| | NARPAC, Inc. ARCHIVED DOCUMENT-DC GENERAL |
 | | The heated arguments associated with the future of DC General frequently devolve to whether the current building and its employees and management should be "revitalized" to meet current needs--primarily for the city's poorest and mostly medically uninsured--or whether the institution should be scrapped and a new one generated in its place. |
 | | The DC General property actually interrupts the Eastern extension of Massachusetts Avenue, which by the time it reaches the hospital has petered down to a narrow residential street, and resumes as a relatively undeveloped street on the far side of the river, forming the Southern boundary of the huge, undeveloped Ft. DuPont Park. |
 | | The DC General operating deficits have never exceeded $40M per year--a sum that could be generated by the 'best use' development of one-third of its unused acreage--much in the manner that the Maritime Plaza, Navy Yard, and Southeast Federal Center are now being developed further down the Anacostia. |
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