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Restoring DC's Ancostia: A Tale Of Two Rivers

Posted by: Chris Steins

18 March 2006 - 1:00pm

A plan to spruce up D.C.'s Anacostia River has some residents anxious. Slated for a grand renewal project... the area stands at the juncture of poverty and opportunity.

"In the southeast corner of Washington, D.C., the capital of the most powerful nation in history, lies a polluted, neglected neighborhood known as Anacostia.

...If plans move forward, it will one day be a showcase of urban design, with revitalized neighborhoods, verdant parks, rolling pedestrian and bicycle paths, and an occasional eagle soaring overhead -- in other words, a paradise. Today, Anacostia is more of a nightmare.

'Washington has always been a tale of two rivers, what you could call the white river and the black river,' says Jim Dougherty of the D.C. Sierra Club, who sits on the national board of directors."

Full Story: That'll Anacostia
Source: Grist Magazine, March 17, 2006
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