I was able to make a quick visit today to the site that is in the process of becoming the 5.5-acre
Park at the Yards, on the banks of the Anacostia River between the
Navy Yard and
Nationals Park. It's scheduled to open this summer, and it's starting to take shape, from the pedestrian bridge (above) to the Overlook to the "Canal Basin."
I've now posted bunch of photos, with curses to Mother Nature for mostly hiding the sun until about two minutes after I left. I will be adding some of them to my
Yards Park project page, but the Quick Gallery was a good spot to get large versions posted, um, quickly. But do check out the
project page to help orient yourself to what's coming, both in this first phase and in the later phases over the next few years: