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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there is going to be an amphitheater where the portables are now. [/quote]

Lots of stuff will need to be rethought, with puts and takes, if DPR is to squeeze all of the "proposed" program into the Hearst site.[/quote]

And it is not DPR land.  It is DCPS land.  And it is likely that building a permanent structure so close to the historic DPR cottage would be a no go for historic preservation.[/quote]

Whether the land is owned by DCPS or DPR is a bureaucratic detail.  A conveyance or swap could be taken care of legislatively, if not administratively.  Recall, how DCPS was prepared to convey part of the Janney School property to a connected private developer?  Fortunately, that didn't happen and anything at Hearst Park would be for a public purpose, not the private gain of a favored mayoral crony.  As for historic preservation, the HPO staff has become (too) flexible recently, and so long as the cottage wasn't touched, it's unlikely to be an issue.  Of course, none of these alternatives would need to be considered if DPR weren't trying to cram so much into the Hearst site.[/quote]

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