A few redesigns later, the JBG Companies and Shalom Baranes Architects have received approval from Washington DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) to move forward with their redevelopment of the Whitman-Walker Clinic headquarters at 1800-1818 14^th Street, NW into a 130-unit residential project

Slowly but surely we are seeing exciting change in Logan on 14th st. NW. I myself live on Church st. NW between 14th and 15th. Im very excited everyday when i see something new. Its an exciting time in Logan, we are the new hotspot. Look for all the new exciting real and eateries to come.

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The ever-changing plans for the site of the former Central Union Mission will go before Zoning this month for an extension to an approval granted in May 2008. The project will sit directly across the street from a planned seven-story residential development, each hugging their respective corners on 14th and R Streets NW. Developer Jeffrey Schonberger of Alturas Real Estate Interest planned a mixed-use retail and residential project, then an office building, and most recently for a large-scale retail space once rumored to have caught the eye of CB2 (Crate and Barrel’s “cheaper” offspring). Whatever it is he’s bringing to the Logan area, he needs more time, given the economy and the quandary of Central Union Mission. Read more

Here are a few items that can be purchased on 14th Street in Washington: a magenta bathroom mat, a bamboo cutting board, a gay-porn greeting card, a set of martini glasses, a Tote le Monde luggage tag, a blue sushi plate, a dinner table from Indonesia, a pale-pink feathered baby wreath.

When the shops close, here is what you can do: listen to live jazz, drink Belgian beers, attend an art opening, munch on chiangmia pork sausage, catch a local band, have your palm read, board your dog or do the laundry. Read more of this article here