A multi-disciplinary team, led by the DC Office of Planning, undertook a planning and design study to envision a transformational future that accounts for anticipated change, embraces an understanding of lived histories to be preserved and celebrated, and identified opportunities for ongoing collaboration. The team met with over 20 representatives of the major institutions, community groups, and landowners, with the goal of fostering dialogue with and between stakeholders. Additionally, oral historians conducted interviews with residents and workers with deep roots in the study area to form the basis of the two-episode “District Crossroads” podcast.

The adjacent video and images documented this process.