The design creates three lanes on Pennsylvania Avenue SE around an ellipse with all street approaches controlled by a traffic signal, designed to encourage lower traffic speeds.\n<\/p>\n
The park is protected from traffic by green space and trees that border edges around approximately 34,300 feet of public space.\n<\/p>\n
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6B has consulted with the Office of Planning (OP) and with community members to narrow down to a list of 3 possible names. Once the vote has selected a preferred name, ANC 6B will make a recommendation to the Council, where the final decision will be made. According to DC Code, ANC recommendations should be given great weight.<\/p>\n
The three candidates:\n<\/p>\n Roberta Flack\u00a0\u2013 Roberta Flack (Wikipedia<\/a>) was a multi-grammy winning artist who was a DC public school teacher before she launched her career from the upstairs of Mr. Henry\u2019s, here on Capitol Hill. For more about these individuals, see the attached pdf, or\u00a0visit this ranked-choice poll<\/a> where you can also cast your vote.\n<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026.BAND_SCS_Hill-Digital-728x90-1-scaled.png\"\/)
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\nBobby Mitchell\u00a0\u2013 Bobby Mitchell (Wikipedia<\/a>) was the first African American man to play for the Commanders (then the Redskins) and was inducted in to the pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
\nElizabeth Catlett \u2013\u00a0Elizabeth Catlett (Wikipedia<\/a>) was a DC native, Howard graduate, and world-renowned artist whose art spoke powerfully about injustice.<\/p>\n