Jacob Fenston

Environment reporter in Washington DC. Climate change, trees, rivers. Occasionally: pandas. Every 17 years: cicadas. On a quest to visit all of DC’s 697 parks.

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So fun! The @NBCNightlyNews story included my obsession with non-working drinking fountains. I enjoyed being the "good news" segment at the end of a newscast filled with really depressing stories. https://t.co/svE80suGW7

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@ecwilliams30 Yes! I

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I’m out visiting DC parks again. Thought it would be a good day to go to the park in front of the White House. A weird mix of extreme security, tourists, journalists and protesters. Oh and a huge hawk hunting squirrels.

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Not thrilled to see the return of the plywood in downtown DC.

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Kinda tempted to steal a few of these commemorative White House traffic cones.

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I talked to this guy Joel who says he found the UGH sign and it spoke to him. Told me he’s been sleeping in the park, and says he chose it because it feels safe. Had some profound thoughts about the juxtaposition of power (the WH) and poverty (folks sleeping on park benches).

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Hard to see but here’s the White House hawk.

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@tomsommers1 @NBCNightlyNews @MayorBowser I've found numerous additional ones, so the total will be more than 700.

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I had a fun experience recently: met up with this crew from NBC, doing a story about my quest to visit all 697 of DC’s parks. Anyway the story is on ⁦@NBCNightlyNews⁩ today!

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"An accident is an accident," says the driver, whose vehicle has 94 unpaid tickets, including running red lights and speeding. "With everyone who does that in the District of Columbia, they’re singling me out?" Really well written and reported story by @rachelweinerwp

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“If someone hit her with his fists, he would get arrested. But he hit her with a car, so he just gets a ticket and can walk away.” Driver with $19,770 in unpaid DC tickets drove off with (another) citation after hitting a middle school girl in a crosswalk. https://t.co/J5udLB8IKt

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@Zwillium Yes!! Sorry. I realized the mistake later and treaded a correction.

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Canal Park in SW DC. I love that there is a splash pad / fountain / cafe in the summer and ice skating rink in the winter!

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I’m glad to see so many people mocking this story. As a frequent bus rider I’d love to be interviewed about how dangerous and annoying it is when the bus stop is blocked by a car, so the bus has to unload in the traffic lane. One entitled driver vs dozens of transit riders.

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Ack -- what am I saying. This is in SE DC, not SW.

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@WMATASoldier Good point!

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Virginia Ave. today, next to the freeway. You can still see the Washington Monument in the distance and get a sense for the pre-freeway design of the city street grid.

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Digging into the question of swimming in DC's Yards Park Canal Basin... The website of the Capitol River Front BID (which maintains / operates the park) features numerous prominent images of people in the water. The park rules section of the site has other ideas.

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@MusserRyan @CityCast_DC Sounds like me!

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After a hiatus, I’m out visiting DC parks again, for my project with @CityCast_DC — my first time at Yards Park since they put up signs telling people that what looks very much like a swimming pool is not for swimming.

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@MusserRyan @CityCast_DC Hah! Maybe! Red bike?

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@compdc @CityCast_DC Your kid has higher standards than my kids.