DC’s Yards Park

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DC’s Yards Park

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Washington DC is most popular destination and is full of tourists now during season. The Yards Park is a waterfront recreation area, boardwalk, and outdoor performance space at the center of The Yards development. It was built as a public-private partnership

Yard Pak History

The history of the Yards Park site is closely linked with that of the neighboring Washington Navy Yard that was founded in 1799 and is located just to the east of the Park. In 1916, in reaction to World War I, the Navy Yard added the Navy Yard Annex, an expansion westward to 2nd Street SE to accommodate increased manufacturing efforts. By the mid-1940 the Navy Yard and Navy Yard Annex reached peak production with 26,000 employees in 132 buildings on 127 acres of land.

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This thoughtfully designed park is a place to be active or relax and enjoy the outdoors. It has well landscaped outdoor rooms, a waterfall and canal like water feature, an elevated overlook, an iconic bridge and light sculpture, terraced performance venue and a riverfront boardwalk.

• In park concerts are held Fridays in the summer from 6 to 8 p.m. The park is just west of the Washington Navy Yard and east of Nationals Park. It is served by the Navy Yard - Ballpark station on the Green Line of the Washington Metro.

• You have green space to enjoy the outdoors along the river. It includes open grassy areas, a waterfall and fountains, a terraced lawn performance venue and recreation trails.

Concerts

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