Bringing Democracy to the Waterfront
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Bringing Democracy to the Waterfront
- 1. bringing democracy to the waterfront The Washington, DC Story
- 3. wholeness incorporating diversity defines the transcendent task for our generation. – John W Gardner child poverty rate: 20% Unemployment: 6.6% child poverty rate: 53% Unemployment: 20.7%
- 4. Building a New Narrative
- 5. Waterfront Transformations 30-year, $10 billion Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI) : DC & 19 regional and federal agency partners “magnificent opportunity to undo the urban renewal legacy of the past and recreate the Southwest Waterfront as a great world-class destination” – developer PN Hoffman on The Wharf 11th Street Bridge Park The Yards
- 7. “The $2 billion mixed-use project is Washington’s most ambitious plan to date to correct what is now regarded as an egregious error imposed on the city by people then thought to be visionary planners. When completed, the project will encompass 3.2 million square feet on 25 acres of land. It will also use 50 acres of water, with three new public piers. There will be a 6,000-seat concert hall, several hotels and office buildings, rental apartments, condos, restaurants and shops, public plazas and parks.” – NY Times PN Hoffman
- 8. “For over two centuries the ‘Forgotten River,’ was effectively used as a latrine where D.C. dropped all manner of trash, sewage, and toxic waste. The biggest polluter historically has been the federal government itself, which allowed its Navy bases along the river to dispose in it at will.” – The Dirt
- 9. Forest City Development “The Wharf and The Yards could become examples for waterfront redevelopment that take into account and perfectly match residential, business, and ecologic concerns while also paying attention to the historic roots of the neighborhood.” - Places
- 10. Grand Placemaking that bridges Community Olin Studio/OMA
Editor's Notes
- 1950s….First “urban renewal” initiative, 99% of existing fabric demolished, Displaced 23,000. Undemocratic failure
- 1/3 affordable housing units, Community Benefits Agreement on jobs, back to the “roots” of the area with the Wharf name, kept historic fish market reference point. It is a product of democratic process - After three acts of Congress, approval from more than two-dozen government agencies, and — no joke — roughly 500 public meetings
- One study estimated some 17,000 people living near the Anacostia could be eating polluted fish. about two billion gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater go into the river each year, including oil, fertilizers, pesticides, and trash.” D.C. Water and Sewer Authority designed a plan to prevent stormwater runoff more than a decade ago. Massive tunnels will trap sewage and stormwater overflow that will then be directed to a treatment plant. By 2018, these tunnels will take over 80 percent of the overflows, Foster said, and by 2022, up to 98 percent.
- The Yards is a 42-acre (17 ha) development on the Anacostia River waterfront in Washington, D.C. on track to become the densest neighborhood in the city now. $1 billion in public money and $2 billion in private. Partnership between GSA, DC, and Forest City Development. every building in the development had to go through an approval process involving 35 different government agencies. A model for public-private partnerships. The area is at the center of the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District and was originally an annex of the Washington Navy Yard. In 2004, the U.S. General Services Administration awarded the property to Forest City Washington, Inc. for redevelopment into an area with 2,800 new residential units and 2,200,000 sq ft (200,000 m2) of office and retail space. . The development is just west of the Washington Navy Yard and east of Nationals Park. It is served by the Navy Yard – Ballpark station on the Green Line of the Washington Metro. The Navy Yard neighborhood was Washington's earliest industrial neighborhood, situated at the natural deepwater port along the Anacostia River. One of the earliest buildings was the Sugar House, built in Square 744 at the foot of New Jersey Avenue, SE as a sugar refinery in 1797-98. In 1805, it became the Washington Brewery, which produced beer until it closed in 1836. The brewery site was just west of the Washington City Canal in what is now Parking Lot H/I in the block between Nationals Park and the historic DC Water pumping station. [1] The centerpiece of the development is the Yards Park, which forms a portion of the Anacostia Riverwalk. it is a waterfront recreation area, boardwalk, and outdoor performance space at the center of The Yards development. It was built as a public-private partnership between the District government, the General Services Administration, and Forest City Washington development company. The park is operated by the Capitol Riverfront BID and has won several design and urban planning awards since it opened in 2010
- To be built upon piers from former bridge, $45 million project in financing now. Process has involved over 200 meetings SO FAR. Equity Task Force built into the strategy. Outreach to over 600 other community meetings. Already becoming a precedent: “Why shouldn’t we as a community have an economic and housing preservation plan every time there is a development, and do it simultaneously to make sure that the development doesn’t push people out?”