With the sun finally coming out, it shouldn't be surprising that I took camera in hand on both Saturday evening and Easter Sunday and did some wandering to catch up with the progress at two locations, and to get shots of a few new items I hadn't yet documented.
The old
225 Virginia, on its way to becoming 200 I (boo), is now almost completely disrobed. (I think I'll go with that from now on rather than "deskinned.") It's been such a monolith for so many years that it's strange to see it broken up. You can take a
virtual walk around the block to see how the old Star/Post plant looked before along with its current state, and visit my
225 Virginia project page for more info and background. (If you haven't been following along, by this time next year 200 I is expected to be nearly complete, with three DC city agencies on the boards to move there.)
Just to the southwest, work continues on the first block(s) in the second phase of the
Capitol Quarter mixed-income townhouse development, with bricking proceeding on the new houses along I Street while framing has made it around and up the new 3rd Place; plus, foundations have now been poured along 4th Street. Here's your
walk around the block to be reminded of the old public housing units that stood there for a long time and to compare them with the construction going on now. For more information, see my
Capper and
Capitol Quarter project pages.
Meanwhile, down at the
Yards Park, the flowers are in bloom, a geodesic dome that looks like the Earth is
hosting foodies, and work appears to have begun on the floating bridge that will connect the Yards Park to
Diamond Teague Park (right by
Nationals Park) later this year. You can see my
quick gallery of photos showing these items, along with a picture of the sign laying out the rules for using the Navy Yard portion of the riverwalk (since it was Saturday, I could only stand forlornly at the gate and look eastward), plus the progress on the
Foundry Lofts building just to the north of the park. And some shots of the Navy Yard buildings that are adjacent to the park, just because I like being in a spot where I can take photos of them without having guards chase me down the street.