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The Capitol Riverfront is a business improvement district (BID) located just south of the United States Capitol between Capitol Hill and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. It was created by the District of Columbia City Council and approved by Mayor Fenty in August 2007. [1] The BID is a mixed-use neighborhood. It was a former industrial ...
The Yards is a 42-acre (17 ha) development on the Anacostia River waterfront in Washington, D.C. The area is at the center of the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District and was originally an annex of the Washington Navy Yard.
View of Navy Yard in 1833. Historically, the Anacostia River was once a deep water channel with natural resources and home to the Nacotchtank Indians. In 1791 Pierre Charles L’Enfant designed the plan for Washington, D.C., and, recognizing the assets of the Anacostia River, located the city's new commercial center and wharfs there.
The Capitol complex was breached on Jan. 6 about 1:50 p.m. Though some District of Columbia police officers responded within 15 minutes, ...
The Jefferson Memorial visible through cherry blossoms across the Tidal Basin. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington, D.C. Ozaki gave the trees to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also ...
Riverfront Rendezvous runs July 4-6 at Pfiffner Pioneer Park. The festival features three stages of entertainment and offers free activities for families with no tickets or entrance fees.
The Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District, a tax-financed group promoting business and residential development along the north bank of the Anacostia River between 2nd Street SW and 15th Street SE, [36] proposed constructing a light rail line between Union Station and St. Elizabeths Hospital. The line — whose route was not proposed ...
East Capitol St. to the railroad tracks - east side 2009 Nov. 2009 0.6 11th Street Bridge O St, SE to Good Hope Road, SE; and Navy Yard to 12th St, SE Dec. 29, 2009 [24] Sep 7, 2013 [25] 0.5 East Bank (Anacostia Park & Poplar Point) Roller Skating Pavilion to South Capitol St. - east side 2010 [26] Fall, 2011 [27] 2.2 FRP Bridges - Phase II ...