This is the next best thing to taking a ride in a transformer! Check out the high tech, big trucks of D.C. that help provide city services.
June 16th at the RFK Stadium from 9am-2pm and it's free!
Showing posts with label RFK Stadium Site. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RFK Stadium Site. Show all posts
6.07.2012
Truck Touch
This is the next best thing to taking a ride in a transformer! Check out the high tech, big trucks of D.C. that help provide city services.
June 16th at the RFK Stadium from 9am-2pm and it's free!
6.01.2012
Skate of the Union at RFK Stadium
From the Skate of the Union (SOTU) Press Release:
SOTU’s feature event will take place on Saturday, June 23 on the historic RFK Stadium campus as part of the worldwide Olympic Day celebration. With members of the US Olympic Speedskating Team presiding, pro and elite-caliber skaters from across the U.S. vie for cash prizes in the National Inline Grand Prix, a thrilling criterium-style race. Recreational and fitness skaters test their stamina in 5k and 10k races and a 1-lap (2.5k) Kids Fun Roll, while skateboarders will test their skills and have fun in a novel 100m Skateboard Sprint.
http://www.skateoftheunion.org/
6.10.2010
3rd Annual Truck Touch @ Kingman Park (RFK Parking Lot 7)
Bring the family for a hands-on experience with trash trucks, street sweepers, snow plows and other equipment used by DPW and other District government agencies’ work.
WHEN: Saturday, June 12, 9 am - 2 pm
WHERE: RFK Stadium, Lot 7 (off of Oklahoma Avenue, NE next to the playground)
COST: FREE
A host of DC government agencies will present more than 20 vehicles used to provide vital city services: fire and dump trucks, a police helicopter, a fire and lab truck, heavy and light plows; a knuckle boom truck, a snow melting machine, electric and compressed natural gas vehicles, a wrecker, a front end loader, a bucket truck, Red Cross frontline response vehicles and a one-stop mobile health and employment van.
8.14.2009
Stone Soul Picnic @ RFK this Saturday!
The Stone Soul Picnic is an annual event that has been held on the grounds of RFK Stadium in Washington, DC since 1991. The event is free to the public and attracts families throughout the entire metropolitan area.
The Stone Soul Picnic includes seven hours of main stage performances including national and local talent, games, guest speakers and more. The Stone Soul Picnic also features cultural foods, children’s activities, product sampling, an ethnic marketplace, and a host of other activities and entertainment that attracts 100,000 consumers to this free event.
Hosted by: Radio One Personalities
Date: Saturday August 15, 2009, from 12:00pm-8:00pm
Location: RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Talent at The Stone Soul Picnic has previously included: Toni Braxton, Damien Marley, After Seven, Chuck Brown, Morris Day and the Time, Dwele, Chico Debarge, Whodini, EU, Yolanda Adams, Hezekiah Walker, Heather Headley, War, Al Green, and many more representing Gospel, R&B, Jazz and Motown.
The Stone Soul Picnic is hosted by WKYS-FM (93.9), WMMJ-FM (Majic 102.3), WYCB-AM (Spirit 1340), WPRS-FM (Praise 104.1) and WOL-AM (Newstalk 1450).
10.15.2008
The Future of RFK Stadium Site
Greater Greater Washington has a post about Mayor Fenty's appearance on the Washington Post Live, last Thursday, discussing bring the Redskins football team back to DC and presumably using (or giving) the existing RFK Stadium site to the Redskins (or to the owner Dan Snyder) to build a 100,000+ seat enclosed football stadium. Currently, the stadium site is owned by the Federal government, but is leased to DC Government to use and manage.
Also, RCA blog has a previous post considering an alternative, the NCPC's vision for the RFK Stadium site.
8.06.2008
RFK Stadium Redevelopment Study
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has an amazing vision for the current RFK Stadium site, part of their grand master "Extending the Legacy" plan.
Current RFK Stadium Site
The RFK Stadium Redevelopment Study, dated 12/2006, one part of the master plan, is filled with prospective ideas of what could be, if the traditional monument core (The Mall) is extended to the Anacostia river. It includes reconstructing East Capitol Street, Independence Avenue and Constitution Avenue into grand boulevards connecting the Mall and the River. The study includes proposing grand monuments, national museums, business and cultural centers, acres of outdoor recreation sites, even an amphitheater.
Quote from the Extending the Legacy report:
“Yet Extending the Legacy does more than preserve what is traditional and familiar. It redefines the Monumental Core to include adjacent portions of North, South and East Capitol streets. It reclaims and reconnects the city’s waterfront, from Georgetown on the Potomac River to the National Arboretum on the
Anacostia. It corrects old problems by removing portions of the Southeast/Southwest Freeway, adjacent railroad tracks and several bridges that have divided neighborhoods and dismembered Washington for decades. It addresses the District’s urgent need for jobs, housing and mobility. And it creates opportunities for new parks, offices and transit centers in all quadrants of the city. The plan combines bold moves at an urban scale with precise surgical ones appropriate for neighborhoods. It is neither a policy document nor an abstract theoretical exercise. It is a physical plan informed by a vision of what Washington could be.”
Envisioned Street Network "...extending the City's grid toward the Water front"
These are obviously lofty ideals and will take decades to implement. And, remember these are just guidelines or a basis to start discussions for planning, design and implementation. Nothing within these documents is even being considered for funding, design or construction currently (as far as we know).
An Artist's Rendering of NCPC Vision for the RFK Stadium Site
However, it is exciting to know that the Federal and District governments are collaborating and realizing the potential of the RFK Stadium site and the Anacostia River. If developed, this site alone would forever change the landscape and dynamics of DC for residents and visitors alike. And, it would drive the city miles forward in becoming a prominent international city destination.
Disclosure: All images and quoted text have been excerpted from NCPC's Extending the Legacy Plan and RFK Stadium Site Redevelopment Study
Current RFK Stadium Site
The RFK Stadium Redevelopment Study, dated 12/2006, one part of the master plan, is filled with prospective ideas of what could be, if the traditional monument core (The Mall) is extended to the Anacostia river. It includes reconstructing East Capitol Street, Independence Avenue and Constitution Avenue into grand boulevards connecting the Mall and the River. The study includes proposing grand monuments, national museums, business and cultural centers, acres of outdoor recreation sites, even an amphitheater.
Quote from the Extending the Legacy report:
“Yet Extending the Legacy does more than preserve what is traditional and familiar. It redefines the Monumental Core to include adjacent portions of North, South and East Capitol streets. It reclaims and reconnects the city’s waterfront, from Georgetown on the Potomac River to the National Arboretum on the
Anacostia. It corrects old problems by removing portions of the Southeast/Southwest Freeway, adjacent railroad tracks and several bridges that have divided neighborhoods and dismembered Washington for decades. It addresses the District’s urgent need for jobs, housing and mobility. And it creates opportunities for new parks, offices and transit centers in all quadrants of the city. The plan combines bold moves at an urban scale with precise surgical ones appropriate for neighborhoods. It is neither a policy document nor an abstract theoretical exercise. It is a physical plan informed by a vision of what Washington could be.”
Envisioned Street Network "...extending the City's grid toward the Water front"
These are obviously lofty ideals and will take decades to implement. And, remember these are just guidelines or a basis to start discussions for planning, design and implementation. Nothing within these documents is even being considered for funding, design or construction currently (as far as we know).
An Artist's Rendering of NCPC Vision for the RFK Stadium Site
However, it is exciting to know that the Federal and District governments are collaborating and realizing the potential of the RFK Stadium site and the Anacostia River. If developed, this site alone would forever change the landscape and dynamics of DC for residents and visitors alike. And, it would drive the city miles forward in becoming a prominent international city destination.
Disclosure: All images and quoted text have been excerpted from NCPC's Extending the Legacy Plan and RFK Stadium Site Redevelopment Study
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