Amidon Sidewalk Park

The restoration and upgrading of the park at the corner of 4th & G Streets SW is an effort of the Waterfront Gateway Neighborhood Association.

Amidon Sidewalk Park was completed in 1967 as part of the Soouthwest DC urban renewal project. As a complement to the adjacent Amidon Field which hosts baseball and other team sports, Amidon Sidewalk Park was intended for less active recreation, including a bocce call court, game tables, and a climbing sculpture for children. Cost-cutting resulted in neither the bocce ball nor game tables being in  ...