How We Do It: Park Ideas That Work
Our efforts to revitalize greenspaces and communities across the city have been featured in numerous articles. Read a few of them, here:
Parks & People’s history and approach to public green space was featured in the June issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine.
Read about the Watts Branch stream-valley revitalization in the April 2005 issue of the UK’s Spaces & Places magazine.
(NOTE: Scroll past the first page to see the full article.)
“Dark Side of a Park”
Part 1 | Part 2
Washington Post
August 30, 1981
by Linda Wheeler
“New Spark in an Old Park”
The Shuttle Sheet
August 2001
by Karen Feld
“Ganging Up for Restoration”
Part 1 | Part 2
Washington Post
July 4, 2002
by Tani Kahan
The Capital Hills
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/06/11/the-capital-hills/467a0132-4c15-4add-9cf4-13d9271ed3b5/?utm_term=.70b7177395fc
Washington Post – Lifestyle
“Urban Nature, A Monthly Feature Exploring Washington’s Wild Side”
Washington Post, Kids Post
October, 2003
by Patterson Clark
“The Invisible Park: Revitalizing the Ten Invisible Landscapes” [Place Views]
https://placesjournal.org/assets/legacy/pdfs/the-invisible-park-revitalizing-the-ten-invisible-landscapes.pdf
Places: Peer reviewed journal
2013
by Steve Coleman
“How One Of D.C.’s Worst Heroin Markets Became A Sustainable Food Source”
ThinkProgess.Org
by Jeff Spross
“Stream of consciousness. Marvin Gaye Park is ready for its next act.”
Washington City Paper
May 29, 2015
by Sarah Anne Hughes
Partner Resources:
- DC Department of Parks and Recreation
- City Parks Alliance
- Cultural Tourism DC
- Project for Public Spaces (PPS)