Reclaiming the Edge: Urban Waterways and Civic Engagement
October 15, 2012 - September
15, 2013
Location: Main Gallery
Location: Main Gallery
Based on research by the
museum on the history, public use, and attitudes toward the Anacostia River and
its watershed and on review of urban waterway developments in Los Angeles,
Pittsburgh, Louisville, London, and Shanghai, Reclaiming the Edge explores
various issues regarding human interaction with natural resources in an urban
setting. It looks at densely populated watersheds and at rivers as barriers to
racial and ethnic integration. The exhibition also examines civic attempts to
recover, clean up, re-imagine, or engineer urban rivers for community access
and use. The opening of this exhibition kicks off the museum's 45th
anniversary.
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