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MLB selects D.C. for Expos
<a href='http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040929&content_id=875100&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null' target="_blank" >Relocation remains subject to ballpark funding</a> Almost 33 years to the date of the Senators' final game in Washington, D.C., the District and Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced that the Montreal Expos are moving to the nation's capital.
Barry M. Bloom
MLB.com -
Washington baseball team issues 1st press release.
<a href='http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20041029&content_id=908188&vkey=pr_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was' target="_blank" >Nationals tab TeamBuilder for hiring help</a> The Washington baseball team today selected TeamBuilder Alliance to assist with the staff-up of the new Major League Baseball Club in Washington, D.C.
Nationals Press Release -
Washington Nationals selected as name of D.C. Major League Baseball team
<a href='http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20041122&content_id=915465&vkey=pr_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was' target="_blank" >At a ceremony held today</a> in the historical Main Hall at Union Station, team president Tony Tavares announced the new Washington Major League Baseball franchise will be named the Washington Nationals. The team's color scheme will consist of red, white and blue.
Washington Nationals Press Release -
MLB owners approve move to Washington in 28–1 vote .
<a href='http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1937896' target="_blank" >Opposition from the Orioloes.</a> Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos cast the sole dissenting vote.
Associated Press -
DC Council Chair Cropp Willing to Save Deal, But 'Not at Any Cost'
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7175-2004Dec17.html' target="_blank" >In an interview on WTOP radio</a>, Cropp (D) said her surprise move Tuesday night to require partial private financing for a new baseball stadium -- a requirement firmly rejected by Major League Baseball -- was not intended to scuttle a deal negotiated between baseball officials and Mayor Anthony A. Williams.
William Branigin, David Nakamura and Thomas Heath, Washington Post -
Mayor Williams signs stadium financing package
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33993-2004Dec29.html ' target="_blank" >Stadium financing a done deal</a> David Nakamura
Washington Post -
MLB deadline for Nationals stadium franchising deal
<a href='http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1937896' target="_blank" >Move contingent on new D.C. ballpark</a> -
MLB makes TV deal that protects Orioloes from financial harm
<a href='http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2005-03-31-os-nats-tv_x.htm' target="_blank" >Orioles, MLB reach deal on Nationals TV contract</a> Angelos and Major League Baseball struck a deal to protect the Orioles against any financial harm the Nationals might present. The Baltimore Orioles and Major League Baseball reached agreement. The deal will allow games involving the new Washington Nationals to be televised.
USA Today -
Nats Win Historic Home Opener
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54783-2005Apr14.html' target="_blank" >President George W. Bush throws the first pitch </a> of the Washington DC Nationals home opener at RFK Stadium in Washington DC on Thursday April 14 2005. Photo: Paul Morse, White House.
By Barry Svrluga
Washington Post Staff Writer -
DC Zoning Commission hearing on area of proposed stadium
<a href='http://dcoz.dc.gov/alternate/trans/trans_view.asp?view=/trans/050602zc.pdf' target="_blank" >DC Zoning Commission Hearing</a> discusses specific area, parking use, and design review requirements for building new stadium. -
Rising Anacostia Project Seen as Catalyst
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070601161.html' target="_blank" >The first large commercial construction project</a> in Anacostia in 15 years will, according to D.C. officials, spark a long-overdue surge of development in one of the city's poorest sectors.
By Lindsay Ryan
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Firm Buys More Land by Stadium
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/07/AR2005070702020.html' target="_blank" >Developer Monument Realty LLC</a> said yesterday that it now controls nearly half of an eight-acre parcel that it needs to build a major office, residential and retail complex near the site of a proposed baseball stadium in Southeast, after acquiring a small lot near South Capitol and N streets SE.
By Dana Hedgpeth
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3 Landowners File Suit Over Stadium Site
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/15/AR2005071501806.html' target="_blank" >Three landowners on the site of a proposed D.C. baseball stadium</a> filed suit in federal court yesterday, alleging that the District government is violating their civil rights by illegally attempting to seize their properties.
By David Nakamura
Washington Post Staff Writer -
Envisioning Soho at the Southeast Waterfront
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072000799.html' target="_blank" >A Cleveland developer is betting $1 billion</a> that Washington's version of the Strand in London can spring from a former federal supply depot on the seedy banks of the Anacostia River.
By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer -
SE Sites Slated for Development
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080201900.html' target="_blank" >An Irving, Tex.-based apartment developer</a> said it agreed to buy two parcels of land located roughly three blocks north of the proposed baseball stadium site in Southeast Washington -- a sign of the District neighborhood's growing allure for builders.
By Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post Staff Writer -
Williams Proposes Moving Metro Offices to Anacostia
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/03/AR2005080301566.html' target="_blank" >Development east of the Anacostia River</a> got a shove yesterday from Mayor Anthony A. Williams when he proposed that the Metro system sell its valuable downtown headquarters and build an office complex on empty land at a rail station in Southeast Washington.
By Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Staff Writer -
A Transformed Neighborhood Awaits Stadium
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/14/AR2005081401204.html' target="_blank" >Money is on the prowl</a> at M Street and New Jersey Avenue in Southeast, looking for opportunity as plans for a new baseball stadium two blocks away steadily advance.
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
Height Limits Near Ballpark
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/21/AR2005092102238.html' target="_blank" >D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp</a> (D) called on Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) yesterday to allow developers to construct tall structures near a planned baseball stadium in Southeast Washington, saying that limiting building heights to preserve views of the Capitol from inside the ballpark is unfair.
Metro
Washington Post -
If It Doesn't Come, Will They Still Build?
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/16/AR2005101600944.html' target="_blank" >The land rush around the proposed baseball stadium</a> in Southeast Washington has been thrown up in the air, as developers and investors watch to see how the D.C. Council reconsiders issues regarding its financing and whether it should be moved to a site near Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
Firms Bid on Land by Stadium
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/21/AR2005102102081.html' target="_blank" >A Washington developer</a> has offered the city $180 million for the rights to buy and develop publicly owned land around the proposed new baseball stadium in Southeast as part of a process expected to reshape one of the city's most blighted areas.
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
New CEO To Steer Riverfront Projects
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111101764.html' target="_blank" >The group in charge of redeveloping the Anacostia River waterfront </a> announced yesterday the appointment of a new chief executive, and it also released a short list of four companies that will compete to develop the land around the proposed baseball stadium in Southeast.
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
Stadium Property Takeover Delayed
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/22/AR2005112201892.html' target="_blank">The District government has told landowners</a> at the site of the proposed baseball stadium that they must vacate their properties by Feb. 3 so that the city can begin construction in March.
David Nakamura
Washington Post -
Southeast Is Doing Fine Without a Stadium
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/10/AR2005121000111.html' target="_blank" >Proponents of spending more than $500 million of D.C. taxpayers' money on a baseball stadium</a> say the potential benefits far exceed the enormous costs. They insist that the stadium would foster economic development in an otherwise neglected area near South Capitol and M streets. While this argument would have been valid in 1995, it is not in 2005
Editorial
Washington Post -
'Teams' to Develop Ballpark Area
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121200921.html' target="_blank" >District officials said yesterday</a> that by spreading the development of land around the new ballpark in Southeast among several companies they hope to ensure a more diverse project that will focus investment on the area more intensely and ripple more quickly into the surrounding neighborhoods.
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
Developer Buys 'Blue Castle' in Southeast
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/25/AR2005122500533.html' target="_blank" >It's known as the "Blue Castle"</a> in the neighborhood where it has been a local landmark since the late 1800s. Now the building with the purplish-blue paint and the turrets has been swept up in the renaissance of redevelopment in Southeast Washington.
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
Council Forges Deal on Stadium
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020701727.html' target="_blank" >The D.C. Council voted to reject a baseball stadium lease agreement last night</a>, then reconsidered four hours later and approved the deal after a plea from Mayor Anthony A. Williams and a threat from Major League Baseball President Robert A. DuPuy.
David Nakamura
Washington Post -
Contesting a Stadium's Power
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/19/AR2006021901040.html' target="_blank" >As the dust settles on the District's deal with Major League Baseball</a> to spend more than $600 million to build a stadium in Near Southeast, one thing seems pretty clear: The prices developers have paid for abandoned lots, rundown warehouses and industrial sites around the proposed stadium have spiked dramatically
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
MLB signs D.C. stadium lease
<a href='http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060305&content_id=1336177&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb' target="_blank" >Clearing what could be the final hurdle</a> to building a new ballpark in Washington, D.C., Major League Baseball ostensibly accepted the City Council's terms on Sunday and signed a 30-year lease agreement for the Nationals to play in a new stadium on the waterfront just a mile south of the Capitol building.
Barry M. Bloom
MLB.com -
At Long Last, a D.C. Stadium Deal
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701524.html' target="_blank" >By a vote of 9 to 4</a>, the council approved a construction contract for a state-of-the-art stadium with a contemporary glass-and-stone facade, seats for 41,000 fans and a view of the U.S. Capitol. The council also voted 9 to 4 to reaffirm its demand that public spending on the project be limited to $611 million.
Lori Montgomery and Thomas Heath
Washington Post -
Mayor Anthony A. Williams and the DC Sports & Entertainment Commission unveil design for the new Washington national’s ballpark
<a href='http://www.dcwatch.com/govern/sports060314.htm' target="_blank" >Today, Mayor Anthony A. Williams and the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission</a> (DCSEC) unveiled watercolor renderings and design plans for the future home of the Washington Nationals. Last year, after a 34-year hiatus, Major League Baseball (MLB) returned to the nation’s capital at historic RFK Memorial Stadium, where the team drew nearly 3 million fans.
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Nationals Have New Owner, And Baseball Turns Big Profit
<a href='http://search.proquest.com.mutex.gmu.edu/docview/93249388/1392CBFB6F43FA92E65/3?accountid=14541' target="_blank" >Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig</a> named Theodore N. Lerner the new principal owner of the Washington Nationals ending a 4 year period in which the team was a financial ward of MLB.
Richard Sandomir
New York Times -
The Developer and the Fed Chief, Together in Southeast
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050700832.html' target="_blank" >William C. Smith and Co</a> has been one of the most active developers east of the Anacostia River. It started the work when most builders were steering well clear of the District's poorest neighborhoods. Last week, the company got a shout-out from the nation's economist in chief, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
Neil Irwin
Washington Post -
Development Buzz Crosses South Capitol Street
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/14/AR2006051400921.html' target="_blank" >In Southeast D.C.</a>, much of the talk has been about the offices, retail and residential units that are expected to come to the east of South Capitol Street, near the new baseball stadium. Now there appears to be some development action west of South Capitol.
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
Mall's Comedown Taints Lerner Image
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051501517.html' target="_blank" >After being named owner-to-be of the Washington Nationals</a>, Theodore N. Lerner proclaimed that the team and the new ballpark in Southeast would be his legacy, the capstone in a long, distinguished career as one of the region's most influential builders.
David Nakamura
Washington Post -
The site of the ballpark in Southeast Washington.
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/05/24/PH2006052402665.html' target="_blank" >The site of the ballpark in Southeast Washington. Stephen Goldsmith, chairman of the Anacostia Waterfront Corp., is trying to develop a compromise on the parking garages.</a>
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Compromise Offered on Stadium Parking
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/20/AR2006062000647.html' target="_blank" >D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams</a> announced plans yesterday to build underground and aboveground parking adjacent to a new baseball stadium in Southeast Washington that would be surrounded by shops, restaurants, 660 condominiums and a swanky hotel.
David Nakamura and Thomas Heath
Washington Post -
Garage Plan for Stadium At Risk
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/15/AR2006091501119.html' target="_blank">District government officials</a> believe a plan to build condominiums and parking garages adjacent to a new baseball stadium in Southeast Washington is in danger of collapsing and have offered to buy out the developer for nearly $1 million. -
City Plan To Build By Nats Field Fails
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092001878.html' target="_blank" >The D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission </a> yesterday abandoned a plan to build condominiums, shops and parking garages next to the new Nationals baseball stadium in Southeast Washington, dealing a major setback to Mayor Anthony A. Williams's hope that the project would spark renewal of the Anacostia River waterfront.
David Nakamura and Thomas Heath
Washington Post -
New Stadium Focus Is Parking
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092300373.html' target="_blank" >District government leaders appear resigned</a> to slowing their efforts to create mixed-use development near the new Washington Nationals baseball stadium in Southeast, concentrating instead on ensuring adequate parking when the ballpark opens.
David Nakamura and Thomas Heath
Washington Post -
Mayor Williams's Dead Deal
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/25/AR2006092501305.html' target="_blank" >AS FAR BACK as May</a>, it was clear that the mayor's plan to build an entertainment district around the new baseball stadium in Southeast Washington while meeting a requirement for parking facilities was headed for trouble with the Washington Nationals' ownership group.
Editorial
Washington Post -
Legislation Would Revive Condo and Garage Development
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/02/AR2006100201287.html' target="_blank" >Several D.C. Council members were negotiating</a> late yesterday to introduce emergency legislation today that would revive a plan to build condominiums and parking garages near a new baseball stadium in Southeast Washington.
David Nakamura and Nikita Stewart
Washington Post -
Southwest Waterfront Will Finally Get Over the '60s
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/08/AR2006100800536.html' target="_blank" >More than 40 years ago</a>, the District redid parts of Southwest Washington, reflecting the latest and best urban renewal thinking of the day: Tear down as much as possible, replace it with efficient concrete buildings and build a freeway nearby.
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
Three Sites by Metro Open Up
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900625.html' target="_blank" >Outside the Navy Yard Metro station</a> in Southeast Washington is a stretch of concrete and an old air-conditioning facility that District officials hope will someday become condos and retail. In less than three weeks, developers will begin publicly competing to redevelop the mostly vacant land blocks away from the new baseball stadium site.
Chris Kirkham
Washington Post -
Fenty Scores Early Legislative Victory As Stadium Parking Plan Is Approved
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111400948.html' target="_blank" >The D.C. Council approved</a> a plan yesterday to build parking garages next to the new baseball stadium in Southeast, resolving a months-long deadlock with the Washington Nationals and putting the ballpark on track to open in 2008.
David Nakamura
Washington Post -
What Will Happen When Nats, Rats and Rush Hour Coincide?
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121501537.html' target="_blank" >For months, maybe most of a year</a>, there was all sorts of to-ing and fro-ing about parking at the Washington Nationals' new stadium in Southeast. There was talk about whether parking should be aboveground or below. Three levels or four. Part of a larger development scheme or a stand-alone facility.
editorial
Washingotn Post -
A Family Company, Forest City, Sets Out to Transform the District
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/31/AR2006123100856.html' target="_blank" >The largest owner of land</a> around the Southwest and Southeast waterfronts -- neighborhoods crucial to the District's vision of its future self -- is an $8.5 billion company that traces its roots to a Cleveland lumberyard opened in 1921.
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post -
Ballpark and Beyond
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052300618.html' target="_blank" >This week the District Extra introduces Jacqueline Dupree</a> and her blog on development in Near Southeast Washington, a little-known industrial area a mile south of the Capitol. The swath between Capitol Hill and the Anacostia River was home to the Navy Yard, public housing, nightclubs, a few small businesses and not much else before this decade.
Breaking News Blog
Washington Post -
Those Buses Really Do Have to Go
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053000733.html' target="_blank" >At the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority</a> board meeting May 24, plans were approved to move forward with relocating the Southeastern Bus Garage, currently at Half and M streets SE in the heart of the soon-to-come Ballpark District, where Metro would prefer to not be dodging stadium-goers while moving buses in and out of the garage.
Ballpark and Beyond
Washingotn Post -
Plans Revised for Recasting Concrete Plant Site
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/13/AR2007061300859.html' target="_blank" >It was back in February</a> when last we heard about the planned redevelopment of the concrete plant site owned by Florida Rock Properties that sits on the Anacostia River just south of the new Nationals ballpark.
Jacqueline Dupree
Washington Post -
Plans Revised for Recasting Concrete Plant Site
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/13/AR2007061300859.html' target="_blank" >At a meeting when the D.C. Zoning Commission </a>was expected to give approval to the plans that had been in front of the commission since 2006, it instead surprisingly sent the architects back to the drawing board.
Jacqueline Dupree
Washington Post -
Envisioning City Life Along the Rivers
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/19/AR2007081901341.html' target="_blank" >And in Washington</a>, perhaps the world capital of festivals and celebrations, one of the more heralded annual events that focuses a spotlight directly on its waterfronts is . . . a cleanup project. Earlier this year, the Capital River Relief project plucked 50 tons of garbage from the Anacostia and Potomac rivers.
Anita Huslin
Washington Post -
Nationals Park to make its debut on 'Sunday Night Baseball'
<a href='http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3159586' target="_blank" >The Washington Nationals will open their 2008 season</a> and their brand-new stadium on ESPN. The team announced Tuesday that it will play its first game at Nationals Park on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" on March 30 against the Atlanta Braves. The team has invited President George W. Bush to throw out the first pitch.
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Bush throws first pitch for Nationals
<a href='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/03/30/bush.first.pitch.ap/index.html?cnn=yes' target="_blank" >President Bush had enough to worry about</a> -- like not flubbing the first pitch in front of a crowd that might not exactly be his biggest fans anyway.
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Enough With the Baseball. Where Can We Shop?
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070201602.html' target="_blank" >With Nationals Park open</a> and 1,000 new rental apartments on track to be available in Near Southeast by the end of the year, the most frequent question about the neighborhood is, "Where do we eat?" A few places have opened, mostly on Second and Eighth streets, but residents, office workers and baseball fans are looking for more.
Jacqueline Dupree
Washington Post -
Shaping the City
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022701328.html' target="_blank" >Asking the private sector</a> to plan and carry out the redevelopment of large, publicly owned tracts of land might seem like a good idea, but it can be the wrong idea. Sometimes cities themselves must do the work and shoulder the responsibility for planning new neighborhoods.
Roger K. Lewis
Washington Post -
At Forums, D.C. Residents and Officials Discuss Plans for Anacostia Waterfront
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/25/AR2009032501267.html' target="_blank" >Images of the Anacostia waterfront </a> were on display downtown one evening last week at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
Stephen Lowman
Washington Post
Stephen Lowman
Washington Post -
RiverFront Development Is Approved
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052801192.html' target="_blank" >With a 5 to 0 vote</a> after a brief discussion, the Zoning Commission approved the plans for RiverFront on Thursday, the 5.8-acre, mixed-use project on the Anacostia River south of Nationals Park, ending the decade-long trip through the zoning process for the site long known as Florida Rock.
Jacqueline Dupree
Washington Post -
Southeast Riverfront's Neighborhood Renewal Stuck on First Base
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/12/AR2009091200935.html' target="_blank" >In May, Whitsitt and his wife moved into Onyx on First</a>, a new condominium tower in Southeast, wowed by the full-circle panorama of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers from the top of the city's newest neighborhood. But something is tarnishing that glorious view:
Lisa Rein
Washington Post -
People flock to live in D.C.'s Capitol Riverfront area despite commercial stall
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032604729.html' target="_blank" >When fans descend on Nationals Park</a> for the team's home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 5, they'll notice big league changes in the neighborhood surrounding the three-year-old stadium. Commercial development, which had been on a tear before the recession, remains stalled. But residents are streaming in.
Tracey L. Longo
Washington Post -
D.C. riverfront finally taking shape, with opening of Yards Park
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/11/AR2010091104558.html' target="_blank" >After years of recession-related missteps and false starts</a>, the first public spaces along the Capitol Riverfront near Nationals Park are slowly taking shape, as developers and the District move cautiously to fill the Southeast waterfront's long-vacant lots.
Derek Kravitz
Washington Post -
Marion Barry’s vision for redrawing the boundaries of Ward 8
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/politics/marion-barrys-vision-for-redrawing-the-boundaries-of-ward-8/2011/04/28/AFZld29E_story.html' target="_blank" >Every legislative body in the country</a> is now pondering redrawing their boundaries, and the process typically goes like this: Legislators get together with their buddies, and they draw lines that have one aim above all: to keep as many friendly voters in their own districts as possible.
Mike DeBonis
Washington Post -
Neighborhood Restaurant Group to open craft beer brewery at the Yards
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-gurus/post/neighborhood-restaurant-group-to-open-craft-beer-brewery-at-the-yards/2011/06/27/AGFNDqnH_blog.html' target="_blank" >Over at the CityPaper’s Young & Hungry blog</a>. Chris Shott posted about the seven new restaurants that developer Forest City is bringing to the Yards near Nationals Park.
Justin Rude-G)Gblog
Washington Post -
Shops, restaurants to be built at the Yards
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-wire/post/shops-restaurants-to-be-built-at-the-yards/2011/06/27/AGSOxSnH_blog.html' target="_blank" >Forest City Washington, a development firm</a>, unveiled plans to bring a Harris Teeter, Potbelly, Kruba Thai and Sushi, Buzz Bakery, Austin Grill Express, BrB, Huey’s 24/7 Diner and a new craft brewery to the Yards park, a community on the waterfront and near Nationals Park.
Nikita Stewart and Jonathan O’Connell
Washington Post -
New developments underway in ballpark neighborhood
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/where-we-live/post/new-developments-underway-in-ballpark-neighborhood/2012/01/18/gIQATm8K8P_blog.html' target="_blank" >It’s not often that a city gets to create an entirely new neighborhood </a> almost from scratch, but that's what's been happening in Washington's Near Southeast area for nearly 10 years. With the demolition of more than 160 buildings and the arrival of Nationals Park
Jacqueline Dupree
Washington Post -
What’s going on with...Hill East?
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/where-we-live/post/whats-going-on-withhill-east/2012/02/23/gIQAF4BpXR_blog.html' target="_blank" >It was called Reservation 13 years ago</a>, but it was Hill East by the time former D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty began searching for a private development partner for 50 acres along the Anacostia River in 2008.
Jonathan O'Connell
Washington Post -
Near Nationals Park, a neighborhood is emerging
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/near-nationals-park-a-neighborhood-is-emerging/2012/03/05/gIQAsOCTPS_story.html' target="_blank" >Many nicknames are used</a> for the emerging neighborhood south of Capitol Hill, between Interstate 395 and the Anacostia River. There is “Navy Yard,” an apt name because it adorns the Metro station and the Washington Navy Yard operates on the neighborhood’s riverfront.
Jonathan O’Connell
Washington Post -
D.C. starts over with Hill East development
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-business/post/dc-starts-over-with-hill-east-development/2012/05/15/gIQAJsu9RU_blog.html' target="_blank">D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s economic development team</a> has decided to restart the development process for Hill East after the economic crisis hampered an earlier attempt by his predecessor, Adrian Fenty.
Jonathan O'Connell
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Building an optimistic future for D.C.
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/building-an-optimistic-future-for-dc/2012/06/14/gJQAJyfLdV_story.html' target="_blank" >Obsessive hand-wringing</a> over the misdeeds and criminal behavior of a few corrupt D.C. political leaders and public officials risks obscuring a much more important reality about the city. Today, Washington is a more attractive, vibrant, well-functioning city than it was only a few years ago.
Roger K. Lewis
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Best food and drink for Nationals fans
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/best-bets/nationals-park,102040.html' target="_blank">For the first time in generations</a>, a Washington baseball team is headed to the postseason. The Nats will bring October baseball to Southeast D.C., which will in turn bring record crowds to Nationals Park.
Alex Baldinger, Justin Rude and Fritz Hahn
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DDOT: I-695 Ramp to DC-295 Northbound Opening Next Week
<a href='http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm' target="_blank" >Just out from DDOT</a>, an announcement that the long-awaited ramp from the outbound 11th Street freeway bridges (now known as I-695) to DC-295 northbound is expected to open "on or about December 19.
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