Taking another page out of the Michael Bloomberg school of government, presumptive D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty will establish the nerve center of his executive operation much like the New York City mayor’s City Hall “bullpen.”

The bullpen is a large room lined with open cubicles, each occupied by a top city manager — including Bloomberg. Bloomberg, of course, has a ceremonial office for private get-togethers, but in the bullpen his assistants, deputy mayors and chiefs of staff surround him.