After years of watching potholes deepen, cracks lengthen and paint fade, Molly Buck is looking forward to testing the bounce on the newly resurfaced tennis courts at Hardy Park in Washington, D.C.

If MGUH’s Office of Philanthropy can’t come up with the $112 million, MedStar Health Inc. says it can tap into its $1.8 billion in unrestricted cash and investable assets on hand to cover.

On April 5, 2017, after six months of tumultuous Washington Gas line renovation on a half-block section of Foxhall Village in Washington, D.C., a crew poured and smoothed concrete to resurface the dug-up street. It looked like the project had finally ended. But beneath the concrete trouble was brewing.

Resurfacing of Hardy Park tennis courts in Washington, D.C., begins.

Fighting invasive plants in Glover Archbold Natitional Park in Washington, D.C.

Neighbors turn out for spring cleaning at Hardy Park.

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s $567 million, six-story expansion project goes before the DC Zoning Commission on June 8, along with a construction agreement that will guide impacts on neighbors.

It is as if a botanic bomb dropped and blew up in slow motion with foliage and blossoms.

The road is being repaved from the point of the break, at 4559 MacArthur, to Q Street, and then a stretch of Q Street.