by Suzanne Wald District Department of the Environment This summer, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the District of Columbia are restoring a perennial stream in Linnean Playground using an innovative technique called a Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC). This waterway is fed by a storm sewer outfall that conveys stormwater runoff from 24.5 […]
How Our Playground Was Born
by Ann Kessler (Part 2 of 2; see the first post, about Mrs. Wright’s efforts to build and improve our neighborhood schools here.) Establishing a playground and providing recreational facilities for the children of Forest Hills was a constant concern of Mrs. Leslie Boudinot Flenner Wright, a neighborhood activist from the 1920s through the 1950s. […]
Broad Branch Road Rehab: What Do You Think?
by Marlene Berlin [Update: Click here to see the results of the survey.] Should Broad Branch Road be more welcoming to pedestrians and cyclists? Or should it be left pretty much as it is now? Representatives from DDOT (DC Department of Transportation) and consultants Parsons Transportation Group held a public meeting on November 8th at […]