Western Portion of South Capitol Mall- Still Doable
Placing the 1345 South Capitol Street real estate project on hold helps maintains the feasibility of building the western portion of the South Capitol Mall; illustration above and following are reverse flips of the 2003 NCPC proposal

The hopefully canceled 1345 South Capitol Street project

Building the western portion of the South Capitol Mall maintains an easier feasibility of building a South Capitol corridor tunnel connecting to the I-395 Center Leg (3rd Street Tunnel).

2003 US NCPC South Capitol Mall- East proposal

This 2003 proposal would have required moving the St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church, and aborting the Nationals Baseball Stadium, or constructing it some 250' eastward.

Doing the reverse flip of the western portion avoids St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church and Nationals Stadium, and would displace dwellings that are nonetheless anticipated to be removed anyway for the sake of new real estate development.