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Anacostia Park is operated by the United States National Park Service. It is one of Washington, D.C. 's largest and most important recreation areas, with over 1200 acres (4.9 km 2) at multiple sites. Included in Anacostia Park are Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens and Kenilworth Marsh. Hundreds of acres are available for ballfields ...
November 27, 1973. The Anacostia Historic District is a historic district in the city of Washington, D.C., comprising approximately 20 squares [2][3] and about 550 buildings built between 1854 and 1930. [4][5][6] The Anacostia Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [2][3][6] "The architectural character ...
Buzzard Point Pepco Plant, viewed from the Anacostia River. Deterioration was evident by the 1910s as fields were abandoned and the trash-strewn James Creek Canal was progressively filled in. Unpleasant semi-industrial uses crept down South Capitol Street, including trash, which was hauled legally or otherwise to various points along that street and the Anacostia River and also dumped into the ...
River Terrace (Washington, D.C.) River Terrace is an urban cul-de-sac neighborhood in Northeast Bounded by Anacostia Riverwalk Trail NE, East Capitol Street NE, Kenilworth Avenue NE, and Benning Road NE. Washington, D.C., on the eastern bank of the Anacostia River. River Terrace is Washington, DC's only planned unit development that has an ...
Anacostia / æ n ə ˈ k ɒ s t i ə / is a historic neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Marion Barry Avenue (formerly Good Hope Road)SE, Morris Road SE, Fort Stanton Park SE, and Anacostia Freeway SE. It is located east of the Anacostia River, after which the neighborhood is named.
The Anacostia Tributary Trail System (ATTS) is a unified and signed system of stream valley trails joining trails along the Anacostia tributaries of Northwest Branch, Northeast Branch, Indian Creek and Paint Branch with a trail along the Anacostia River, set aside and maintained by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Fort Dupont Park. Fort Dupont Park is a 376-acre (1.52 km 2) wooded park under the management of the National Park Service located in Washington, DC. The name of the park comes from the old Civil War earthwork fort that lies within the park. The fort was one of several designed to defend Washington from a Confederate attack during the Civil War ...
The Anacostia River / ænəˈkɒstiə / is a river in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. It flows from Prince George's County in Maryland into Washington, D.C., where it joins with the Washington Channel and ultimately empties into the Potomac River at Buzzard Point. It is about 8.7 miles (14.0 km) long. [3]