https://www.grimkedc.com/icon-reborn daily 0.75 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ba417e09bab714d2a07071/1622926713176-RZE0UEHFNYY0FTUOBJ37/award-winning+design+practices An Icon Reborn - 2020 International architecture firm, Torti Gallas + Partners, signs a long-term lease as anchor tenant at Grimke. Torti Gallas brings its award-winning design practice and multidisciplinary approach to placemaking to the project. Torti Gallas also serves as the redevelopment’s architect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ba417e09bab714d2a07071/1622917389509-FK11ZT4N7THB21F4ELVP/Grimke+Night+Aerial An Icon Reborn - Today Grimke is at the center of the dynamic and inspirational U Street neighborhood and inclusive of cultural and arts elements that make it a one-of-a-kind place to work, live, and learn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ba417e09bab714d2a07071/1622826540414-TXOEWE3FVDHP4FS6NY4W/Community+Three+breaks+ground An Icon Reborn - 2019 In 2019, Community Three broke ground on the 9 1/2 Street Initiative, which included Grimke and two adjacent parcels, encompassing approximately 133,000 square feet of office, residential, retail, cultural, and arts uses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ba417e09bab714d2a07071/1622826500642-67KY5H2FZ7GXA2Q98II0/Office+Conversion An Icon Reborn - 1980s Grimke School was converted to an office building for government agencies in the 1980s and most recently served as headquarters for the DC Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the Department of Corrections. Over the ensuing decades the building crept into disrepair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ba417e09bab714d2a07071/1622826481274-VXH1ZU5L2CBE1X09SN4W/Archibald+Grimke An Icon Reborn - 1935 to 1937 The building was expanded and re-named in 1934 after Archibald Grimke, a highly regarded race and community relations diplomat, journalist, activist, lawyer, and President of NAACP of Washington, DC. The Grimke family was later recognized as one of the most prominent African American families in Washington, leaving a remarkable legacy in education, civil rights, religion, and the arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ba417e09bab714d2a07071/1622903547069-9CM2GIIY8ONEU9GBGRDI/Old+Phelps+School An Icon Reborn - 1887 The Grimke School was first built in 1887 and originally called the Phelps School after Seth Ledyard Phelps (1824 - 1885), an outstanding naval officer and diplomat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ba417e09bab714d2a07071/1622826522247-QK2N1YVNA5OY002OP4XI/African+American+Civil+War+Memorial+Museum An Icon Reborn - 2013 In 2013, the Council of the District of Columbia passed the “African-American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation Inc. 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