U Street-Area Redevelopment Slipping Away?

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/05/04/u-street-area-school-redevelopment-slipping-away/

"In late March, developers submitted proposals for 11 school sites up for reconstruction. Some of these schools were recently vacated, others…not so much.

Grimke Elementary School falls into the later category. It’s on Vermont Ave., within spitting distance from U Street and the U Street Cardozo Metro station entrance. Currently, it serves as home to the fire and corrections departments’ headquarters. But both offices were slated to move to the Patricia Roberts Harris Educational Center on Livingston Road in Southeast..."