs that are hung throughout the first floor. (10/4/08)
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The club room opens out onto the private courtyard. (10/4/08)
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The private courtyard, with a smidge of 100 M at right. (10/4/08)
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The concierge desk. (10/4/08)
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Looking toward First Street in the 1 br model. (10/4/08)
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Living space in the 1 br model. (10/4/08)
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The reverse angle of the 1 br model, showing the unique glass separator between the bedroom and kitchen. (10/4/08)
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Bedroom in the 1 br model. (10/4/08)
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Skyline views to the northwest from Onyx's roof. (10/4/08)
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The roof deck. (10/4/08)
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The roof deck wraps around the entire building, allowing views of the Anacostia River (beyond the US DOT headquarters). (10/4/08)
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On Nov. 1, 2006, an official groundbreaking ceremony for the Onyx project was held; Not-Quite-Yet-Mayor Adrian Fenty was one of the dignitaries. (11/06)
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Faison's Donald Deutsch, Mayor-to-Be Adrian Fenty, and Quincy Allen of Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds take care of the ceremonial shovel work, as the Nats mascot Screech oversees. (11/06)
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Behind the groundbreaking ceremony, digging work on the
three levels of underground parking continued (and proving that the
"groundbreaking ceremony" was indeed ceremonial). (11/06)
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