Posts tagged Parks
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Events: Save the date for our April 26 happy hour!
Join GGWash for our happy hour at Dew Drop Inn, experience photos and sounds of DC from the 80s, tell Prince George's officials to legalize accessory apartments, learn how racially-restrictive deed covenants kept Bloomingdale off-limits to African Americans, and much more in events this week! Keep reading…
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NoMa’s light-up underpass art could come by March
NoMa will install “Rain,” comprised of 4,000 LED light rods hung from an underpass ceiling in a series of vaults, on M Street. “Lightweave,” a series of lights that drop from the ceiling in an undulating manner similar to clouds, is coming to L Street. Keep reading…
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Meet NoMa’s first new park: Swampoodle Park
A 8,000-square-foot park with a dog section and children's play area is coming to NoMa, and it could open as soon as February! The name is nod to a nearby historic Irish-American community. Keep reading…
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Here are 15 places in and around Anacostia that you should visit
Did you know that there's a little Smithsonian museum in Anacostia? How about a National Park Service-operated roller skating rink? Keep reading…
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Crystal City could be getting a flashy pedestrian bridge to the airport
Could this pedestrian bridge from Crystal City to Washington National Airport be the new High Line? Planners hope it will add more high-quality public space to the neighborhood. 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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Why don’t we take a cue from Europe and Boston, and allow alcohol on the National Mall?
In DC, it’s an open secret that players in the social sports leagues on the National Mall are not carrying soda or water in their red solo cups. So why don't we just take a cue from Europe and allow alcohol in public parks already? Keep reading…
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NoMa wants your help naming its new large park
The NoMa Parks Foundation has begun the process of selecting a name for its new large park off the Metropolitan Branch Trail. Taking into account some of the controversy over naming the space directly after the neighborhood, the organization is looking to local history and landmarks for possible ideas. Keep reading…
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“Spray park urbanism” is in a creative golden age that’s energizing America’s public spaces
Spray parks—plazas with jets of shooting water—are now the central feature in many of our best public spaces. As a result, designers are getting creative with what kind of urban place a spray park can be. Keep reading…
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Spray parks, the giant water fountains kids play in, will stay open longer in DC
DC has 24 “spray parks,” which are basically playgrounds with fountains that spray water all over kids while they play. Up until now, they’ve been programmed to stop functioning at 7 pm even though parks stay open until dark. But starting this Friday, the District is going to keep the water flowing until 8:30 each night. Keep reading…