DCSS Tours Forgotten Tunnels of Dupont Underground

By Ricky Garza (Georgetown 2013)

On Sunday, February 5^th, members of DC Students Speak hailing from American, Catholic, Georgetown, and George Washington Universities gathered to tour the Dupont Underground, a network of abandoned tunnels and spaces once used in the ‘60s as a trolley station and briefly repurposed as a food court in the mid-‘90s.

Today, the Dupont Underground is in the early stages of planning and development aiming for an ambitious revitalization of the 75,000 sq. ft. space. Currently, the nonprofit Arts Coalition for the Dupont Underground is working with the city, which owns the property, to secure a release for the former trolley station.  Situated in a core urban location of the city, leaders of the redevelopment organization comprise designers, artists, and businesspeople.

Speaking to the group of students, project Managing Director Braulio Agnese believes the District is poised for a new entry onto the regional and national cultural scene.

Together, the Arts Coalition imagines an entirely revitalized underground urban institution in the heart of Dupont Circle highlighting the arts and cultural performances.  Looking to successfully revitalized urban spaces like the Waterloo Tunnels in London and the abandoned train tracks now called The Highline in New York City, the planners see a bright future for the District’s own Dupont Underground.

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