The 25-acre site in Northwest D.C. was one of the last untouched parcels of land in a city plagued by rising living costs.
City leaders marked progress Monday in the multimillion-dollar transformation of a former sand filtration facility
in Northwest Washington that has been the subject of multiple lawsuits and protests into a hub of community amenities and private development.“This is a day a lot of people have been waiting for, literally for more than a generation,” said Council member Kenyan R. McDuffie , who grew up near the McMillan site, at North Capitol Street and Michigan Avenue NW.
Against the rumbling backdrop of neon-vested construction workers and their equipment, McDuffie joined other local leaders telling a crowd of community members about the forthcoming park, community center and pool slated to open in 2024. Private developers will deliver a grocery store, retail shops, restaurants, housing units and health-care facilities on the north side of the site by 2026. The development of 146 townhouses and 467 rental apartments is part of Mayor Muriel E.
“I am just really excited that the District has stayed the course,” Bowser said, briefly hinting at the nearly 36-year saga of protests, red tape and lawsuits over the McMillan project. The 25-acre historical site — home to a network of catacombs and sand bins once used to purify the city’s water during typhoid outbreaks — was one of the last untouched parcels of land in a city grappling with rising living costs. What exactly to do with a landmark designed by the son of famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted has been a perpetual question mark — and since the city purchased the site in the 1980s, potential answers have been rife with community disagreements.
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