Last week, UrbanTurf asked me and a handful of others who make it their business to have opinions about such things where they thought could be the next [insert-your-emerging-neighborhood-of-choice-here]. I went with the counterintuitive Mt. Pleasant, choosing to believe in the power of an existing community underserved by its nearest commercial strip. For the record, [...]

Today's Washington Post includes a front page story that takes a sprawling look at stalled development projects across the region. The authors take particular care to focus in on the jumble of projects by the Southeast Waterfront near Nationals Park:
Perhaps no area is more central to the District's long-term ambitions than the streets around [...]

From the office of the mayor:
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty along with executives of Florida Rock Properties on Monday unveiled plans for more than a million square feet of development at the foot of Nationals Park along the Anacostia River...
As a condition of the zoning approval, Florida Rock agreed to donate $800,000 to the District to [...]