Architect Favors City's Waterfront Plan in Washington Post Piece

Architect Roger K. Lewis, professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland, writes an opinion piece in the Washington Post supporting the City of Alexandria's waterfront plan.

"Alexandria’s historic Potomac River waterfront has been an evolving work in progress since the 18th century. The city’s planners have drafted a conservative yet controversial waterfront plan for the 21st century," he writes. "The plan makes functional, aesthetic, environmental and economic sense and, despite the controversy, should be adopted by the Alexandria City Council."

Lewis is also a member of Alexandria’s Design Review Board for the Carlyle and Eisenhower East sections of the city and says in his piece that he has had no involvement with the waterfront or its planning.

"The city’s historic Potomac River waterfront belongs to and must serve the whole city. Indeed, from a historic and geographic perspective, this unique waterfront belongs to not only all of Alexandria, but also the metropolitan Washington region, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the entire United States. Alexandria’s waterfront plan must work for all these constituencies, and not just for constituents living near the waterfront."