"As Is, With Improvements": The existing configuration would be kept as it is now - with Pennsylvania Avenue bisecting two separate spaces - but landscape improvements would be made in the name of greening up the area.

The "Triptych": A traffic oval would be constructed in the center of the plaza, effectively splitting the space into three parks - one in the oval's middle and two on each side of Pennsylvania.

The "Central Park":  Pennsylvania Avenue would be diverted all the way around a rectangular space. Think the Hill's Lincoln Park.

Resident concerns, raised at a community meeting in July, run the gamut. The Eastern Market Metro Community Association doesn't want Pennsylvania Avenue diverted, saying it will bring cars and noise closer to residents' front steps. One commenter fretted the triptych plan would add travel time to emergency vehicles. Another said leaving things alone would be just fine.

Check out the various landscape plans and traffic patterns here.

Next Step: A final report, possibly this month, on the "preferred alternative." But the project is years away from breaking ground, if it ever does. It needs governmental go-aheads and, more important, funding. "It's an important long-term project," says Don Denton, a Capitol Hill Realtor who sits on the plaza redesign task force, "if we can get it done."

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is advising motorists that the 2600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, NW is closed to eastbound traffic because of a sinkhole. A square hole, approximately 4 feet by 4 feet, and 5 feet deep, has developed in the roadway near the bridge over Rock Creek (see attached photo).

DDOT crews are on the scene to make repairs. They are also working with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to try and reopen a lane for eastbound traffic, but delays are likely and motorists are advised to take alternate routes if possible

Any readers got pics?

UPDATE, 5:35 P.M.: WUSA-TV has a photo.