A First Look at the 78 Apartments Proposed to Replace 16th Street Church Annex
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Two weeks ago, UrbanTurf reported on a proposal to replace a 16th Street church annex with 78 apartments. Now, we are getting the first look at how that infill building may take shape.
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New renderings have been submitted for historic preservation conceptual review of The Drake II, the proposed seven-story-plus-penthouse building at 1328 16th Street NW (map). First Baptist Church owns the three-story annex and would partner with Keener-Squire Properties on the development; they previously delivered The Drake's 218 units on an adjacent church-owned site.
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Roughly six of the units in the proposed development would be set aside as Inclusionary Zoning, and roughly 11,460 square feet of ground-floor and cellar space would be for church programming. The project would deliver 16 below-grade parking spaces for the church. Eric Colbert and Associates is the architect.
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Materials would be a mix of light brick, ashlar stone with limestone (or similar), and aluminum panels. Additional renderings are below.
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See other articles related to: 16th street, church redevelopment, churches, eric colbert and associates, historic preservation office, historic preservation review board, keener-squire properties
This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/first-look-at-drake-ii-apartments-proposed-to-replace-16th-street-church-an/17488.
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