Playful New Sculpture Shows D.C. Flood Risk At The Wharf — Anacostia Parks and Community Collaborative

Two people looking up at an overhead sculpture. — Image via DCist.

From DCist:

Remember the Great Potomac Flood of 1936? Or the record-breaking 1942 flood?
It’s one thing to read about past storms, or see photos of historic flooding. It’s another to stand next to buoys floating mid-air showing historic flood levels, and then look up to see buoys overhead, representing how high future floods could be.
A new sculpture at the Wharf communicates D.C.’s flood risk in a visceral way.
“It just relates it to your body, right?” says Patrick McDonough, one of the D.C.-based artists who created the piece. “What I’ve noticed in my times down here is people really like looking up, relating to themselves and then thinking back to these historic moments.”
The sculpture, called “High Water Mark,” was officially unveiled at a recent ceremony.