The Cultural Landscape Foundation, which is dedicated to the preservation of beautiful and historically significant landscapes, has come out with its yearly crop of at-risk places and the people fighting to protect them. On the list: McMillan Sand Filtration Site, where activist Tony Norman has been fighting development for decades. Says the entry:
The site, which [...]
There have been so many plans for development of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site that if you put them together in a slideshow, it might make for a dramatic film—except with no clear heroes or villains, and no happy ending. Yet, at least.
The most recent main characters are trying to provide one. In their first [...]
"Our McMillan," a group of local Bloomingdale activists pushing for more green space in the McMillan development, is hosting a panel discussion on the site's history tonight.
The event will be held at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 160 U Street, from 7 to 9 PM. The announcement says a "panel of architects and historic preservation [...]
EYA-representative Aakash Thakkar, center left in the blue shirt, opens the tour.
On Saturday morning, I joined roughly 100 other people for a tour of the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant.
Given the weekend morning time, I figured the crowd would be docile and relatively quiet. But true to what's now becoming classic McMillan, there was an early [...]
