The Fight to Save McMillan Park Isn’t Over
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It looked like the
David-versus-Goliath fight to save a historic park in the nation’s capital had,
after nearly three decades, finally run its course.
On December 7th, D.C. Mayor Muriel
Bowser and city officials broke ground on a $720 million
development on the 25-acre McMillan Park and Sand Filtration Plant site.
Developers and city officials were
eager to take advantage of the green expanse, which filtered the city’s water
beneath its surface for 80 years, and turn it into two million square feet of
mostly office space and high-end housing, with a six-acre park.
At the groundbreaking Bowser said the
pressing question was: “When are they going to do something about that place?”
“Now,” she told the assembled crowd before she and other officials grabbed
shovels.
But the very next day the project was
halted.
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And here is Mark Mueller's Facebook post on Pete Tucker's Huffington Post article:
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And here is Mark Mueller's Facebook post on Pete Tucker's Huffington Post article:
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