District's Southwest to see renewal

Michele Lerner, The Washington Times
Friday, July 25, 2008

The opening of the Washington Nationals' stadium in Southeast spurred redevelopment of that sector of the city, now a sea of construction cranes and deeply dug sites for future condominiums, shops, restaurants and offices. However, that's not the only quadrant of the city gearing up for a makeover.

Nearby in Southwest, plans have been approved for a number of commercial, residential and mixed-use projects that will result in a revitalized neighborhood with links to the Potomac River waterfront and to Nationals Park and its surrounding amenities.

"The plans which are being approved now for redeveloping Southwest had their genesis in the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, which took place from 2001 to 2003," says Sean Madigan, communications director for the city's Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. "The ongoing discussion is that the Southwest waterfront suffered some of the same problems as the Anacostia waterfront, mainly a terrible infrastructure that cuts off the riverfront from the rest of the neighborhood."

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