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The waterfront's developers plan to unveil a revised master plan Wednesday for a massive collection of hotels, apartment buildings and ground-level restaurants and stores.

Murky waters for D.C.'s 'boat people' Derek Kravitz 2010

The waterfront's developers plan to unveil a revised master plan Wednesday for a massive collection of hotels, apartment buildings and ground-level restaurants and stores.

Murky waters for D.C.'s 'boat people' Derek Kravitz 2010

The historic Fish Wharf and the District's jazz club traditions are to be incorporated into the Southwest waterfront's designs, developers said, and, as proposed, Maine Avenue SW will be turned into a 60-foot expansive boulevard with 10-foot, two-way bike lanes and a center-lane streetcar system.

Southwest D.C. waterfront proposal shaping up Derek Kravitz 2010

The historic Fish Wharf and the District's jazz club traditions are to be incorporated into the Southwest waterfront's designs, developers said, and, as proposed, Maine Avenue SW will be turned into a 60-foot expansive boulevard with 10-foot, two-way bike lanes and a center-lane streetcar system.

Southwest D.C. waterfront proposal shaping up Derek Kravitz 2010

The waterfront's developers plan to unveil a revised master plan Wednesday for a massive collection of hotels, apartment buildings and ground-level restaurants and stores.

Murky waters for D.C.'s 'boat people' Derek Kravitz 2010

After years of recession-related missteps and false starts, the first public spaces along the Capitol Riverfront near Nationals Park are slowly taking shape, as developers and the District move cautiously to fill the Southeast waterfront's long-vacant lots.

D.C. riverfront finally taking shape, with opening of Yards Park 2010

After years of recession-related missteps and false starts, the first public spaces along the Capitol Riverfront near Nationals Park are slowly taking shape, as developers and the District move cautiously to fill the Southeast waterfront's long-vacant lots.

D.C. riverfront finally taking shape, with opening of Yards Park 2010

After years of recession-related missteps and false starts, the first public spaces along the Capitol Riverfront near Nationals Park are slowly taking shape, as developers and the District move cautiously to fill the Southeast waterfront's long-vacant lots.

D.C. riverfront finally taking shape, with opening of Yards Park 2010

As Mr. Fisher reminds us, the populations on both sides of the Hudson River were heavily Irish during the waterfront's heyday — not only thousands of longshoremen but also key power brokers, like Joseph P. "King Joe" Ryan, the president of the International Longshoreman's Association, and William "Mr. Big" McCormack, a man who rose from the docks to become a multimillionaire owner of ­port-related ­businesses.

Pier Pressure Edward T. O'Donnell 2009

For while the Irish kingpins were trying to fend off prosecutors, they were working to stymie efforts to modernize the waterfront's decrepit piers.

Pier Pressure Edward T. O'Donnell 2009