D.C. has the best park system in the country for the third year in a row. But some in the city say the ranking doesn’t match reality.

The National Park Service owns 90% of park land in D.C., and funding is highly unequal across the city.

Because the name “Swampoodle II” is pretty unimaginative.

A Ward 8 neighborhood has been without a park for as long as Mynikka Posey can remember. Now she’s trying to change that.

It’s set to open across the street from Swampoodle Park.

The renovations are expected to be completed in the summer of that year, according to the National Park Service.

Alethia Tanner helped open the city’s first school for Black children.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, park use is generally up across the country, according to the Trust for Public Land.

Bartholdi Park is hidden in plain sight with its carnivorous plants, paw-paws, and 15-ton historic fountain.

The city has one of the highest investment rates, spending $270.40 per resident on its parks.