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A bridge-turned-park in Southeast can be a national example of how to reconnect communities
The annual Anacostia River Festival has been a huge draw ... As we emerge into a post-coronavirus world, civic spaces such as the 11th Street Bridge Park will be places of healing, celebration ...
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11th Street Bridge Park, D.C.’s answer to the High Line, lands first seven-figure donation
There’s still a long way to go, but the nonprofit hoping to build a park connecting neighborhoods east and west of the Anacostia River got some good news this week. The 11th Street Bridge Park ...
The New York Times2y
Can Anacostia Build a Bridge Without Displacing Its People?
Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated the year the 11th Street Bridge park will break ground. It is 2023, not 2024. Megan Kimble is the former executive editor ...
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11th Street Bridge in D.C. could feature public park, local teenagers say
The old 11th Street Bridge isn't much to look at: It's being dismantled and replaced, so chunks of rubble lie piled up over the dirty water of the Anacostia River. But within a few years ...
The Washington Informer7d
Anacostia Riverfest Brings Out Thousands in the Name of Art, Music and Family Fun
Anacostia River Festival celebrates the African Diaspora with music, exhibitions, and a curated marketplace in Washington, ...
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DC’s 11th Street Bridge Park hits milestone for funding with $15M grant
Renderings of 11th Street Bridge Park rendering (Photo Courtesy: DDOT) The design will offer safe access to play, nature, and connections to the Anacostia River. Officials said the features will ...
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Anacostia River Festival highlights work being done to clean, improve the river
“One of our main goals is to reconnect people to the outdoors to our natural resources to Anacostia River,” said Jessica Smith Lennan, deputy director of 11th Street Bridge Park. The festival ...
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A Mother-Daughter Duo Will Create the 11th Street Bridge Park’s First Public Artwork
A wave of excitement and relief swept over DC artists Martha Jackson Jarvis and Njena Surae Jarvis when they learned their piece—entitled “Anacostia’s Sunrise/Sunset Portals”—was selected as the 11th ...
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DC’s 11th Street Bridge Park taps mother-daughter sculpting duo to design public art
It was a congratulatory missive telling them that they were selected to create the first and largest art piece in the 11th Street Bridge Park over the Anacostia River in D.C. The duo’s design ...
New Atlas10y
Design chosen for Washington's 11th Street Bridge Park
Washington's 11th Street Bridge Park will be "a place of exchange ... The existing 11th Street Bridges, which cross the Anacostia River between the Washington Navy Yard on one side and Anacostia ...
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3 Dead After Car Plunges Into Anacostia River
MPD officers are set up near the Anacostia River. DC Fire say 3 people are ... and rescue workers were first dispatched to the 11th Street Bridge, which is about a mile-and-a-half away from ...
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Man dies after being rescued from car submerged in Anacostia River: MPD
WASHINGTON (7News) — A man is dead after being pulled from a vehicle that was in the Anacostia River in ... report of a car in the water near 11th Street Bridge, Southeast around 1:55 p.m ...