Landmarks Washington Highlands, Washington, D.C.

1 landmarks

1.1 athletic facilities , parks
1.2 public playgrounds
1.3 libraries

landmarks

the prominent landmark in washington highlands greater southeast community hospital, city-owned hospital serves majority of public healthcare needs in district of columbia.

athletic facilities , parks

washington highlands home ferebee-hope recreation center @ 3999 8th street se. center, surrounded city-owned , maintained parkland, include indoor, year-round gymnasium; outdoor basketball courts; , aquatic center provides year-round indoor swimming , aquatic activities. southeast tennis , learning center @ 701 mississippi avenue se lies adjacent washington highlands, across oxon run parkway.

the northeast end of washington highlands dominated oxon run parkway, , surrounding parkland. southern border of park, owned , maintained national park service, 13th street se. city-owned undeveloped parkland, known oxon run park, runs parallel valley road se , livingston road se. 2 athletic facilities occupy segment of city-owned oxon run park between 13th street se , mississippi avenue se: wheeler , mississippi park facility (benches , tables located @ wheeler street se , mississippi avenue se) , oxon run park outdoor basketball court 3 (at valley avenue se , 13th street se). on northern side of oxon run, outside , adjacent washington highlands neighborhood, oxon run park amphitheater (opposite wheeler , mississippi park facility) , oxon run park athletic field 2 (also known william o. lockridge field, opposite oxon run park outdoor basketball court 3 ). next segment of city-owned oxon run park, between wheeler road se , 4th street se, contains 3 athletic facilities north of oxon run (and technically outside boundaries of adjacent washington highlands): 4th , mississippi park facility (4th street se , mississippi avenue se), oxon run park athletic field 1 (located @ simon elementary school @ 601 mississippi avenue se), , 4th , wayne park facility (at 4th street se , wayne street se). lower segment of city-owned oxon run park, between atlantic street se , south capitol street, contains oxon run park outdoor basketball court 2 (at atlantic street se , livingston road se), oxon run park outdoor basketball court 1 (at atlantic street se , livingston road se), , livingston , atlantic park facility (at livingston road se , atlantic street se).

the new arc cultural arts center, , tennis , learning center, located on mississippi avenue.

public playgrounds

the washington highlands neighborhood has single city-owned playground within borders. oxon run park playground #2, located @ 4368 livingston road se. second city playground, ferebee-hope playground on grounds of ferebee-hope recreation center, due begin construction in summer of 2015. new fences, handicapped-accessibility ramps, landscaping, lighting, , outdoor furniture scheduled recreation center. 2 other playgrounds exist within city-owned oxon run park north or west of oxon run itself. these include oxon run park playground #1 (mississippi avenue se , 10th place se), , oxon run park playground #3 (4509 1st street se). fourth playground, oxon run playground-play dc, under construction @ 501 mississippi avenue se.

libraries

washington highlands lacks branch of district of columbia public library. 2 closest libraries parklands-turner neighborhood library @ 1547 alabama avenue se (near alabama avenue , stanton road se) , william o. lockridge/bellevue neighborhood library @ 115 atlantic street sw (near atlantic avenue , south capitol street). parklands library kiosk, metal-and-plastic kiosk library opened @ alabama avenue , stanton road se in 1977. replaced 1,500-square-foot (140 m) parklands-turner library (built across street) in 1984. in 2003, work began on construction of henson ridge hope vi housing development, city officials announced close kiosk library , build new $1.5 million parklands-turner library part of redevelopment of nearby turner elementary school. plan fell through. in september 2009, parklands-turner library closed 4 weeks, , old building demolished. new parklands-turner library opened in shops @ parklands on alabama avenue in october 2009. lockridge/bellevue neighborhood library formerly called washington highlands branch library, never located in washington highlands. library demolished in 2009 , new $15 million structure, designed noted international architect david adjaye, opened in september 2012. branch renamed bellevue better reflect neighborhood in library exists. although d.c. board of education member william o. lockridge opposed library s reconstruction, d.c. mayor vincent c. gray pushed have library renamed him (even though nearby athletic field bore name).