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~ - .,~ t1 Ct ..··· .,.,...:, Cl ·-~-~ .. - -03-,7- :-··:·~!--· ··- ~~~~~-3 ·;-·-~,. r*il(e. ~ i . ~~~i 998 EifTif\.L£AMJ»U P . I ] I Distri~ of Columbia- ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 03-17 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia CASE NO.03-17 EXHIBITDeleted NO.26A1 Cover Photo: The 1870 Universty community in front of the recently corutructed original Main Building ofHoward University. Photo courtesy ofthe Moorland Spingarn Re3earch Center. -. .,, ·:. J 1 ... l I .. j . .. -- c 0 N T E N T s THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER Historic Structures ........................................... 21 Historic Continuity ................................................. 62 Infrastructure Issues ........................................ 22 Campus Structure & Pattern ................................... 68 PREFACE: THE VISION STATEl\lIBNT OF THE The Howard University-Federal National Connecting with the City ........................................ 74 CENTRAL CAMPUS PLAN FOR HOWARD Mortgage Association LeDroit Park Initiative ... 22 Development Opportunities Framework. ................ 76 UNIVERSITY Community Connections ................................. 23 THE CAMPUS PLAN .......................................... 77 E.xECUTIVE SUMMARY ••.••.....•.....•...•..•......•..•.. i HISTORIC FRA:MEWORK ................................ 25 Proposed Campus Boundaries ......................... 80 Institutional Evolution & Development .......... 25 Modifications to the Campus Structure .................. 83 INTRODUCTION .................................................. 1 The Previously Approved Central Campus Plan .... 33 Faculty, Students & Alumni ............................... 2 Building Activity Since 1988 .......................... 33 APPENDICES ....................................................... 87 Strategic Framework for Action ................................ 3 Program Considerations ........................................... 6 EXISTING CAMPUS STRUCTURE ................. 35 Appendix A Student Enrolhnent ........................... 88 Enrolhnent ......................................................... 6 Campus Edge Conditions ....................................... 38 Appendix B Traffic & Parking Analysis ................ 90 Student Life & Housing Issues .......................... 6 Campus Structure & Pattem ................................... 40 Appendix C Building Information ...................... 108 Staffing .............................................................. 9 University Districts, Uses & Activities ................... 44 Appendix D Service & Utility Distribution Administration ................................................... 9 Zoning Districts ...................................................... 47 SystelllS ............................................ 111 Academic Programs .......................................... 9 Statement of Compliance with the Appendix E City/Community Connections ......... 112 Research .......................................................... 16 DC Comprehensive Plan Act ........................... 47 Technology ...................................................... 17 Open Space Pattetns, Landscape Elements The University Libraries System ..................... 17 & Pedestrian Circulation ........................................ 50 The Moorland Spingarn Research Center ....... 18 Streets, Vehicular Circulation, & Parking ............... 56 Toe Radio and Television Stations .................. 18 Parking and Shuttles ........................................ 56 Howard University Hospital ............................ 19 Related Pla.nmng Factors ........................................ 20 RE-PLACJNG FRAMEWORK .......................... 59 Facilities .......................................................... 20 Universal Re-placing Goals ............................. 59 Renewal ........................................................... 20 Toe UniverCity 20/20 Issues ........................... 61 THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER More than 131 years ago Howard University Community Policing Station and the Howard began to rise from its home on a dominant hill University Community Association, both on above the 1791 L'Enfant northern boundary for Georgia Avenue, are activities that extend the the City of Washington. Indeed, in the City's University's resources to the benefit of its spatial vernacular the "Hilltop" refers to the neighbors and the City. The Howard University as a recognizable destination and as a University bookstore, planned for the Howard place. Those early 1867 roots have evolved into Center on Georgia Avenue at Bryant Street, is a University of international stature. In the located to reinforce the spirit and fabric of that journey to its present status many have great retail corridor. The University family's contributed their collective intellect and energy record of participation and leadership in the to creating a place of special character and City's productive future is nearly without rival. meaning. Among the several campus plans for From membership on City boards, commissions Howard University the Cassell plan of 1932 has and committees to University programs for the gained near legendary respect both for its City's youth, Howard University faculty and artistry and its clear intentions to make a place students have an indelible record of of majesty symbolizing bold aspirations, order contribution. Our cultural offerings, athletic and courage. events and educational programs seek to Since that time the planning process and the enhance the quality of life in and are at the environment in which planning occurs have center of the vibrant City in which we reside. matured and become more complex. Howard The 1998 Howard University campus plan, University, too, has matured and become more UniverCity 20/20, is the corollary spatial complex. The University's 1998 plan and its expression of the Framework. As does the goals, issues, principles and policies approach, Framework, the plan has deeply rooted we believe, is the appropriate response to intellectual and moral foundations. conceiving and memorializing a living plan UniverCity 20/20's genesis is The Long whose substance will be a continuing reference Walk: The Placemaking Legacy of Howard for all actions delineating change in the University. This landmark third history of the University environment. University makes the precedents to the 1998 The Strategic Framework for Action is an campus plan transparent and available to the indication of the thoughtful and directed path current planning process. The University that we have taken to conceive and ensure the considers The Long Walk and its research University's leadership as a flagship educational integral to UniverCity 20/20. Please accept our enterprise. The Framework is at once both a appreciation for the opportunity to submit vision and plan for the purposes and shape of Howard University's 1998 campus plan to the Howard University. Specific attention is given Board of Zoning Adjustment. the University's role and responsibility as a resident of the City of Washington. Continuing Respectfully submitted, contributions to life of the City is at the lead of that role and responsibility. The Howard University/Federal National Mortgage Association Initiative to revitalize and stabilize the historic LeDroit Park neighborhood on the H. Patrick Swygert University's southern boundary is an indication President of the level of commitment to its residential neighbors. The Howard University Campus Police/Metropolitan Police Department HOWARD UNIVERSITY H. Patrick Swygert, Esq. President 1997-1998 Board of Trustees Mr. Frank Savage (Chairperson) Mr. Bertram M. Lee, Sr. Mr. Gerald D. Prothro Chairman Chairman Vice President & Chief Information Officer Alliance Capital Management International Albimar Communications, Inc. IBM Corporation Dr. Floretta Dukes McKenzie (Vice Chairperson) Mr. Kenneth D. Lewis Ms. Phylicia Rashad President President Actress The McKenzie Group NationsBank Corporation Mr. Wayman F. Smith, III Dr. Carolyn Whitfield Broome Dr. Charles J. McDonald Vice President for Corporate Affairs Professor Professor and Chairman Anheuser Busch Cos., Inc. Howard University Faculty Department of Dermatology Rhode lsland Hospital H. Patrick Swygert, Esq. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Early President Assistant Commissioner The Honorable Gabrielle McDonald Howard University New York City Department of Health Judge, International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Reverend Matthew L. Watley Dr. Harold P. Freeman United Nations Graduate Student Director, Department of Surgery Howard University Harlem Hospital Center Mr. Cornell L. Moore Partner Mr. Glegg L. Watson Mr. Earl G. Graves Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Vice President, Public & Urban Affairs President & CEO Xerox Corporation Earl G. Graves, Ltd. Mr. Richard D. Parsons President The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder Renee Higginbotham-Brooks, Esq. Time Warner, Inc. Distinguished Professor Attorney Center for Public Policy Higginbotham-Brooks Law Offices Mr. Martin D. Payson Virginia Commonwealth University Business Advisor Mr. Dennis F. Hightower Ms. Tarshima D. Williams Professor of Management Mr. Harry J. Pearce Undergraduate Student Graduate School of Business Management Vice Chairman Howard University Harvard University General Motors Corporation Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Dr. Muriel Poston Senior Partner Associate Professor Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP Howard University Faculty The Honorable Jack F. Kemp General Colin L. Powell Co-director

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