Project Overview
Friendship Recreation Center will be a new state of the art 4,500 square foot recreation facility. The current recreation center is outdated and no longer serves the community efficiently. The new recreation center will house a new community room to hold up to 125 people, lobby/gallery to display local art, a dedicated kids/craft room for the local coop and additional storage and administrative space. In addition the exterior improvements include an updated tot lot and upper playground, a new basketball court, a new splash pad, site amenities and landscaping.
Scope of work may include but may not be limited to:
- New larger recreation center
- New playground for toddlers and older kids
- New play courts
- New spray park
- New landscaping
- New exterior site amenities (benches, trash cans, etc.)
Project Details
Friendship Recreation Center Project (Includes Turtle Park Playground)
Location: 45th and Van Ness Street, NW
Ward: 3
Ward: 3
Agency Responsible for Construction: DGS
Design Start Date: June 2014
Design Start Date: June 2014
Construction Start Date: Late Summer/Early Fall 2015
Construction End Date: Spring 2017
Budget: $7.3M
Architect: Fanning Howey
General Contractor: Tompkins Construction
Status: Construction
Construction End Date: Spring 2017
Budget: $7.3M
Architect: Fanning Howey
General Contractor: Tompkins Construction
Status: Construction
Green Features/LEED Certification: LEED Silver
DPR Project Manager: Brent Sisco
DGS Project Manager: Shahrokh Ghahramani
DGS Project Manager: Shahrokh Ghahramani
DGS Contact: Jackie Stanley (DGS), (202) 431-1195
Friendship Recreation Center ANC Meeting Presentation (January 12, 2017)
Related Information
- Friendship Recreation Center ANC Meeting Presentation (January 12, 2017)
- Friendship Recreation Center Meeting Presentation (July 26, 2016)
- Friendship Recreation Center Meeting Notes (July 26, 2016)
- Friendship Park Community November 2015 Update
- Friendship Park Community October 2015 Update
- Friendship Site Logistics Plan
- Friendship Park SIT Presentation 9-28-15
- Friendship Recreation Center Presentation 9-17-15
- DPR/DGS Friendship Response to the Letter to the Mayor
- Friendship Recreation Center Community Meeting 6-24-15
- Friendship Community Meeting Notes 6-24-15
- Friendship Park ANC Presentation - February 2015
- Friendship Park Recreation Center Community Meeting 12-10-14
- Friendship Recreation Center Community Meeting Presentation
- Friendship Park Recreation Center and Playground SIT Meeting Project Update July 2014
- Friendship Park Recreation Center Presentation at the ANC 3E Meeting 4-10-14
- Friendship Park Recreation Center Community Meeting Flyer 4-10-14