Demolition Begins at St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Demolition began today at outlining St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (222 M St SW). At reported on this blog in September 2006, the Church plans to redevelop its site. 

Southwest DC chosen as filming location

Tiber Island was recently chosen as the filming location for Georgie James' video "Need Your Needs."

See the video on iTunes.

Russell Crowe will be filming at Tiber Island and at Harbour Square in the next few weeks.

Waterside Mall is Almost Gone

Waterside Mall in Southwest DC is being demolished to make way for the new Waterfront.

The wrecking ball has been busy. You can finally see up Fourth Street SW from M Street SW for the first time in decades.

To see a photo gallery showing the demolition and rebuilding over time, visit: http://gallery.mac.com/mydcagent.com#100007

SOUTHWEST TOWN HALL ON BASEBALL PARKING

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
400 Eye Street, SW
6:30pm – 8:00pm

Find out how on street parking in Southwest will change in the next eight weeks!

Plans presented. Questions answered.

Councilmember Tommy Wells will hold a Southwest Town Hall meeting to discuss Baseball Parking Plans that will be implemented in our neighborhood this season. He will also discuss his plan for Curbside Performance Parking that he believes will help protect residential neighborhoods from traffic and parking at the new stadium and help small business maintain access and availability for their customers.

There will be a brief presentation of the parking plan to explain how it will work, followed by an open Question & Answer session with community residents.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call
Ms. Neha Bhatt at 202-724-8072
or email her at nbhatt@dccouncil.us

District and Developer Reach Agreement on Redevelopment of Southwest Waterfront

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty announced the financial terms of a deal with Hoffman-Struever Waterfront LLC Tuesday for a $1.1 billion redevelopment of the city's Southwest waterfront.

The city will provide up to $200 million in public financing for the deal, almost one-fifth of the total cost, to pay for the developers to build public parks, piers and infrastructure.

The public investment will pay for bike trails, promenades and public piers, according to Fenty, "for those who want to see more than just concrete along the waterfront." He said the project would bring 2,880 jobs and 100 new businesses.

Read about it in The Washington Business Journal

Arena Stage Stages Construction

The construction fence has been around Arena Stage as it prepares for groundbreaking scheduled for later this month.

For details on Arena Stage's plans, see our earlier post: http://southwest-dc.blogspot.com/2007/10/arena-stage-announces-groundbreaking.html

Parts of DC May Be Declared Flood Zone

New flood zone maps proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency could result in mandatory flood insurance and stricter building codes for a huge swath of downtown Washington, according to a presentation at a planning board meeting last week.

The maps show a proposed flood zone several blocks wide and extending in a broad crescent from the Lincoln Memorial to Fort McNair, in Southwest Washington.

The zone would include Federal Triangle, much of the Mall to the base of Capitol Hill and a large section of Southwest Washington (not not the entire neighborhood).

Read about it in the Washington Post.



Check out the proposed flood plans online.