Posts tagged Pershing Park
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As downtown DC’s Pershing Park becomes a World War I memorial, process preserves a landscape but doesn’t save the park for people
Pershing Park, a secluded pocket near the White House, is being converted into a national World War I memorial. At the behest of its promoters, the memorial removes the active spaces for people that made the park popular, while keeping secondary elements that close off the park from the city and keep it desolate. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cables and kickbacks
Back on track; The MetNo morning commute; Shutdown standard?; Shelter kickbacks?; The Supreme Court pick on DC; Life in the bike lane; Council conflict of interest; Metro didn’t start the fire; The segregated vote. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: For a safer system
Metro’s crime spike; No new fares; Unnecessary shutdown; Blizzard’s hefty price tag; Where’s our interchange?; New afforable housing projects; Picking Purple Line builders; Marriott’s decision deadline; No ballot initiative; Memorial sneak peek. Keep reading…
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The winner of a design competition will build the WWI Memorial. Here’s what that means.
Today, the sponsor of the World War I Memorial will choose the winner of its design competition, meaning we’ll get a sense for what the memorial will look like in the end. Whether or not design competitions succeed depends heavily the work that goes into planning them. Keep reading…
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The secret park by the White House could be great, if people knew about it
Pershing Park is one of DC’s most unique and potentially pleasant public spaces. Unfortunately, few people have ever enjoyed it because the park’s best elements are hidden behind an uninviting raised embankment. Keep reading…