Comments on: Hurrah! Fences Down at Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:56:24 +0000

The grass should have been water everyday in July WHEN THE FENCES WERE UP. Much much more difficult to water now with people trampling on wet grass, compacting the soil, making growth more difficult. The best most ideal way to water is when the fences were up. Why was no one saying anything then? Second best – -and an extremely distant second – - is at about 5 a.m. in the morning. Get more involved people!

By: zt

zt — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:05:31 +0000

Yeah, that partner yoga thing looks wicked cool. The capoiera in the old days was also fun to watch.

By: Jimmy D

Jimmy D — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:40:19 +0000

Sunday afternoon was amazing in the park. When I first walked by, I saw so many people that I figured it was some sort of festival. Turns out it was just a beautiful day and every one decided to hang in the park. The drum circles, folks doing yoga, kids on bikes, people dancing, picnicking, tossing the frisbee or kicking around the soccer ball. Great vibe.

Anybody else ever watch the folks doing what looks like Cirque du Solei training/partners yoga? Absolutely crazy looking. One person lays on the ground and sticks their feet in the air, while the other person balances on those same feet in various precarious-looking yoga-like positions. Any idea what this is called?

By: anothermous

anothermous — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:59:54 +0000

I was there on Sunday too and pleasantly surprised!

It does look like they mowed it too low for this weather, burning the grass. I like to
back off my lawn in mowing frequency and height by mid June to prevent this from happening. But it has happened to me and the grass can come back this season if it rains enough and it isn’t cut again. It is hard to keep moisture in the ground when fields face full sun like this.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:52:51 +0000

I don’t think all of the photos show areas that were fenced off. The bottom photo shows an area where the grass wasn’t replaced nor was fenced off. The grass is older, and has been trampled already for years by park users. It is what the rest of the grass will look like in a short time because of the way people treat it.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:43:43 +0000

@Nestor – a point well taken, and one that made me laugh!

I’m just glad to see the fences down. Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park is a beautiful oasis and an amazing resource for DC – not to mention a historic one.

By: dc mom

dc mom — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:38:54 +0000

Looks like they may have cut it a bit short for the heat – longer grass does better in the heat of summer and requires less water.

By: Néstor Sánchez Cordero

Néstor Sánchez Cordero — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:37:33 +0000

Some Latinos prefer baseball to soccer…

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:34:11 +0000

Why did PoP post this? It is only going to devolve into accusations that not having enough soccer fields in this town is racist because only Latinos play, and it is just an attempt to get immigrants to move back to their home countries.

And this announcement just means more people will go trample the grass. It probably won’t even make it through the summer now.

By: zt

zt — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:30:57 +0000

It seems strange to not allow sports in any part of the park. perhaps restricting them some would make sense, but lots of people want to play. far more than wish to sunbathe. When there was an ultimate game before the renovation 35-ish people would show up to rotate into the game on the southern lawn. i saw a handful of people, maybe 4 or 5 using that field. What’s more, there are a lot of parts of the park that aren’t well suited to sports, like the terraced area (which is prettier) that are just as good (maybe better) for picnics and sun-tanning.