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Decades ago, for reasons unknown, someone decided to confine a section of Broad Branch Stream to an underground pipe. When the stream saw daylight again in 2014, the restoration team envisioned a place that could filter and slow the flow of stormwater flowing to Rock Creek, a place where wildlife could thrive, and a place […]
Rock Creek Park is an oasis of nature in the middle of our city, but nature in a city needs a lot of human help to thrive. Rock Creek Conservancy has identified five “mini-oases” where it is focusing its restoration efforts over the next two years. By 2020, it aims to show “what a fully […]
by Marlene Berlin It’s been almost a year since our last update on the century-old sewers running through Soapstone Valley, and almost six years since DC Water and the National Park Service revealed plans to do something about them. So first, a recap: Both the National Park Service and DC Water worry the aging sewer […]
It may not look as dramatic as the Broad Branch Road flooding we showed you last summer, but the road also floods where the daylighted portion of the stream passes through a pipe underneath the roadbed. Cecelia Lane, watershed specialist at the DC Department of Energy and the Environment, was at ANC 3F’s February 19th […]
by Marlene Berlin ANC 3F’s meeting last Tuesday, February 19th was jam-packed with information on happenings in our neighborhood. Here are a few highlights. Other items that came up in the meeting are addressed in separate posts: the flooding where Broad Branch stream is piped under Broad Branch Road, where the Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project […]
by Mary Beth Ray Several months ago we reported the good news that the DC Council allocated $1.5 million to DDOT for a new and improved design of our Van Ness streetscape. A recent site meeting with DDOT representatives gives us reason to be optimistic that progress is being made. We gathered on a gray […]
Perhaps you’ve been swept up in the KonMari craze. Or you are looking for motivation to start decluttering. The Mayor’s Office of the Clean City and Department of Public Works will be in Van Ness this weekend to help. Head to 4340 Connecticut Avenue between 12 and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 9th for the […]
“There seems to be a persistent and pervasive problem in Forest Hills (and neighboring areas) of dog walkers failing to leash their dogs,” Forest Hills neighbor Paul Walters recently wrote in an email to Council member Mary Cheh: This is dangerous for the dog, the owner, and others. A dog’s behavior with people or other […]
by Mary Beth Ray Van Ness Main Street Since 2011, the District has invested substantial time and resources in producing three comprehensive studies* of the Van Ness streetscape’s challenges and potential solutions. For the first time, there’s funding to begin turning those plans into action. The Van Ness Main Street Sustainable Streetscape Subcommittee announces that […]
It’s been three years since the last community meeting on plans to either rehabilitate or move century-old sewer pipes in Soapstone Valley. ANC 3F remains on top of this, and has this update. by Naomi Rutenberg ANC 3F03 Commissioner Erosion by stormwater in Soapstone Valley has exposed sewer pipes and manholes originally buried under stones […]
