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that prefers big suburban spaces, and fit it into the
fabric of a historic structure?
Building Goodwill
Keeping the Fannie/Equitable building was always
The Ridge Club, a luxury
20,000-square-foot
(1,860 sq m) rooftop
club, is modeled after
a hotel in Miami and
anchored by a new
rooftop bar and café
serving tropical small
plates and cocktails by
Michael Mina, the James
Beard Award-winning
restaurateur.
part of the plan, Lake says. The building was a longtime
local landmark, but at the start it was not designated
as historic. In 2017, the developers applied for
the historic designation, in good part to build community
goodwill. " We wanted the community to relax
and not be concerned that we would be taking down
this iconic building, " Lake says.
The city government backed the designation, as
well as the property's inclusion on the National Register.
The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board staff
wrote, " The building provided a symbol of solidity
and heritage for the city's oldest insurance company,
and represents the last phase of the 20th-century
Colonial Revival-style movement two decades after
the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg inspired the
style's widespread popularity across America. . . .
[The building] is important for its associations
with the insurance industry and as an excellent
example of the Georgian Revival style for commercial
architecture. "
Indeed, in a part of the city where residents often
fight new development, this project moved with minimal
drama. The proposed development was matterof-right
zoning, but its size and uses triggered the
city's Large Tract Review process. That process solicits
opinions from a variety of city agencies and requires
identification of potential neighborhood concerns.
Most of those concerns involved fears of increased
traffic, especially trucks, according to comments filed
by the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC),
the District's most granular local government level.
The ANC recommended, among other things, that the
developers install landscaping to screen the truck
entrance, add soundproofing, and fund a traffic study.
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