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[deleted] t1_j4zyzdr wrote

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maun_jax t1_j50m7q4 wrote

By “derelict construction materials” are you referring to the Capitol stones??

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[deleted] t1_j50sv52 wrote

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eccentr1que t1_j50w3y0 wrote

What I'd like to know is why the city hasn't asked the Fed's for the ability to get and usee the stones for a monument, or why the NPS hasn't used them

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sol_in_vic_tus t1_j50xu0w wrote

I love the idea of National Parks but the longer I live in DC the more I come to hate whoever is actually running the show at NPS. The way they operate here is more about maintaining a fiefdom than actually having great parks for the public.

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eccentr1que t1_j510qga wrote

At the least they could be users to make a similar monument to the capital columns in the arboretum

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professor__doom t1_j51pfmv wrote

Honestly, I'm surprised nobody stole them over the decades to build garden terraces, stairs, sheds, footpaths, etc. To this day, there are random bits of Hadrian's Wall used as parts of buildings, fences, and even as paving stones all over that part of Britain.

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JerriBlankStare t1_j52z6ch wrote

>The way they operate here is more about maintaining a fiefdom than actually having great parks for the public.

Huh... I've always enjoyed my experience at NPS sites in the DMV and surrounding areas.

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sol_in_vic_tus t1_j533aen wrote

It's the smaller parks littered throughout the city that are the problem. NPS doesn't take good care of them but refuses to let the city do it.

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jpapa93 t1_j51003o wrote

chemical weapons?

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[deleted] t1_j511rpf wrote

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fvb955cd t1_j516huc wrote

Iirc it was yard near AU

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Hills_Dweller_22305 t1_j52wftc wrote

It's in Spring Valley -- 4825 Glenbrook Road. The Army Corps of Engineers recently finished the cleanup. The lot that literally stood on top of the chemical weapons pit aka the "pit of hades" just sold for over $1.5 million. Absolutely crazy. The redfin listing still shows it with the protective fencing from the remediation.

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fvb955cd t1_j540kad wrote

I trust the army corps to do a publicized cleanup more than I trust a lot of the amateur craftsmen of America to diy an electrical system through a flipped house. The news will care if you find a leftover jar of chemical weapons, only HGTV will care if you discover that there's a bunch of live uncoated wires from the early 20th century running all through your house

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