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Stop Messing with Sonny Bono Park – Heurich House’s gardener, Walter, has a plan and “someone has been cutting down many of Walter’s plants”

By Prince Of Petworth


20th/New Hampshire and O Street, NW

From the Heurich House Museum:

“As you probably remember, the Heurich House Museum has been taking care of Sonny Bono Park since 2014 when we made an agreement with DPR to manage it. Before then, it was constantly filled with piles of garbage – and by that, I mean MOUNDS of filled trash bags.

In 2015, our staff and a group of dedicated volunteers replanted the park using money we raised for that purpose. Today, the museum’s gardener Walter (recently retired from a career at Dumbarton Oaks) maintains the park on a weekly basis – over time, he has added plants and trees, and he regularly mulches and waters. In the past, people have stolen trees and plants, and over the last month, someone has been cutting down many of Walter’s plants. (more…)

“Tommy’s Tacos Coming to Alethia Tanner Park” in NoMa

By Prince Of Petworth


227 Harry Thomas Way NE photo courtesy Landscape Architecture Photographs – Washington DC, Maryland, MD, Virginia, VA

From the NoMa BID:

“The NoMa Business Improvement District (NoMa BID) is excited to announce that Tommy’s Tacos, a new fresh, fast-casual food and beverage concept created by acclaimed chef Thomas Stacy, has been selected as the official operator at Alethia Tanner Park.

When NoMa BID and its sister organization, the NoMa Parks Foundation, partnered with the District government to design and build Alethia Tanner Park, the plans included a purpose-built structure in the southwest corner of the park — designed specifically to host a future food and beverage operator that would bring convenient, healthy dining options to the community. With Tommy’s Tacos, that long-term vision is being realized. (more…)

“Dog Parks with Pools in DC?”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I am hoping you can help me source our community to find out if any of the DC dog parks have pools or sprinkles in the dog park area. They are such an easy way for the dogs to cool off in this heat and my dog LOVES them!  See photo from a few years ago in Dupont (this sadly broke last summer). (more…)

“I was horrified and offended.”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Overheard at Banneker Pool:

Lifeguard asked the pool if there were any celebrations, birthdays or anniversaries, and one group mentioned their friend had gotten engaged Saturday evening. Then on the mic to the entire pool, full of younger women and girls, he congratulated her — a young woman — by saying, “have your fun now because when you become a wife you’ll spend everyday in the kitchen.” (more…)

Meanwhile at the Banneker Pool earlier this morning

By Prince Of Petworth

Thakns to Alex for sending around 11:30am: “Banneker closed at the moment. Pump/ electricity issues.”

Anyone know what time it got back in business?

Update from DGS at 4:39pm: “Banneker Pool is now OPEN! Thanks for your patience.” (more…)

Speaking of Weed, About Those Weeds

By Prince Of Petworth

Earlier this month a reader wondered about the “absence of landscape maintenance in public spaces around town?”

ANC Commissioner Miguel Trindade Deramo writes over the weekend:

“If you’re in #MeridianHill/#MalcolmXPark this holiday weekend & wondering “is the grass overgrown?” the answer is yes. It’s because @Interior & @NatlParkService are unable to manage contracts (e.g. with landscapers) due to staff & budget cuts. So much for “safe & beautiful DC.”

Stay tuned.

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