| The power plant is planned to become a restraunt/bar as part of the rennovations of the former Western State Hospital campus into offices/shops/condos. The property is on the national and Virginia historic registries including the National Historic List, so the renovations are protecting the historic character of the property. The original Western State campus might be the prettiest former mental hospital in existance - one wonders when St Elizabeth's in Washington, DC will be turned into condos - most of St Elizabeth's campus is no longer used by the hospital and it is similarly beautiful and has stunning views of Washington, DC. It would have been turned into million dollar condos a long time ago if it wasn't located in the hood - but Anacostia is getting revitalized now, so its inevitable that developers will eye St Elizabeth's for adaptive reuse (since it is a National Historic List listed property, they will have to preserve the original buildings and character of the property). |