After about a year, North America’s longest cascading fountain is wet once again.

After years of construction, the fully completed Georgetown Waterfront Park opened this week, showcasing a Potomac shoreline that had otherwise been ignored for years.

In response to DCist’s accusations that the White House punted on its green dye job in the North Lawn fountain this year, White House Director of Online Programs Jesse Lee sends us this, more authoritative image. More green than seafoam, to be sure. Sort of a pea soup. But still not brilliant, almost neon green like last year. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy…

The Associated Press offers up this photo as evidence that the White House has once again dyed the water in the North Lawn fountain green for St. Patrick’s Day. Except, call me crazy, but it doesn’t look particularly green. Compare that with this image from 2009. I guess this year they went with more of a light seafoam hue?…

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham (right), and DDOT Director Gabe Klein (left) were among those on hand to dedicate the new Columbia Heights Plaza on Monday morning. The fountain water flowed as District officials gathered this morning to formally dedicate the completion of the first phase of the new Columbia Heights Plaza, located at the intersection of 14th Street, Park Road and Kenyon Street NW. The plaza’s artistic touches,…

Photo by dullshick Attention, Columbia Heights! The official word has just come down that D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty will formally dedicate the new Columbia Heights Plaza and “Resonance” Fountain on Monday, Sept. 28 at 10:30 a.m. So let all the endless speculation cease. It does seem, however, that the plaza itself was pretty much mostly done and open last night. Also planned to be in attendance on Monday morning: Ward 1 Council member Jim…

It’s a hearty top o’ the morning for the city from the White House today. The AP reports that indeed, First Lady Michelle Obama has ordered the fountains on the north and south lawns of the White House dyed green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Chicago natives will be quick to tell you how their city dyes its entire river green for the Irish holiday. Washington, however, doesn’t have the same kind of…