A TOUR OF A CHANGING CAPITAL
, 11th Street Bridge ParkA day’s stroll from one end of America’s federal capital to the other is a good way of exploring how the culture and topography of the city are evolving.. – The Economist
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CAUSES: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THE 11TH STREET BRIDGE PARK
, 11th Street Bridge ParkThe University of the District of Columbia is the only exclusively urban land-grant university in the United States. The College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences is charged with leading the university’s land-grant mission. We accomplish this through research based academic and community outreach programs that improve the quality of life and economic opportunities for Washington DC residents and organizations – YouTube
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ANTHOLOGY X 202 CREATES
, 11th Street Bridge ParkANTHOLOGY is our ongoing portrait series: We’re documenting the people whose projects + plans make THIS CITY #aCreativeDC.
ANTHOLOGY x 202 Creates was produced in partnership and collaboration with the DC Public Library Foundation and Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 202 Creates Initiative | The DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment. – A Creative DC
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UPDATE ON THE UPBEAT – THE 11TH STREET BRIDGE PARK
, 11th Street Bridge ParkBy now, nearly everyone has heard of the plan to build a broad pedestrian park and entertainment center on the piers of the old 11th Street bridge that were left after the freeway and local roads were rebuilt in the last few years. The idea is to construct a broad band the length of three football fields across the river, connecting Capitol Hill with historic Anacostia through a series of spaces providing recreation, art, and environmental education. – Hill Rag
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IS GENTRIFICATION CAUSING POVERTY TO GROW EAST OF THE ANACOSTIA RIVER?
, 11th Street Bridge ParkWhen housing prices rise, the poor move out and the well-to-do move in. It’s a process Washington has seen in neighborhood after neighborhood. But where do Washingtonians who are pushed out by gentrification go? – The Kojo Nnamdi Show
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BRIDGING D.C.‘S STARKEST DIVIDE
, 11th Street Bridge ParkCan a park over the Anacostia River spur a revolution in urban development? – Next City
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THIS PROGRAM IS HELPING SOME OF DC’S MOST DISADVANTAGED RESIDENTS BUY HOUSES
, 11th Street Bridge ParkVery few Ward 8 residents are homeowners—only about 24 percent in fact, with many people calling it “the renter’s ward” and a lot of residents believing that buying a home will never be a possibility. There are paths to homeownership in Ward 8, though. Here’s one example of how residents are making it happen. – Greater Greater Washington
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BTM RADIO SHOW W/ SCOTT KRATZ DIRECTOR OF 11TH STREET BRIDGE PARK
, 11th Street Bridge ParkFor the last four years, Scott has been working with the Washington D.C. Office of Planning and the Ward 8 nonprofit Building Bridges Across the River at THEARC to transform an old freeway bridge into a park above the Anacostia River. The old 11th Street Bridges that connect Capitol Hill with communities east of the river have reached the end of their lifespan, Scott is working with the community to use the base of one of the bridges to create a one of a kind civic space supporting active recreation, environmental education, and the arts. Scott is a resident of Barrack’s Row and has lived in Washington D.C. for the last 10 years. He has worked in the education field for twenty years and began his career teaching at Kidspace. – BTM Radio Show
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THE 11TH STREET BRIDGE PARK
, 11th Street Bridge ParkThe 11th Street Bridge Park re-imagines a defunct bridge span as a new citizen destination for recreation and entertainment. The resulting park will be an economic anchor for the surrounding neighborhoods, and provide economic opportunities for residents, during construction and beyond. Spearheaded by Ward 8’s Building Bridges Across the River at THEARC, the park is one of the most collaborative projects to start up in D.C. in recent years. – Prime Settlement
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HOW CAN WE MAKE GROWTH WORK FOR EVERYONE?
, 11th Street Bridge ParkWashington, DC, is awaiting its own version of the High Line in the 11th Street Bridge Park, anelevated park to span Washington, DC’s Anacostia River and connect distressed neighborhoods on the east to more affluent neighborhoods on the west. In the meantime, local groups are doing their part to achieve that balance – Urban Wire
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