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Poplar Point may get a deck over I-295
Mayor Fenty has chosen Clark Realty to develop Poplar Point, a large waterfront site near the Anacostia Green Line station. And Now, Anacostia was rooting for Clark, most significantly because their plan included building a deck over part of I-295, connecting Poplar Point to the rest of the Anacostia neighborhood. If you can't convert a freeway to a boulevard, covering it over with parks and buildings is the next best thing.2 comments —  Share | — tags: Anacostia, DC, freeways, Smart Growth |
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by mfs on Feb 16, 2008 11:46 am
Yes, ventilation is an issue, but is managable with elvolving technolies of exhaust filtration.
Overlooked is how the possibility of a wiff of more concentrated vehicular combustion exhaust would well advertise the need to replace petrochemicals with fuel cells (as opposed to transferring it to say a coal fired facility further away.
by Douglas Willinger on Apr 20, 2008 9:27 pm