DC SE Waterfront Building Growth

The other day we drove in to Capitol Hill. We walked to the SE Waterfront section of town near Nationals stadium. When we moved to DC sixteen years ago, none of what we see today was even built. All of the structures have been made since then and it is amazing indeed. I read somewhere that this neighborhood would become the most densely populated in the city. And you can see why. There are so many high rises going up it is mind boggling. The stadium is now surrounded by apartment buildings everywhere. The new Frederick Douglass bridge connects Anacostia with a pedestrian and bike path. There is a constant hum of noise. Further away from the ballpark things are more settled down and quiet. It’s a bit more established but hardly ten years old. It’s always an interesting walk whenever we go there. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I just know I wouldn’t want to live there. 

DC SE Waterfront and Yards Park

We hadn’t been down to the SE Waterfront/Yards Park area for awhile. The 52Frames photo challenge this week was to go some place that you haven’t been before. I wanted to visit the new Frederick Douglass Bridge that is reached by traveling down South Capitol street and over the Anacostia River - right by the Nationals Stadium. So we drove in to Capitol Hill and parked in our old neighborhood. It was really windy and still cold but we continued walking towards our destination. Every time we visit this area the construction just moves from one location to another. There are so many high rises that SE Waterfront is supposed to become the most densely populated neighborhoods in DC. Every square inch of space is being developed - particularly around the stadium area. And by the looks of the furniture on balconies, a lot of these places are occupied. Unfortunately there was so much road work down by the bridge that we couldn’t access it to walk over it to the other side - which was the idea for the visit because we had never done that before. That’s actually the key feature of the bridge - there is a walkway and bike path to get to the other side. The only difference now was that the old bridge has been demolished. So we just ambled down the waterfront to the more established part of the area by the real Navy Yard. None of these high rises and congestion was there when we first moved to DC sixteen years ago. I certainly wouldn’t want to live anywhere near there now.