mcmillan town hall presentation

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McMillan Park

Town Hall Meeting

September 14, 2013


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Park Tours of the Past


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FIELD TO CITYSHOWTIME LOUNGE

CHEF ADRIEN

MARSONI

BLOOMINGDALE

LIQUORS

SUNSET LIQUORS


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Wanted: a park design worthy of a great city


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June Surplus Meeting


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Oral Histories: Benjamin Franklin, a longtime Bloomingdale resident, remembers the

role McMillan played in the community during his childhood.


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John Salatti, former Bloomingdale ANC representative, and Friends of McMillan Park

member Kirby Vining record oral histories of neighborhood residents who used McMillan.

Several of the neighbors recall the site as the first segregated park in DC.


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I hate

Every fourth of July we gathered here to watch the fireworks.which was the best place in the worldbecause you could see everything downtown from here.this wall wasnt here, the fence wasnt here at

the time. All this was open in the 40s and 50s. You could walk or play in there. When my children came

along this was all fenced in.

I think its getting entirely too congested in this whole area up here. Clog it up with more cars and more

buildings? No, I hate it, I hate even thinking about it. Leave us some open space here, some grass,

instead of concrete everywhereyou know?Ben Franklin, age 79


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Bloomingdale Wants to Land on Park Place: After 43-Year Wait, Community Pushing For 'Place to Pl


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g , y gKaren McAllister Special to The Washington PostThe Washington Post (1974-Current file); Aug 4, 1988;ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1996)pg. DC2 The Bloomingdale Civic

Association is urging that part of

the 28-acre McMillan Reservoirarea be used as a public park.


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Community Ideas for Adaptive Reuse:

80-90% Park: Contiguous Open Green Space (COGS)Formal Garden Park; Urban Gardens (for community)Garden Rooms (Dr. Iris Miller, CUA)Children's Park/Playground; Doggie ParkState-of-the-art Swimming and Fitness Center

Recreation Center or Skating RinkUrban Beach (Miriam Gusevich)Volley Ball Court (suggested as a way to use the sand)Farmer's Market or Grocers (stand-alone)Coffee Shop

Museum (for interpretation of the site) Use of Caverns: Restaurants (family style and fine dining);Boutique-style retail


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There is only one proposed

development plan for McMillan.

Created by Envision McMillan

Partners, the plan turns most ofthe great, undulating lawn into

private businesses and residences

and leaves little open space or

public land. The architecture is

boxy, uncreative, and would be the

tallest development for miles

around.

Friends of McMillan Park does not

object to the idea of developing the

site, but we request that an open,

competitive process be

undertaken. We believe a faircompetition will result in creative

proposals that respect the integrity

of this National Historic Place.


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Envision McMillan envisions somepretty tall buildings.


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Envision McMillan Partners Website


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The Proposed Mausoleum


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Collage City Studio Proposal:

One Example of a Design Created with Neighborhood Input


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Collage City Studio Proposal: Example of a

Design Created with Neighborhood Input


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BasilicaCreative Adaptions: Basilica Cistern, Istanbul


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Creative Adaptions: Basilica Cistern Cafe, Istanbul

G W k P k i S ttl A th k


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Gas Works Park in Seattle: Another parkon the National Register of Historical

Places. Now a public park, this industrial

site was also once set to be condemned.

Gas Works Park is now a unique landmark for Seattle. The original


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structures qualify as industrial archaeology and are the last

remaining examples of a type of technology. These structures have

been double served by Gas Works Park for not only have they been

preserved but they have been integrated into an innovative, ground-

breaking park designt Seattle [has] one of the nations mostadvanced pieces of urban landscape design, wrote . Paul

Goldberger in the New York Times.


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Survey Sample Detail

F i d f M Mill P k h t ff


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Friends of McMillan Park hopes to offer sometours this autumn in conjunction with the

Army Corps of Engineers.


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