While campus plans for American and Georgetown Universities — the latter of which is apparently considering expanding into Northern Virginia to circumvent the wrath of its Advisory Neighborhood Commission — Howard University’s plans are rolling along. The University officially released its finalized decennial Campus Master Plan to the public today.
The plan has been under development since 2009. (Neighborhood blog Left for LeDroit has a fine repository of information on the several drafts that have been produced since that time.) Among the key features of the plan are the closure of several alleys, the construction of new residence halls and the renovation of several buildings around the campus. A minority of Howard’s student population lives on campus — the overarching goal of the plan is to attempt to pull more students closer to the University’s core, enrich Georgia Avenue’s commercial potential and increase transportation options — including Bikeshare — inside the campus.
You can read an entire copy of the plan below; all of the maps in the final plan can be viewed here.
