Planned renovations to Washington, DC’s libraries have been getting attention on both local and national blogs of late:

DC Metrocentric: Georgetown Library Renovations

Dwell Blog: Adjaye Tapped for Two DC Branch Libraries

A redesigned Georgetown Public Library (which was damaged by a three-alarm fire in April 2007), Washington Highlands branch in in Southwest, and Francis A. Gregory library in Southeast should be good for property values in all three neighborhoods (more so with the last two).

But, as the post on Dwell and comments on DC Metrocentric point out, planned improvements are not the same as actual improvements.