This failed mall on the riverfront in Southwest appears to have been largely demolished for redevelopment. It was a total failure, but what was cool is that it was suspended in the 1960’s, complete with its sole remaining tenant, a cheap restaurant with harvest orange dining benches. The Brutalist apartment blocks lining the area still…
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Modernist Churches, Southwest, Washington, DC
The architects who rebuilt Southwest DC designed everything, including new churches.
Arena Stage, Southwest, Washington, DC
Update: Here it is complete. The Arena Stage, so-named because it was originally housed in the arena of the Heurich Brewery in Foggy Bottom before it was demolished for the Kennedy Center, is once again undergoing a transformation. They’re literally building the new theater over the top of the 1960’s one. Bizarre.
Apartment Buildings, Southwest, Washington, DC
After the clearance of thousands of rowhouses and viable corner businesses, the modernists came in and built their apartment towers in the their place. Erasing the grid and creating superblocks, the oldest portion of DC, the waterfront of Southwest, began to transform into a whole other world. Update: As of Summer of 2020, I dislike…
The Demolition and Rebirth of Southwest, Washington, DC
Imagine an entire neighborhood, strong but a little worn on the edges, completely demolished for what would become an outdoor Modernist architectural workshop. It exists, in the smallest and least explored quadrant of Washington, DC. We’ll look at the vision of the 1960’s and 1970’s, when a blank slate became a real, new and totally…
On the Wrong Side of the Tracks, Southwest, Washington, DC
Crossing underneath the railroad viaduct to the Southwest quadrant of Washington, DC, the visitor enters another world. See more of this huge example of urban renewal in the next week.