Since the breakneck pace of change in Near Southeast over the past few years has now slowed (though not quite stopped completely), I'm thinking it might be a good time to focus a little more on looking back at exactly what we've seen, especially since some of it flew by so quickly as it happened that we can hardly remember it. I've now added a Random Blog Entry from the JDLand Archives to the bottom of the home page, beneath the set of three random before-and-after photos that have been there for quite some time, making it even *more* worthwhile to scroll down the home page every so often.

With a hat tip to reader M. for seeing that this page has finally gone live (I figured out the URL a few months back, but they hadn't linked to it anywhere yet and hadn't included any drawings), I can point you to Akridge's small info page on 25 M Street, which includes one of the many renderings that Akridge displayed at the ANC and Zoning Commission hearings over the past few months. It's a view of the northern section of the west side of Half Street; at the very far right you can see Lerner's 20 M Street building, if that helps orient you. (It's drawn as if you're standing on Half Street at the very southern corner of 55 M, looking northwest). It shows the two office buildings, with the "Via" being the open space between them. (Not shown is the horseshoe-shaped residential building on the southern end of the block.) You can read my more detailed description of the Akridge plans here, and see my project page for photos of what the site currently looks like (hint: it's the old WMATA Southeastern Bus Garage).