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Titled "New Town for the West End," the aerial photograph on the cover of the study showed the area that was planned to become a "new intown community." The neighborhood is adjacent to Georgetown, Foggy Bottom, Dupont Circle, and the city's Traditional Downtown. Today, DC Planning Office considers the West End part of a more broadly-defined ...
Ward 2 (2023–present) Ward 2 Councilmember: Brooke Pinto Population (2022): 89,518 [3] Burleith; Chinatown; Downtown; Dupont Circle; Federal Triangle; Foggy Bottom; Georgetown; Sheridan-Kalorama
It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West End neighborhood and west of Downtown D.C. The neighborhood is best known for hosting the headquarters of the U.S. Department of State, for which the name "Foggy Bottom" is commonly used as a metonym.
Images of the mansion may be found in the book Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings by James W. Goode, and in several books in the collection of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. [1] A descendant (Edward Sisson) of the family that owned the mansion throughout its existence has posted a collection of ...
A geographic approximation can only be evaluated as it was never clearly defined. Originally, the northeastern part of Washington, D.C. above Judiciary Square was known as "English Hill" from E Street NE/NW on the South and 4th Street NW on the west all the way to Boundary Road. It was a rural area with almost no buildings and gravel sidewalks.
Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel, designed by James Renwick Jr. in 1850, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Old Stone House, built 1765, is the oldest building structure still standing in Washington, D.C. Georgetown, depicted in 1862, shows the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Aqueduct Bridge (on right) and an unfinished Capitol dome in the distant ...
The old MacArthur Theater, now used as a CVS/pharmacy, in the Palisades. The Palisades is one of the lesser-known neighborhoods in Washington, with a mixture of detached houses, townhouses and apartments. The homes along the bluff on Potomac Avenue offer a broad view of the Potomac River and the Virginia riverfront, with often impressive sunset ...
Columbia Heights is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Bounded by 16th Street NW, W Street NW, Florida Avenue NW, Barry Place NW, Sherman Avenue NW, Spring Road NW, and New Hampshire Avenue NW. neighborhood is an important retail hub for the area, as home to DC USA mall and to numerous other restaurants and stores, primarily along the highly commercialized 14th Street.