Posts tagged Nps
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Cars and urban parks are a match made in hell
The agony and the ecstasy of DC’s semi-national park system Keep reading…
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Four wild ideas that challenge the concept of memorialization
What if we re-thought how we commemorate important people and events? A federal competition is asking that question, and four finalists will now create memorials that answer it. Keep reading…
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Plans for Georgetown’s C&O Canal meet misanthropic planning attitudes
The Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal in Georgetown is largely a desolate place, but a new plan aims to bring life back to the canal as it historically had. But not everyone thinks a livelier C&O Canal is a good idea, particularly the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, which has called the plans an ill-advised attempt to recreate New York’s wildly sucessful “High Line” park. Keep reading…
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Congress Heights’ Malcolm X Park: A vital place, despite disrepair
At the corner of Malcolm X Avenue and Martin Luther King Avenue in Congress Heights sits a federal park that’s known mostly to people who live in the area. Officially known to the National Park Service as Shepherd Park, residents have long dubbed it Malcolm X Park—not to be confused with Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park in Northwest. Keep reading…
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Will sidewalks and bike lanes get shoveled this year?
The Washington region hasn't had a snow like Sunday's since 2016. The region's governments are aggressively plowing roads for motor vehicles, but how will other infrastructure fare? Keep reading…
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Keep the Mall open for sports, residents tell NPS
A draft proposal from the National Park Service (NPS) would greatly reduce available playing space for organized sports on the National Mall and increase fees for players to use the areas that will still allow residents to play. More than 100,000 people participate in local sports leagues that play on the Mall. Keep reading…
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The attached triangle: a solution to a neglected triangle park near you
Nearly 300 small parks scattered around the District of Columbia are owned, and often neglected, by the National Park Service. Dozens of these are little more than traffic islands, remnants left over amidst the many complicated multi-leg intersections along angled streets — a legacy that dates back to the L'Enfant Plan. Keep reading…
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What the US gets wrong about urban parks, summed up in two pictures
A look-but-don't-touch mentality mars many US parks, reducing people's ability to enjoy public spaces. Here are two pictures that show how loosening the rules would make our cities better and more beautiful. Keep reading…
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Hogan hopes to widen, privatize, and toll I-270, I-495, and the BW Parkway
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is proposing to widen and add toll lanes to three of Maryland's biggest highways: I-270, the Beltway, and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Keep reading…
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The Mount Vernon Trail is now a little safer by Roosevelt Island
There's a new crossing where the Mount Vernon Trail passes through the parking lot for Roosevelt Island, which sits between Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom. The trail crosses the lot at a smoother angle, and there's a large speed bump that both slows drivers and keeps the trail level. Keep reading…