Here's an article highlighting some development in the ballpark district.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/11/14/an-urban-adventure-taking-shape-on-the-riverfront/

I'm not sure what's funnier - that all of the crap being built there has WHITEY blasted all over it or that the audience for the article you linked to has more to do with the Pet Shop Boys and Kneel-and-Bobbin than the suburban MLB crowd.