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| Image courtesy U.S.-China Capital Cities Friendship Council |
The designer of the Chinatown Arch,
Alfred Liu, has even bigger plans for the area he knows so well (Liu also designed the
Wah Luck House at 6th and H). Liu's proposed a
ten-story global trade center for the stretch
above 395 between K and NY Avenue.
We've reported on the proposal to fill the airspace of 395 a bit further south, but this 1.7 million square foot structure would be built above this stretch of 395, close to CityVista:
The building is incredibly interesting and would add a lot to an otherwise pretty desolate area. Still, we note that the airspace project further south was approved in
1990 and it's still
listed as "in development." This
1998 story from the Washington City Paper reveals that Liu has been calling the trade center his "dream project" for almost 15 years - so perhaps he'll be able to pull it off in a more timely fashion...
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