Washington DC is not a big city and with limited space, most pieces of land don’t stay abandoned or empty for long. One of the exceptions to that general rule is McMillan Sand Filtration Site. The site was once a fully functional water treatment plant run by the US Army but it was decommissioned in the 1980s and since then it has remained empty but it won’t be for much longer. Get a glimpse of this mysterious abandoned site before it changes forever.
The McMillan Sand Filtration Site is on a 25-acre piece of land right in the Northwest of Washington DC across from the Children’s National Medical Center.
The famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted helped to design the park. Residents of the area enjoyed playing in the park until World War II when it was closed to the public.
The site has been a dividing factor in the area as the city determined what exactly to do with it. Many wanted to preserve the area and save the park while others wanted to build over it.
Those in favor of building have succeed and the property is set to undergo a $720 million redevelopment and will become the destination of a combination housing, shopping and office space.
