PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC FEATURES ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE NATURAL CAPITAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: January 11, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

STAT
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
LO;
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
ROUTING AND TRANSMITTAL ,UP
,
din& Agency/Post) --....._...__.,
bu
ll
I. C/NBPO/OL
TO:
(Name. office symbol
1/15/85
lion File Note and Return
i For Clearance Per Conversation
R nested For Correction Pr.njb.. 0--i..
'__~?~? For Your Information See Me
ment Investigate Signature
Coordination Justify
#1 - FOR ACTION, IF APPROPRIATE
DO NOT use this form as a RECORD of approvals, concurrences, disposals,
c1'"'^^~ and similar actions
18 HQ&
GPO 1983 0 - 381-529 (301) (J_11.206
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
1325 G STREET N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20576
NCPC File Nos. CP01/2028
JAN 111985
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Federal Agencies and Departments
FROM: Reginald W. Griffith
Executive Director
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Preservation and Historic Features
element of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital
At its meeting on January 10, 1985, the Commission authorized circula-
tion for review and comment of an amendment to the Federal Preservation
and Historic Features element of the Comprehensive Plan for the National
Capital. The amendment consists of the addition of a map of Special
Streets and Places and a reference to the map in the text of the element.
The map, except for a few minor modifications, is the same map of
Special Streets and Places contained in the Preservation and Historic
Features element circulated for comment prior to approval by the
Commission on August 4, 1983, conditional on its approval by the
Council of the District of Columbia.
The map has been derived from the adopted element's criteria for the
designation of Special Streets and Places and is substantially the
same as is currently being considered for adoption by the District of
Columbia government.
Please forward any comments or recommendations before February 15th, as
the Commission is expecting to take action on the amendment at its March
meeting. If you have any questions concerning the amendment, please
contact Edward C. Hromanik, Director of Planning and Programming on
724-0171.
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
1325 G STREET N.W.
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20576
NCPC File Nos. CP01/2028
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
FEDERAL PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC FEATURES ELEMENT -
SPECIAL STREETS AND PLACES MAP
Executive Director's Recommendation
January 3, 1985
The Executive Director recommends that the Commission authorize presen-
tation of the following amendment to the Federal Preservation and
Historic Features element of the Comprehensive Plan for the National
Capital to appropriate Federal and District of Columbia authorities
and other interested organizations and individuals for comments and
recommendations, pursuant to Section 4(e) of the National Capital
Planning Act of 1952, as amended:
1. Add at the end of the section titled "Criteria for Designating
Special Streets and Places", Part III, the following:
"3. The network of Special Streets and Places desig-
nated according to the above criteria is shown
on Diagram No. 1, Special Streets and Places."
2. Add to the element Diagram No. 1, Special Streets and Places,
dated January 3, 1985, NCPC Map File No. 08.20/100.00-29557.
The proposed Preservation and Historic Features element, published by
the District government and the National Capital Planning Commission
on March 17, 1983, included a map depicting the network of Special
Streets and Places designated under the proposed element's criteria.
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
NC File Nos. CP01/2028
Page 2.
In addition, the Commission included a map of Special Streets and
Places in its August 4, 1983 action, which approved the Preservation
element as a Federal element conditional on its approval by the
Council of the District of Columbia. The Council, however, did not
include a map of Special Streets and Places in Law 5-76, which con-
tained a Preservation and Historic Features element among its 10
District elements. Therefore, when the Commission, on May 3, 1984,
approved changes conforming the Federal Preservation and Historic
Features element to the District Preservation and Historic Features
element adopted by Law 5-76, the map of Special Streets and Places was
not included.
The District Council is now considering Bill 5-507, the purpose of
which is to adopt a District Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan
and, among other amendments to the District of Columbia Comprehensive
Plan Act of 1984, to include in Section 808 of Law 5-76 a "Comprehensive
Plan Special Streets and Places Map." The Committee of the Whole of
the District Council, in its report, recommends that the Commission
adopt a Special Streets and Places Map substantially identical to the
map contained in Bill 5-507.
Description
All versions of the Preservation and Historic Features element have
contained "Criteria for Designating Special Streets and Places."
Furthermore, the joint proposed element and the August 1983 Federal
element both contained a map of Special Streets and Places. The map
is really a graphic representation of the Criteria mentioned above
and, as such, more positively identifies those Streets and Places that
are Special and which should be protected.
The map which is currently contained in Bill 5-507 as an amendment to
the District Preservation and Historic Features element is made up of
the Streets and Places which have been identified as Special by the
Commission and by the District government. An updated list of Special
Streets and Places, to be included as an appendix to the proposed
element, is attached to assist in the review of the map.
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
15th Street, NW
17th Street, NW
23rd Street, NW, SW
Beach Drive
Broad Branch Road
Canal Road 6 Foxhall Road
MacArthur Boulevard
Ohio Drive
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
Suitland Parkway
Anacostia Freeway (1-295)
Southwest-Southeast Freeway
Key Bridge (and approaches)
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
(and approaches)
Fourteenth Street Bridges
(and approaches)
Anacostia River Crossing
(proposed construction)
Maine Avenue, SW
Independence Avenue, SW
K Street, NW
National Zoological Park
Beach Drive
M Street, NW
Foxhall Road, NW
Independence Avenue, SW
Lincoln Memorial
South Capitol Street
South Capitol Street
Washington Channel Bridge
M Street, NW
23rd Street, NW
SPECIAL PLACES
Special Places
U.S. Capitol Grounds and Reflecting Pool
(between lot Street NE & 3rd Street NV)
Constitution Gardens (Constitution Avenue
between 17th & 23rd Streets. NW)
Jefferson Memorial Grounds (East Potomac Park, SW)
Lincoln Memorial Grounds and Reflecting Pool
(Center of Mall, bet. 17th & 23rd Streets, NW)
The Mall (3rd to 14th Street between Constitu-
tion & Independence Avenues. NW)
Supreme Court Grounds (E. Capitol Street between
1st 6 2nd Streets. NE)
Union Station and Columbus Plaza (Massachusetts
Avenue 6 1st Street, NE)
Washington Monument Grounds (the Mall between
14th 6 17th Streets. NW)
White House and Ellipse Grounds
Banneker Plaza. SW (10th Street overlook)
Bolivar Park (square. Interior Dept.)
Cardoza High School (campus. 14th & Florida, NW)
Farragut Square (17th 6 K Streets, NW)
Folger Square (2nd 6 N. Carolinia, SE)
Franklin Park (square. 14th 6 K Streets. NW)
Gallery Place (old Patent Office) (F 6 C
Streets. between 7th & 9th Streets. NW)
Garfield Park (square, First & New Jersey,
Streets. SE)
Judiciary Square (D 6 F Streets between 4th
& 6th Streets, NW)
Kelly Park (square. 21st 6 Virginia Streets. NW)
Lafayette Square (16th 6 H Streets, NW)
L'Enfant Plaza (10th Street, SW)
Lincoln Park (square) (E. Capitol Street.
between 11th & 13th Streets, SE)
Marion Park (square, 5th 6 S. Carolina. SE)
Market Square & Archives (Pennsylvania Avenue
between 7th 6 9th Streets. SE)
John Marshall Place (4th Street 4 Pennsylvania
Avenue. NW)
Meridan Hill/Malcolm X Park (16th Street.
between W Street 6 Euclid. NW)
McPherson Square (K Street 4 Vermont Avenue, NW)
Monroe Park (square, 20th & Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW)
.l,unt Ve?non Square - (Massachusetts 6 N7
Avenues, NW)
McPherson Square
Farragut Square
Ohio Drive, SW
DC-MD Line
Nebraska Avenue, NW
MacArthur Boulevard, NW
Dalecarlia-teservoir
Maine Avenue via Haines Point
National Zoological Park
Southern Avenue, SW
Capital Beltway
Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Rosalyn Circle
U.S. 50
1 Special Places
Scott Circle (16th St 6 Massachusetts Avenue. NW)
Sheridan Circle (23rd 6 Massachusetts Avenue. NW)
Tenley Circle (and Fort Drive to Fort Reno, NW)
Thomas Circle (14th Street 6 Massachusetts Avenue,
Ward Circle (Massachusetts 4 Nebraska Avenues, NW)
Washington Circle (23rd Street & Pa. Avenue. Air)
Wesley Circle & Friendship Park
(Massachusetts 6 42nd, NW)
Westmoreland Circle (Massachusetts 6
Circle. Potomac 6 Pennsylvania. SE
Circle. new. terminus of Maryland, NE
Portal Park, new, East Capitol 6 Southern Avenue
Barnard Hill Park (Eastern Avenue between Randolph
& Varnum Streets. NE)
Battery Kemble (Palisades Park)
Carter Barron Amphitheatre (16th Street 6 Colorado
Avenue. NW)
Congressional Cemetery (17th 6 E Streets. SE)
Dalecarlia Reservoir 6 Parkway (MacArthur Blvd.
at Loughboro)
Frederick Douglass Memorial Home (W Street
between 14th & 15th Streets, SE)
Dunbarton Oaks Park, Montrose Park. & Oak Hill
Hill Cemetery (R Street between 27th 6 3:nd
Streets, NW)
Fort McNair - (4th & P Streets. SW)
Fort Bayard Park (Western Avenue at River Road, NW)
Fort Bunker Hill Park (Otis Street between 13th 6
14th Streets. NW)
Fort Carroll Park (Shepherd Parkway) (So. Capitol
6 Martin Luther King Avenue, SE)
Fort Chaplin Park (E. Capitol Street at 40th
Street. SE)
Fort Davis Park (from Fort Dupont to Pennsylvania
Avenue. SE)
Fort DeRussy (Rock Creek Park north of Military
Road. NW)
Fort Dupont Park (Massachusetts Avenue at
Minnesota Avenue. SE)
Fort Greble Park (Shepherd Parkway) (Near Nichols
Avenue 6 Elmira Street. SE)
Fort Lincoln (in For: Lincoln new town) (Eastern
Avenue at Bladensburg Road, NE)
Fort Mahan Park (Benning Road 6 42nd Street. hc)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
North Capitol Street
Louisiana Avenue
New Hampshire Avenue
East Capitol Street
First Street
Southern Avenue
South Capitol Street
Independence Avenue
Portland Street
16th Street, NW
Lafayette Square
Eastern Avenue, NW
Connecticut Avenue
Lafayette Square
Western Avenue, NW
Constitution Avenue
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
2nd Street, NE
Delaware Avenue
"Eye" Street, SW
M Street, SW
Delaware Avenue
Constitution Avenue, NE
Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Eastern Avenue
16th Street, NW
Southern Avenue, NE
Florida Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Bladensburg Road, NE
Georgia Avenue
Florida Avenue, NW
Eastern Avenue, NW
Independence Avenue
23rd Street, SW
2nd Street, SE
Indiana Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Judiciary Square
Kenilworth Avenue
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
East Capitol Street
Kentucky Avenue
Lincoln Park
Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Louisiana Avenue
Constitution Avenue, NW
Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Maine Avenue
15th Street, SW
M Street, SW
Maryland Avenue
14th Street, SW
First Street, SW
Maryland Avenue
First Street, NE
M Street, NE
Massachusetts Avenue
19th Street, SE
Western Avenue, NW
Memorial Avenue & Bridge
Lincoln Memorial
Arlington Cemetery
New Hampshire Avenue
Kennedy Center
Florida Avenue, NW
New Hampshire Avenue
N. Capitol Street
Eastern Avenue, NW
New Jersey Avenue
Constitution Avenue, NW
Florida Avenue, NW
New Jersey Avenue
Independence Avenue, SE
M Street, SE
New York Avenue
17th Street, NW
18th Street, NW
New York Avenue
15th Street, NW
Eastern Avenue, NE
North Carolina Avenue
New Jersey Avenue, SE
C Street, NE (included)
Pennsylvania Avenue
First Street, NW
15th Street, NW
Pennsylvania Avenue
15th Street, NW
M Street, NW
Pennsylvania Avenue
2nd Street, SE
Southern Avenue, SE
Potomac Avenue
1st Street, SW
First Street, SE
Potomac Avenue
K Street, SE
19th Street, SE
Rhode Island Avenue
Connecticut Avenue, NW
Eastern Avenue, NE
South Carolina Avenue
2nd Street, SE
Independence Avenue, SE
Southern Avenue
Eastern Avenue, NE
South Capitol Street
Tennessee Avenue, NE
Lincoln Park
15th Street, NE
15th Street, NE
Tennessee Avenue, NE
Maryland Avenue, NE
Vermont Avenue
Lafayette Square
Florida Avenue, NW
Virginia Avenue
Constitution Avenue, NW
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
Western Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Oregon Avenue, NW
Wisconsin Avenue
K Street, NW
Western Avenue, NW
Canal Street, SW
Independence Avenue, SW
South Capitol Street
F Street, NW
15th Street, NW
Center Leg Freeway
G Street, NW
15th Street, NW
Center Leg Freeway
K Street, NW, NE
Key Bridge
Florida Avenue, NE
M Street, NW
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Canal Road
M Street, SW
Maine Avenue, SW
Virginia Avenue, SE
Portland Street, SE
Martin Luther King Avenue, SE
McDill Boulevard, Bolling AFB
First Street, NE, SE
Massachusetts Avenue, NE
New Jersey Avenue, SE
2nd Street, NE, SE
F Street, NE
C Street, SE
4th Street, NW
D Street, NW
G Street, NW
5th Street, NW
Indiana Avenue
G Street, NW
7th Street, NW
Maine Avenue, SW
Florida Avenue, NW
8th Street, NW
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Florida Avenue, NW
8th Street, SE, NE
Navy Yard
Massachusetts Avenue, NE
9th Street, NW
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Florida Avenue, NW
10th Street Mall SW
Independence Avenue, SW
Maine Avenue, SW
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
Edward R. Murrow Park (square, 18th &
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW)
Pershing Park (Pennsylvania Avenue between
14th & 15th Streets, NW)
Rawlins Park & E Street Mall (18th to 20th
Streets, NW)
San Martin Square (20th 6 Virginia Streets, NW)
Seward Square (5th & Pennsylvania Avenue, SE)
Stanton Park (5th & Maryland Avenue, NE)
Square, 8th d Pennsylvania Avenue, SE)
Square, new, Southeast Federal Center (M Street. SE)
Twining Square (Pennsylvania b Minnesota Aves., SE)
Western Plaza - (Pennsylvania Avenue between
13th 6 14th Streets, NW)
Bryce Park (Wisconsin & Massachusetts Streets, NW)
Barney Circle (Pennsylvania Avenue & 17th Sts., SE)
Blair Portal (circle, 16th 6 Eastern Avenue, NW)
Chevy Chase Circle (Connecticut Avenue at Western
Avenue, NW)
Dupont Circle (Connecticut Avenue & 19th Street, NW)
Juarez Circle (New Hampshire 6 Virginia, NW)
Logan Circle (13th Street & Vermont Avenue, NW)
Naval Observatory Circle (Massachusetts Avenue at
34th Street, NW)
Rabaut Park (16th & Columbia Road, NW)
Randle Circle (entrance to Fort Dupont)
(Massachusetts Avenue 6 Minnesota Avenue, SE)
Southeast Waterfront (Federal Center and Navy
Yard) - (M Street, SE)
Southwest Waterfront (14th Street to Fort
McNair, SW)
Bolling AFB, Headquarters Quadrangle, SW
International Center (Connecticut & Van Ness
Streets, NW)
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (New
Hampshire Avenue at F Street)
Kennedy Stadium/Armory Complex (E. Capitol
Street, east of 19th Street, SE)
Marine Barracks (8th & C Streets, SE)
Navy Yard (original part) (M Street, SE)
"0" Street Market (8th Street, NW)
Walter Reed Medical Center (western part)
(16th Street at Aspen Street, NW)
Special Places
Fort Reno Park (Nebraska Avenue & Fissenden St. NW)
Fort Slocum Park (Kansas Avenue at Madison Street, NW)
Fort Stanton Park (W Street at 18th Streets, SE)
Fort Reno Reservoirs (Nebraska Avenue & Fissenden
Streets. NW)
Fort Totten Park - (Fort Totten Drive at Farragut, NE)
Heins Point (Top of E. Potomac Park, SW)
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens - (Anacostia Avenue at
Douglas Street, NE)
Lady Bird Johnson Park (SW of Arlington Memorial Bridge)
McMillan Park 6 Reservoir - (1st Street and Michigan
Avenue, NW)
National Arboretum (central area, Mount Hamilton and
Hickey Hill) (New York Avenue, NE)
National Zoological Park (Connecticut Avenue at
Cathedral Avenue, NW)
Old Observatory Hill (23rd & E Streets, NW)
Rock Creek Nature Center (Rock Creek Park at Military
Road, NW)
Theodore Roosevelt Island (Potomac River, near Rock
Creek)
Soldiers Home (historic area National Cemetery and
Rock Creek Cemetery( (N. Capitol Street between
Irving 6 Gallatin Streets, NW)
Georgetown Waterfront (along Potomac River, between
28th Street and 36th Streets, NW)
W. Potomac Park (FDR site, Tidal Basin) (West & So.
of Lincoln Memorial, NW and SW)
South Capitol Waterfront (including Buzzard Point), SW
Washington Convention Center (New York Avenue between
9th 3 11th Streets, NW)
Franciscan Monastery (14th Street 6 Qunicy Street, NE)
National Cathedral (Wisconsin Avenue)
National Presbyterian Church (Nebraska Avenue 6 Van
Ness Streets, NW)
Shrine of Immaculate Conception (Michigan Avenue &
4th Street, NE)
American University (old campus) (Massachusetts 6
Nebraska Avenues, NW)
Catholic University (central campus) (Michigan Avenue
& 4th Streets, NE)
University of District of Columbia (Van Ness campus)
(Connecticut Avenue at Van Ness Street, NW)
Gallaudet College (central campus) (Florida 6
W. Virginia Avenues, NE)
Georgetown University (old campus) (37th & 0 Sts., NW)
Howard University (central campus) (6th 6 College
Streets, NW)
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
CORRECTED 1/7/85
Diagram No. 1
FEDERAL PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC FEATURES
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/20: CIA-RDP89-00244R001002490013-7
SPECIAL STREETS AND PLACES
Special Streets
Special Streets (proposed construction)
Special Places
NCPC Map File No. 08.20/100.00-29557
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION