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From the National Trust for Historic Preservation
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO SAVE HISTORIC ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON, DC!
St. Elizabeths Hospital, one of the country’s most significant historic places, and one of only 2,500 surviving National Historic Landmarks, is threatened with large scale demolition of its historic campus. Regrettably, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the federal government’s “landlord”, plans to construct a huge headquarters facility for the Department of Homeland Security within the grounds of St. Elizabeths.
As planned, the $3.5 billion headquarters would require 6.4 million square feet of office space and parking structures. Between one third and one half of the historic buildings and landscape features at St. Elizabeths would be razed for the over-sized project. Preservationists agree that the Homeland Security headquarters would destroy the 175-acre historic site, which was listed as one of the National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered Places in 2002 . Local residents also are concerned that a high-security citadel with double perimeter fences would fail to bring needed economic and social benefits to neighboring communities.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and a dedicated coalition of Washingtonians have worked for several years to persuade federal decision-makers to moderate their mega-development plans. We always have supported federal redevelopment of the long-neglected historic site, but in a reasonable manner that capitalizes on the fifty-five historic buildings, specimen trees, campus atmosphere, and tremendous vistas. Click here for the National Trust’s preservation-friendly redevelopment concept for historic St. Elizabeths Hospital.
Nevertheless, GSA will present the multi-billion-dollar plan for preliminary approval by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) on November 1st. GSA needs NCPC’s approval to proceed with this plan.
PLEASE ENTER TO SIGN THE PETITION requesting GSA to reconsider the proposed 6.4 million square foot facility at St. Elizabeths and support a preservation-based redevelopment concept!
For PETITION - click here
rev. 10/2007
*edited to fix link
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO SAVE HISTORIC ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON, DC!
St. Elizabeths Hospital, one of the country’s most significant historic places, and one of only 2,500 surviving National Historic Landmarks, is threatened with large scale demolition of its historic campus. Regrettably, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the federal government’s “landlord”, plans to construct a huge headquarters facility for the Department of Homeland Security within the grounds of St. Elizabeths.
As planned, the $3.5 billion headquarters would require 6.4 million square feet of office space and parking structures. Between one third and one half of the historic buildings and landscape features at St. Elizabeths would be razed for the over-sized project. Preservationists agree that the Homeland Security headquarters would destroy the 175-acre historic site, which was listed as one of the National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered Places in 2002 . Local residents also are concerned that a high-security citadel with double perimeter fences would fail to bring needed economic and social benefits to neighboring communities.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and a dedicated coalition of Washingtonians have worked for several years to persuade federal decision-makers to moderate their mega-development plans. We always have supported federal redevelopment of the long-neglected historic site, but in a reasonable manner that capitalizes on the fifty-five historic buildings, specimen trees, campus atmosphere, and tremendous vistas. Click here for the National Trust’s preservation-friendly redevelopment concept for historic St. Elizabeths Hospital.
Nevertheless, GSA will present the multi-billion-dollar plan for preliminary approval by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) on November 1st. GSA needs NCPC’s approval to proceed with this plan.
PLEASE ENTER TO SIGN THE PETITION requesting GSA to reconsider the proposed 6.4 million square foot facility at St. Elizabeths and support a preservation-based redevelopment concept!
For PETITION - click here
rev. 10/2007
*edited to fix link