Thanks to Mara for sending above: “Water running at Malcolm x park!!!”
And thanks to Mitchell for sending below: (more…)
fountains
Thanks to Aaron for sending from Dupont Circle.
Tom asks: “any wagers for how many hours, days the water will be flowing?”
It’s a diversion!! Thanks to all who sent photos and videos: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Not only isn’t the DuPont Fountain not working anymore, but people are taking cell phone calls inside the dry basin. 😳”
Well maybe all this rain…
I’ll take what we can get! Thanks to Aaron for sending earlier this morning:
“Yay! Fingers crossed it stays on.”
Stay tuned and enjoy it while you can!
“Dear PoPville,
Today fences were put up around the Columbia Heights Civic Plaza. DC DGS Contractors are beginning work to refurbish the fountain.” (more…)
photo by Chris Campbell in Columbia Heights
Thanks to Chris for sharing this reminder of what once was and what hopefully will be again in the not too too distant future:
“I had forgotten what the falls looked like, but this popped up on my Google photos today!”
The latest on the fountains from NPS earlier this year was: (more…)
Thanks to Nora for sending: “I witnessed the fountain flowing yesterday afternoon –here’s the evidence! The big question for me is, is it still on today???”
Thanks to Terry for passing on the latest update about fixing the Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park Fountain, from NPS:
“The National Park Service is seeking funding for the repairs to the cascading fountain at Meridian Hill Park. Work needed to be completed before the fountain can operate includes additional rehabilitation of deteriorated concrete and replacement of the variable frequency drive water pump.”
