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Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. The eight wards of Washington, D.C. as of 2023. Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, are distinguished by their history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography. The names of 131 neighborhoods are unofficially defined by the D.C. Office of Planning. [1]
Fairfax Village is a small neighborhood of garden apartments and townhouses located in southeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Alabama Avenue SE, Suitland Road SE, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, and Southern Avenue SE.
The Mosaic District is a 31-acre (13 ha), 2,000,000 sq ft (190,000 m 2) mixed-use development built along urban-style streets (an ersatz downtown) in Merrifield, Fairfax, Virginia, in the Washington, DC suburbs between Fairfax and Falls Church.
Washington At Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation's Capital. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801893537. Tindall, William (1918). "Beginnings of Street Railways in the National Capital". Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C.: 24–86.
The Washington metropolitan area is one of the most educated and affluent metropolitan areas in the U.S. [7] The metro area anchors the southern end of the densely populated Northeast megalopolis with an estimated total population of 6,304,975 as of 2023 estimates, [8] making it the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the nation, [9] as ...
The village concept aimed to provide Columbia a small-town feel (like Easton, Maryland, where James Rouse grew up). Each village comprises several neighborhoods. The village center may contain middle and high schools. All villages have a shopping center, recreational facilities, a community center, a system of bike/walking paths, and homes.
The economy of the Washington metropolitan area includes the economy of Washington, D.C., and its suburbs, including parts of Maryland, all of Northern Virginia, and Jefferson County, West Virginia. In 2022, the DC metro area had the country's fifth-highest gross metropolitan product, at $541 billion. [1]