Tag: Bill Matuszeski
The New Frederick Douglass Bridge – What It is Bringing Us
We have all for the past year or so watched as those impressive arches were built and extended to carry South Capitol Street over...
Six Summer Walks Along Our River
As summer approaches, it is time to start thinking about all those special places to walk along the Anacostia and its tributaries, especially this...
Remaking Kingman and Heritage Islands
Many of you already know about Heritage and Kingman Islands, located in the Anacostia alongside and above the RFK Stadium and readily accessible to...
Lessons From Ward 8: Helping the Healing with Nature
There are some interesting developments in Ward 8 that will help in the restoration of the Anacostia River and other water bodies. But first...
Applying the Lessons of the Chesapeake Clean-Up to the Anacostia –...
In looking around for lessons from elsewhere to apply to clean up the Anacostia, we need turn only to the nearby Chesapeake, whose watershed...
Fixing And Saving Kenilworth Park
Last November the National Park Service issued a document for public review and comment titled “Proposed Plan for Cleanup of the Kenilworth Park Landfill...
Winter Walks Along Our River
If the level of COVID-19 and political anxieties make you feel like you need some quiet time, consider a relaxing walk along the Anacostia...
Escaping To The Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
In these times of isolation and limits on things to do, we should think about those special places where we can get away, places...
Swimming in the Anacostia is in Sight
The last piece of the Anacostia sewage tunnel system is halfway completed, so in a matter of less than three years the Anacostia will...
6 Great Escapes Up Along Our River
As we all begin to emerge from our COVAD-19 isolation, we need to have places to go for quiet, for nature, for natural beauty. ...