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901 New York Avenue NW is a high-rise Postmodern high-rise located in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The structure was developed by Boston Properties in an effort to help to revitalize the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood, and was completed in 2005. It is located on a roughly triangular parcel bounded by New York Avenue NW, K Street NW, and 10th Street NW, and is north of the CityCenterDC mixed-use residential, office, and retail project. The triangular area was originally home to Victorian housing but in 1977, the city used eminent domain to purchase the area southwest of Mount Vernon Square itself, and over the next few years, the homes and businesses on these blocks were razed. In the 1980s, Golub Realty and Willco Construction purchased the site and proposed an 11-floor office block. They sold it to Peterson Co., who sold it to Monument Realty in May 1999. Monument Realty had envisaged building either an office and retail complex, or a 1,000-room hotel. They finally sold it to Boston Properties for $43.2 million in October 2000. Boston Properties closed the parking lot on the site in late August 2002, and began construction of the building the following month. The architectural height of the building is , although the height of the main roof is just and the height of the top floor is . It has 11 stories, and a four-story underground parking garage. Reports of the building's interior space vary widely, with the most recently reported by the mainstream media. The facade is of polished granite and precast concrete in two colors. An atrium three stories in height with 36-foot (11 m) long arched steel trusses forms the lobby. Two very small parks exist on the triangular parcel of land, which are owned by the National Park Service. Acadiana, a 185-seat upscale restaurant on the ground floor which serves Louisiana-and Cajun-style seafood was cited by ''Esquire'' magazine as one of the best new restaurants in the entire United States in 2006. ==History of the site== Originally, Victorian-style townhomes occupied the triangular area bounded by K Street NW, New York Avenue NW, and 10th Street NW on Mount Vernon Square. The neighborhood was originally a vibrant business district with sizeable Victorian homes, but the area went into a steep decline in the 1930s.〔Bednar, p. 132-133.〕 During the 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. riots, the area around the square suffered rioting, arson, and extensive vandalism.〔Bednar, p. 133.〕 In 1977, the city used eminent domain to purchase the area southwest of Mount Vernon Square itself.〔 Over the next few years, the homes and businesses on these blocks were razed. One of the last businesses to exist on the 901 New York Avenue NW lot was a Chinese restaurant named Nan King (which was one of the first restaurants in the city to serve dim sum).〔Burros, Marian. "Dim Sum Is Greater Than Its Parts." ''Washington Post.'' January 25, 1979.〕 It stayed in business until 1979. Although the Washington Convention Center was constructed on the blocks just south of 901 New York Avenue, nothing was built on the triangular block itself. In time, it was turned into a parking lot.〔White, Suzanne. "(901 New York Ave. Pitched for SEC )." ''Washington Business Journal.'' December 18, 2000.〕 Golub Realty and Willco Construction purchased the site from the city in the 1980s. Although the site was zoned for residential use only, in 1988 Golub/Willco proposed building an 11-story office building on the property.〔Mansfield, Virginia. "ANC Actions." ''Washington Post.'' August 18, 1988.〕 Under a city policy known as "residential linkage," Golub/Willco would be able to construct their office building if they created or renovated low-income housing elsewhere in the city. By May 1992, Golub/Willco had agreed to purchase a 27-unit apartment building in Northwest Washington and to restore 149 homes in Southeast Washington,〔Escobar, Gabriel. "(Rite of Ownership Ends Shaw Struggle )." ''Washington Post.'' via HighBeam Research . March 3, 1991; Lelen, Kenneth. "D.C. Office Linkage Deals Producing Affordable Housing." ''Washington Post.'' May 16, 1992.〕 but the proposed office building never was constructed. Golub/Willco sold the lot to the Peterson Co., but in May 1999 the Peterson Co. sold the land to Monument Realty. Sources vary as to the amount, with reported prices of $14.5 million,〔 $17.75 million,〔Cubé, Christine. "(Site Near Convention Center to Fetch $43M )." ''Washington Business Journal.'' October 23, 2000.〕 and $22 million.〔 Monument Realty proposed two uses for the lot; a office and retail complex, or a 1,000-room hotel to serve visitors at the D.C. convention center.〔Haggerty, Maryann. "(Land Gets New Lease on Life )." ''Washington Post.'' via HighBeam Research . May 24, 1999.〕 Monument estimated that the hotel would cost $206 million. But in order to make it profitable, the cost would need to be reduced to $169 million. In 1999, the government of the District of Columbia created a tax increment district to promote downtown redevelopment and housing.〔Spinner, Jackie. "Upscale Dreams Downtown." ''Washington Post.'' May 14, 2001.〕 Monument sought $57.3 million in tax-increment financing but never received approval from the city for the funds.〔Hedgpeth, Dana. "(D.C. Weighs Convention Center Hotel Subsidy )." ''Washington Post.'' via HighBeam Research . August 13, 2001.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「901 New York Avenue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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