CSNA's Historic Preservation and Development (HPD) Committee was recently provided with additional details about JBG's proposed U Street Hotel project at 13th and U Streets, NW, on the site of the current Rite-Aid building.

 

CSNA's HPD committee remains very interested in hearing from CSNA members and your views on the proposed building, specifically related to its design in the context of historic district considerations.  Please provide additional comments to CSNA by 12 noon, Thursday, May 14, so they can be considered as part of CSNA's record on this aspect of CSNA's input to the District's Historic Preservation Review Board.  Directions for submitting comments are provided after the jump.

 

One item of discussion was the building height change, now that a floor has been removed by JBG from their proposed project.  The current heights to major building points are:

JBG provided heights of other nearby buildings and photos of the updated model.

 

Read more for the building heights table and images.

 

JBG provided photos of the updated building model, several images are below.  JBG also provided a table of the heights of other buildings - both complete and in development - in the U Street area for comparison to their project.

 

CSNA's HPD Committee will present a report at the May CSNA meeting on community's views on the historic preservation aspects of JBG's proposed U Street hotel project at 13th and U Streets, NW.  This report will build on JBG's previous presentations to CSNA.  The HPD committee remains very interested in hearing from CSNA members and your views on the proposed building, specifically related to its design in the context of historic district considerations. 

Please provide additional comments to CSNA by 12 noon, Thursday, May 14, so they can be considered as part of CSNA's record on this aspect of CSNA's input to the District's Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB).   This month HPRB will review the concept design of the project and this is CSNA’s first opportunity to provide formal comments and concerns to the District.

All comments are welcome; please send your comments to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or post below; also, please provide your name, address, and indicate if you are a current CSNA member.