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BELLArchitects is involved in a number of community development projects along the commercial corridors of H Street, Georgia Avenue and 4th Street. These projects include new and adaptive reuse of low scale masonry buildings with retail, education, office and arts uses. In addition to design and historic preservation work, we are also involved in helping the communities with needs assessments, resources surveys and capacity building of nascent neigborhood institutions.
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Rehabilitation of the two-story brick buildings at 1900 4th Street is an example of helping a localized area of Eckington regain their neighborhood serving retail and offices uses that were lost when much of this building was vacated in the 1990's. ABC Fourth Street, LLC is breathing life back into this Eckington neighborhood by providing space for services within walking distance of the surrounding neighborhood.
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The Atlas Theater
Reuse of the movie theater and shops for an arts and education complex will help stabilize and enrich the surrounding neighborhood economically and culturally.
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Facade Rehabilitation
Helping revitalize part of the Fourth Street corridor in Eckington through rehabilitation and façade and streetscape improvements to ten two-story commercial buildings.
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Georgia Avenue
Built with materials and details to evoke without mimicking the characteristics of the neighborhood on Georgia Avenue near Howard University.
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MLK Library
Complete modernization of seven traction elevators: two public passenger elevators; three staff passenger elevators; and two freight elevators for DC’s main public library.
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Eastern Market
Historic preservation guidance, design assistance, and restoration of windows, doors, and skylights of this significant Capitol Hill landmark.
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Sherwood Park Recreation Center
New two-story facility designed to respond to the architectural materials and development patterns of the neighborhood while retaining the sense of a pavilion-in-the-park.
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Old Naval Hospital
Restoration of the building’s main entrance and brick repointing for this prominent building in the Capitol Hill Historic District in Southeast Washington.
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Middleburg Conference Center
Building a new facility while respecting and preserving historic fabric in Middleburg, VA.
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