As Housing Complex reported earlier, today was the groundbreaking for The Park at the Yards, a 5.4 acre, $42 million park on the Anacostia in Capitol Riverfront.
According to the city's announcement, the space will include "a riverfront promenade, vast open lawns for community gatherings and outdoor events, gardens with benches and colorful plants, a [...]

Slowly but surely, the Capitol Riverfront is taking steps to become a place where people want to picnic, stroll, throw Frisbees, and do other riverfront activities that are drawn into artistic renderings.
Tomorrow, another big project is underway. At 10:30 a.m., the groundbreaking will be held for The Park at the Yards, a 5.4-acre park overlooking [...]

Yeah, I'm not sure how to react to that number either. I mean 1,584 residents...Is that just super? Or is that terrible? The Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District says that this is the estimated population within their boundaries, as of their latest newsletter dated May 7, 2009.

Neighborhood names are an ongoing fascination for me—from the near dead "Kent," to the just born "Capitol Riverfront." So in this week's edition of Where the hell is blank neighborhood?, I submit a new name: Capitol Quarter.
I just spotted the name in this Washington Business Journal article about an EYA 210-townhouse development supposedly located [...]

Last week, I wrote about the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District—which for those that don't know is the area around Nationals Park, sometimes referred to as the “ballpark district,” “Near Southeast Waterfront,” “Southeast Federal Center,” “Washington Navy Yard,” and “Navy Yard,” as I wrote in my piece.
Well I just got a press release from the [...]

Michael Stevens, Executive Director for the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District
Developing a Name for the Southeast Waterfront Is Easier Than Actually Developing It
The sidewalks of Half Street SE are loaded with people who are walking by whizzing cars, chatting on street corners, and strolling past bright storefront signs. In short, they're out and about enjoying [...]

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As I mentioned yesterday, I'm working on piece this week about the changing identity of the neighborhood between the Capitol and the Anacostia river. The Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District has been attentively working to incite growth in the area, bring in new businesses, and create a thriving [...]