Brother Shadee Gholson, of Columbia Heights, front left, and Rashid Ali, of Columbia Heights, front right, participate in a drum circle in Malcolm X or Meridian Hill Park.

Meridian Hill Park was originally a mansion built by John Porter in 1819. In 1829, it became the home of President John Quincy Adams, when he departed office.

Built between 1912 and 1940, Meridian Hill Park encompasses 12 acres where statues of French heroine Joan of Arc, Italian poet Dante Alighieri and President James Buchanan stand — all damaged by ...

Construction of the park began in 1914. In 1994, Meridian Hill Park was designated a National Historic Landmark, according to the National Park Service. Your forecast. Your commute. Your news.

Meridian Hill Park is a structured urban park located in the Washington, D.C neighborhood of Columbia Heights; it abuts the nearby neighborhood of Adams Morgan. The park was designed and built ...

The work, which begins this week, requires closing the entire lower plaza level of Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, until the summer of 2022.

Personal trainer Errick McAdams knows Meridian Hill Park well. And he should—whenever the weather cooperates you’ll likely find him training clients there, whether it’s on the steps, by the fountains, ...

Meridian Hill sits by three neighborhoods—U Street, Adams Morgan, and Columbia Heights—that have changed a lot, and the drum circle has changed, too. DC resident Heran Sereke-Brhan, who has been ...

WASHINGTON — A Norfolk, Virginia, man was arrested Thursday on federal hate crimes charges linked to multiple assaults at D.C.’s Meridian Hill Park in 2021. Michael Thomas Pruden was taken ...

By Dave McKenna •Published April 17, 2009•Updated on April 17, 2009 at 7:00 pm When Did Meridian Hill Park Become a Hangout for Circus Folks? was originally published on City Desk on Apr. 17 ...

Prosecutors say Michael Thomas Pruden, 48, pretended to be a Park Police officer five separate times when he went into Meridian Hill Park after dark and approached men in what is known as a place ...