Photo by Brian Allen.

You might have some thoughts about what to do with the Brutalist, hulking mass located smack-dab in the middle of downtown after the Federal Bureau of Investigations vacates its headquarters.

It certainly shouldn’t house another intelligence agency—a Government Accountability Office report called the building “functionally obsolete” back in 2011. So what should be done with what was once deemed the world’s “ugliest” building?

The National Capital Planning Commission is hosting two public meetings next week to help draft guidelines for redeveloping Squares 378 and 379 on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, upon which the J. Edgar Hoover Building currently stands. That includes discussing design, land use, building heights, and build-to-lines.

D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said in 2014 that “the opportunity to redevelop the Hoover Building site is an occasion for joyful anticipation.” A report from former D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi found that the FBI’s move to the suburbs will mean 4,800 fewer jobs in the city. But the redevelopment of the Hoover building could raise as much as $36.9 million in net revenue for the District.

And while the location of the new FBI headquarters is still undecided, with Prince George’s and Fairfax counties gunning for it, there’s another fight brewing over the namesake. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) sent a letter to General Services Administration head Denise Turner Roth opposing the transfer of J. Edgar Hoover’s name to another federal building.

As first reported by the Washington Post, Leahy takes issue with Hoover’s “abuse of power and interference with the lawful activities of Americans.”

Director Hoover routinely violated the law and infringed on the constitutional rights of American citizens by ordering investigations of individuals and groups who were not suspected of any criminal wrongdoing. Many of these investigations, as documented by the Church Committee’s landmark reports, were politically motivated and specifically targeted civil rights organizations, political dissidents, and peaceful protesters … The FBI under Director Hoover also waged a concerted campaign against gay and lesbian Americans working for the Federal government and against gay and lesbian organizations.

Leahy says that the building should be named after individuals “who represent our values and who have dedicated their public service careers to upholding the rule of law.”

The National Capital Planning Commission is hosting public meetings on Tuesday April 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday April 28 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 401 9th Street, NW. The meetings, both of which will share the same information, will also be livestreamed at www.ncpc.gov/live.