Posts tagged Outdoor Play
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Being near water can be healthy during the pandemic. Here are five places to take in the region’s rivers
While crowding at popular riverside spots isn’t safe at this time, many folks have the right idea: Getting near or on our region’s rivers and waterways can reduce the collective stress we’re feeling and help us stay connected to our community and to the larger world. Keep reading…
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GGW’s favorite outdoor spaces in one map
This week’s Ask GGW told you all about our contributors’ favorite outdoor spaces in the Washington region. Did we leave you wondering where exactly to find them? Here are all 35 in an interactive map! Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: Where do you enjoy the outdoors?
With spring weather almost here, it’s time to get out and enjoy the less concrete-filled parts of our region. We asked our contributors to tell us about their favorite outdoor spots and why they love them. We also gave bonus points for places you can get to by transit! The answers were as wide-reaching as our contributor base itself, but the District had the highest concentration… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Do the math
A question of when; How murders are counted; Streetcars starting later in January; Startups help economic diversity; Pop-up comeuppance; Fields not football; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changes in the neighborhood
To pop or not to pop; Navy Yard a hit; Play place DC; Benefits for Buzzard Point; Redeveloping Grimke; Lake of debate; Dining outside gets easier in DC; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Victims of the road
Cycling hit on Bike to School Day; Hit-and-run gets 6 months; Intersection of doom; Did confusion kill?; Transit first in MoCo; Right to play; Heights stay; Returning home; Diversifying the housing stock; Can’t build there. Keep reading…
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St. Elizabeths new ice slide is more than a fun ride
Over 700 people crowded the new St. Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion during the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend for DC’s latest winter attraction: a $220,000 ice slide. “They didn’t want an ice rink, they wanted to do something different,” says Kelsie Wright, whose company KCW Communications, LLC was contracted to oversee the slide, as well as decorate… Keep reading…
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Dueling proposals for Eastern Market plaza include a miniature Capitol Hill
Barracks Row Main Street recently presented two design alternatives for a new plaza at the Eastern Market Metro station. Both concepts go a long way to uniting the plaza, which is currently broken up into six pieces, while making it greener, cleaner, easier to traverse, and more inviting. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Many DC residents are giving the mayor a thumbs down on school quality. Will a new official help?
Most DC residents give low ratings to public schools: Approval ratings have doubled since the mid-1990s, but a Washington Post poll shows that only 38% think Mayor Vincent Gray has done a “good” or “excellent” job improving DC’s schools. Former school official named to head DCPS effort to improve secondary schools: Former Interim State Superintendent… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More about the Metro budget
WMATA to hire 1000; Bike lockers get cheaper; Sarles answers only some questions; Transit center delayed; Fairfax wants FBI; Grants push a better H Street; Herndon says no to roundabout; Poor kids miss play. Keep reading…