McMillan redevelopment creating firestorm of opposition

One of the District’s premier development sites sits on 25 acres less than three miles north of the Capitol, remaining unused for more than two decades. There’s a reason for that.

“McMillan represents one of the most challenging sites imaginable to both preserve and adapt for current use,” says a recent Historic Preservation Review Board report on the old sand filtration site adjacent to the McMillan Reservoir in Northwest D.C.