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2015 National Grants Program Finalists

January 12, 2015, 11th Street Bridge Park

ArtPlace is proud to announce the 90 projects that have been selected as finalists for consideration for its 2015 National Grants Program. Each of these finalists have proposed opportunities for the arts to play an explicit and intentional role in a community development project that seeks to strengthen the social, physical, and economic fabric of a community. 11th Street Bridge Park submitted a proposal in partnership with Washington Performing Arts; we are proud to be selected as finalists in this grant program. – ArtPlace America

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The Top 10 Biggest Developments to Watch Out for in 2015

December 31, 2014, 11th Street Bridge Park

See what projects will take Washington by storm on our list of the top 10 biggest developments to watch out for in 2015. (The 11th Street Bridge Park is #1!!!) – Curbed DC

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Building a Park to Span a Divide in Washington

December 28, 2014, 11th Street Bridge Park

The park would become a recreation area of both national significance and of rare benefit to Ward 8, just southeast of Capitol Hill and the Nationals’ ballpark, and aid in restoring the Anacostia River, a fetid, often forgotten tributary to its elegant sister, the Potomac. – New York Times

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Washington, D.C., Looks to Bridge Divide With Bridge Park

December 22, 2014, 11th Street Bridge Park

A proposal to build a park over the Anacostia River would add a new landmark to the nation’s capital and maybe help unite a long-divided city. – Governing Magazine

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The Most Hopeful Project of 2014: 11th Street Bridge Park

December 19, 2014, 11th Street Bridge Park

On the morning of October 16th, the winning design team was announced for the highly-anticipated 11th Street Bridge. But what that morning really represented was the first concrete step to connect the section of DC east of the Anacostia River to the city west of the river, both physically and metaphorically. – Urban Turf

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10 big ideas for D.C. now and in 2015

December 16, 2014, 11th Street Bridge Park

This year, this project, which folks are calling “D.C’s High Line” for its reuse of old infrastructure just like the original High Line in NYC, went from “cool idea” to “holy crap, this thing is actually happening.” – Elevation DC

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As D.C. embraces its industrial past, New York’s High Line Park shows the way

November 25, 2014, 11th Street Bridge Park

Washington’s best chance at building something that physically resembles the High Line is the proposed 11th Street Bridge Park, which would be built atop piers left behind from the city’s old 11th Street Bridge. – Washington Post

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Building (on) Bridges

November 4, 2014, 11th Street Bridge Park

Will an innovative urban park revitalize D.C.’s Anacostia River? – Parks Advocate

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D.C. Residents Have High Hopes For Bridge Park

November 3, 2014, 11th Street Bridge Park

There are plans to design a massive new civic space in the nation’s capital called the 11th Street Bridge Park. The new park will span the Anacostia River, along a dividing line between prosperity and poverty in D.C. – Here & Now

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New Elevated Park: A Bridge to Economic Development

November 1, 2014, 11th Street Bridge Park

11th Street Bridge Park plans lead to economic development for Anacostia. – East of the River Magazine

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