Parks & Public Space : Development News

Mayor Gray broke ground on the renovation of Trinidad Playground, which will have a superhero, "Captain Trinidad," as its mascot and design motif.

The American Society of Landscape Architects is installing a Green Streets Demonstration Project on Eye Street NW.

As installation of the sculpture memorializing the Godfather of Go-Go gets underway, the artist offers a sneak peek and a look into the process of designing the larger than life Chuck.

A zip line, a play "farmers' market" and more are among the new improvements at two recently renovated District parks.

Three competing designs for the public art component of Chuck Brown Park are being presented to the public.

Northeast Library, on the Hill, is the fourth oldest library in DC still in operation--though it's been closed since 2011 for a renovation. It opened Monday.

The missing link between D.C. and Maryland will be filled in, starting in spring.

The Sherwood Rec Center, which currently has no playground, is getting a brand-new one which it will share with the School-Within-School (SWS) nearby.

A new playground and a brand new rec center is coming to Benning Ridge, with construction slated to begin this spring.

On Dec. 2, Mayor Vincent Gray cut the ribbon on a new playground in Hillcrest in Ward 7. "It's like night and day," Hillcrest Community Civic Association president Karen Williams says.

On Friday, Nov. 15, Mayor Vincent Gray and other notables officially cut the ribbon at Benning Park Community Center Playground, the latest D.C. park to be renovated with all-new equipment, and announced that eight more playgrounds would be renovated.

Storey Park, a 700,000 square-foot mixed-use building in NoMa on the site of the former Greyhound bus terminal, should break ground in June 2014.

The District is making strides in its efforts to construct a permanent,  memorial to legendary guitarist/singer Chuck Brown, "the Godfather of Go-Go," having issued RFPs for the design-build of the central memorial plaza and for the art installation that will serve as a reminder of his cultural legacy.

The Historic Preservation Review Board recently designated the Park View Playground and Field House a historic site. The property played an important role in integrating D.C. playgrounds.

The opening follows on the heels of the opening of the renovated recreation center, a roughly $10 million project.