Posts tagged Playgrounds
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A greener Eastern Market plaza may be on the way
Where today the parks around the Eastern Market Metro are mostly tired expanses of grass with a few trees, the parks soon could contain an expanded library, formal playground, cafe-style tree bosque and several stormwater management features. The roads and sidewalks around the square could also get a better layout. 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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Design competition aims to give DC beautiful and functional play spaces
There is a growing need for children’s play spaces in DC, but some think that playgrounds are unsightly and detract from public space. To address this, the Office of Planning (OP) is holding an international competition to design art-based play spaces for underserved neighborhoods. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Eat nearby
Fancy food for St. Elizabeths; Graham throws dirt, hits self; DC’s just roads and parking to you?; Train goes up stairs; Silver Line too bureacratic?; Crash victims get memorial park; Kids lose out; People are happy with DC; Build for cars, transit costs more; And…. Keep reading…
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3 choices show different visions for Franklin Park
Should Franklin Park mostly stay as is and get a facelift, or more significant changes? A study by the National Park Service, DC government, and the Downtown Business Improvement District has devised three options for us to consider. All of the options add a much-needed children’s play area in the northeastern portion of Franklin Park. Residents of the Chinatown area… 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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Playgrounds show how far DC has come in 20 years
Mayor Vincent Gray recently announced that DC will renovate 8 more playgrounds next year, bringing his “Play DC” project to a total of 40 playgrounds. That’s a far cry from the 1990s, when residents who wanted a new playground were basically left to fend for themselves. The District is allocating $1 million for each of those playground makeovers. And… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Disappearing money
Money sinks into the hole; Alta workers launch petition; LeMunyon: No money for trails; Will MD drivers fill up in VA?; Bring your big boxes here?; Frumin pushes for neighborhood schools; How to legalize airbnb?; And…. Keep reading…
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Don’t forget about playgrounds
Playgrounds serve an important role in child development. They’re not just luxuries or “add-ons” in neighborhoods. Playgrounds and public parks are where children in cities gain crucial physical and social skills. To maximize learning during and after school, especially for our youngest learners, we should think about playgrounds as a public educational… Keep reading…