This site is directly across Eastern Ave from Takoma Park...
https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/110-unit_affordable_housing_development_pitched_for_northern_tip_of_dc/20117
A large new affordable housing project is on the boards for the very edge
of DC.
The NHP Foundation has submitted plans to DC's Historic Preservation Office
for a new six-story, 110-unit all-affordable housing development at 7050
Eastern Avenue NW (map <https://goo.gl/maps/zqgBWBXMC1sGid3R8>). The new
project, designed by Soto Architecture, would require demolishing the
existing 36-unit apartment building at the address. A map amendment will
also be filed with the DC Zoning Commission to rezone the property.
The design of the new building will consist of a front elevation broken
down with two projecting bays of different depths that rise four stories in
height, and then the building will extend to a sharp angle formed by the
rear edge of the site, which is angled due to the Metro line.
[image: takoma-front.jpg]A rendering of the front of the new development.
"The main mass of the building is differentiated in a natural wood tone
siding, with the sixth floor set back from the main block," documents filed
with the HPO stated. "Along the sides of the building the massing is
aesthetically broken down into four smaller volumes through articulations
of grey, white, and wood tones of panel siding and lap siding, and through
subtle projections. A mix of recessed and Juliette balconies creates visual
interest on the front and side elevations."
The project will have just under 4,000 square feet of space dedicated to
amenity space and residential service areas. There are parking and loading
areas located below grade.
