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11-04-2018, 07:25
PSA
What do you think??
Personally, I like the idea of public cemeteries being opened up as public space, as opposed to dead space.
Counterwise, I also think that those wanting the traditional church space should be left alone.
Not so sure about Pay-to-Play and making them a profitable business?? quote: "The annual and day passes for dog-walking bring in about $250,000 annually"
Can One Person’s Final Resting Place Be Another’s Civic Space? Meg Anderson. Nov 2, 2018
Anyone who lives in a city knows that green space is in high demand.
Last year, residents in the newly developed NoMa neighborhood of Northeast Washington fought hard for a dog park. A few miles in way in Northwest D.C., members of the Park View community lobbied to keep a beloved, but temporary, park from disappearing when a new development went up.
D.C. residents do already have a lot of parks — there’s Rock Creek Park and the National Mall, of course — but there’s also a more unexpected option: Tucked away in Hill East, there are 35 acres of rolling, manicured hills and groves of shady trees. On a weeknight evening or weekend morning, you’ll find joggers, neighbors pushing strollers and catching up with one another, and lots of dogs chasing each other, free from the constraints of their leashes.
“We think of it as a community center for the most part,” says Victor Romero, a longtime Hill East resident who is here most nights with his wife and dog. He’s quick to explain that it’s not actually a community center or a dog park: It’s the Congressional Cemetery, and there are nearly 70,000 people buried here, dating from 1807 onward.
https://wamu.org/story/18/11/02/final-resting-place-or-civic-space-cemeteries-are-being-used-as-urban-parks-but-not-everyone-is-ok-with-that/?fbclid=IwAR2erf1-g_8jn0VGhzUF-mYJYxW44ExMokCYK7c0vCF8MXkAwaIlR-xUc3g
What do you think??
Personally, I like the idea of public cemeteries being opened up as public space, as opposed to dead space.
Counterwise, I also think that those wanting the traditional church space should be left alone.
Not so sure about Pay-to-Play and making them a profitable business?? quote: "The annual and day passes for dog-walking bring in about $250,000 annually"
Can One Person’s Final Resting Place Be Another’s Civic Space? Meg Anderson. Nov 2, 2018
Anyone who lives in a city knows that green space is in high demand.
Last year, residents in the newly developed NoMa neighborhood of Northeast Washington fought hard for a dog park. A few miles in way in Northwest D.C., members of the Park View community lobbied to keep a beloved, but temporary, park from disappearing when a new development went up.
D.C. residents do already have a lot of parks — there’s Rock Creek Park and the National Mall, of course — but there’s also a more unexpected option: Tucked away in Hill East, there are 35 acres of rolling, manicured hills and groves of shady trees. On a weeknight evening or weekend morning, you’ll find joggers, neighbors pushing strollers and catching up with one another, and lots of dogs chasing each other, free from the constraints of their leashes.
“We think of it as a community center for the most part,” says Victor Romero, a longtime Hill East resident who is here most nights with his wife and dog. He’s quick to explain that it’s not actually a community center or a dog park: It’s the Congressional Cemetery, and there are nearly 70,000 people buried here, dating from 1807 onward.
https://wamu.org/story/18/11/02/final-resting-place-or-civic-space-cemeteries-are-being-used-as-urban-parks-but-not-everyone-is-ok-with-that/?fbclid=IwAR2erf1-g_8jn0VGhzUF-mYJYxW44ExMokCYK7c0vCF8MXkAwaIlR-xUc3g