Adaptive Use of an Historic ResourceOpening of Public Comment Period and Public Forum

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Adaptive Use of an Historic Resource--Opening of Public Comment

Period and Public Forum

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announces the

Thursday, September 4, 1997 invitation for public comment on Adaptive

Use Concepts developed for the General Post Office, a mid-nineteenth

century historic property also known as the Tariff Commission building

located on Square 430, the city block between 7th & 8th Streets and E

and F Streets, NW in Washington, District of Columbia. Copies of the

Adaptive Use Concepts are available for public review at the following

locations: (1) National Capital Planning Commission, 801 Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W., Suite 301, Washington, DC (202-482-7200); (2) U.S.

General Services Administration, National Capital Region, Portfolio

Management, Suite 7600, 7th & D Sts., SW, Washington, DC 20407 (202-

708-5334); (3) Martin Luther King Memorial Library, 901 G St., NW,

Washington, DC (202-727-1111); and (4) Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 809, Washington, DC

20004. Direct comments on the Adaptive use concepts by Thursday,

October 2, 1997 to: Elizabeth Gibson, Project Coordinator, GSA

Portfolio Management, Suite 7600, 7th & D Sts., SW, Washington, DC

20407 (202-708-5334).

Accordingly, the U.S. General Services Administration invites the

public to a general information meeting at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday,

September 9, 1997. The second in a series of Public Forums concerning

adaptive use of the historic resource will convene at the National

Building Museum, Auditorium, 401 F St., N.W., Washington, DC 20001. The

National Building Museum is located adjacent to the Judiciary Square

Metro Station--Red Line. The purpose of the Public Forum is to continue

to solicit public participation and comment in the identification of

viable adaptive use concepts for the public building. GSA is seeking

private investment to restore and reuse an important historic property

that no longer has a viable Federal use. Adaptive use concepts must be

financially viable and generate long term revenues for the federal

government. GSA intends to retain ownership of the property for

safekeeping while creating the opportunity for the private sector to

change use of the property and keep it accessible for the public. The

following adaptive use concepts were submitted to GSA and are under

review for feasibility and viability: A.2 Housing; A.4 Housing; B.7

Mixed use--housing, retail, entertainment; B.9 Mixed use--housing

retail, civic use; C.5 Hotel--limited service; C.8 Hotel--limited

service; D.3 International trade--retail, wholesale; E.6

Institutional use--Crossroads Washington, a museum for the city of

Washington.

For additional information on the federal undertaking see the

Internet Web Page http://www.gsa.gov/regions/r11/projects/sq430.htm.

For additional information on the historic property see the Historic

American Building Survey No. DC-219 and U.S. Department of Interior

National Register No. 69000311.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Arthur M. Turowski,

Director, Portfolio Management Division, WPT.

[FR Doc. 97-24064 Filed 9-8-97; 10:06 am]

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