Chanda Washington, director of communications for the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development, says the cost of the slide is $220,000, with the $5 fee going to the city’s general fund.

The transformation of the St. Elizabeths east campus officially got underway this morning when District officials broke ground on the Gateway Pavilion.

The look for the next phase of St. Elizabeths Hospital east was revealed over the weekend with the design for a temporary pavilion set to open next year.