Parks & Public Space : Development News

Two parks have popped up in D.C. in recent days, one in NoMa and the other in the Golden Triangle.

See how Northeast has changed in this virtual tour - or hop on a bike and see for yourself.

I-395 was part of a planned "inner Beltway" that would have destroyed thousands of homes. Most of that highway was stopped, but I-395 still got built. Now that scar is going to be healed.

It would be the first in the city.

The block-long brick wall will be covered up by trellises and vines.

The Downtown DC Business Improvement District's annual State of Downtown shed light on how downtown D.C. is evolving.

The 25-year-old nonprofit aims to bring its residents together with neighbors in a new garden it's building.

An alley between Dance Place and Brookland Artspace Lofts will become an arts park.

The Georgetown BID and the National Park Service plan a dock on the C&O canal for boaters. If all goes well, it could be operational this spring or summer.

The Barry Farm aquatic center, replacing an outdoor pool, opened Dec. 13 and features a lap pool, a leisure pool and a waterslide. And that's just the beginning.

The Menkiti Group, responsible for many projects in and around Brookland, will restore three historic buildings just outside D.C. in Mt. Rainier, Maryland.

The future of the library is in DC citizens' hands.

The annual event shows what uses street parking could be put to besides cars.

Friendship Park and Community Center, also known as "Turtle" park, is getting overhauled beginning in October.

DC officials dedicated the park to the Godfather of Go-Go Aug. 22, on what would have been Brown's 78th birthday.