MARVIN GAYE PARK Northeast Washington, DC (Ward 7, East of the Anacostia River)

1.6 miles of linear open space dotted with flower fields, recreation/community centers, performance space, agricultural/educational gardens and creek-side trail spread over a handful of residential neighborhoods and cutting through several roadways/arterials

Metro Stations

AdjacentNeighborhoods

Marvin Gaye Park

Streams

Southeast Waterfront Initiative

Relevance to Santa Rosa’s Southeast Greeway:

1. Linear parkway with stream/trail

2. Green connection to transit

3. Adjacent to larger state/national parks

4. Bisects residential neighborhoods

Transportation / Context Map• Unsafe park conditions prompted a public-private partnership called the “Down By the Riverside” Campaign in the ‘90s

• Campaign involved residents, park advocates, community organizers, non-profits, and several local and national government agencies

• Park Renovation Master Plan by landscape architect, Ian Tyndall, on behalf of the campaign

• Restoration project formally started in the late ‘90s and continues to the present (currently in construction phase)

Historically one of DC’s most prominent black neighborhood parks; previously known as Suburban Gardens Recreational Park, pictured left (early 1900s)

First Lady Johnson christened the park as the Watts Branch stream valley,

pictured right(1960’s)

• Park suffered disinvestment in the ‘70s and ‘80s

Trail Remediation and Transition Zone Designs

Node 1: Ladybird Wildflower Meadows

Node 2: King Sanctuary

Node 3: Heritage Green

Node 4: Capitol Greenway

Gaye Family Home