August 11, 2022
The bridge to Anacostia
Source: The New York Times
Brenda Richardson. Photo: NY Times
“A decade in the works, the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, D.C., has yet to be built. But it could be a model for how to create public space while lessening the effects of gentrification,” notes the New York Times.
August 4, 2022
In D.C. and Nationwide, Black Activists Work to Protect the Environment
Absalom Jordan
Absalom Jordan has been fighting for Oxon Run Park for more than 20 years.
He grew up near an urban farm by Catholic University and later chose to raise his children in a home in Southeast, in part to be close to Oxon Run.
He speaks about the park in glowing, almost reverent, terms.
