16th and 14th Street Heights / Petworth (June 19, 2022) There are a number of large stately homes in the 16th and 14th Street Heights neighborhoods. But primarily the neighborhoods consist of terraced homes. Running through the neighborhoods is the 14th street corridor, lined with restaurants, shops and a graffiti museum. There are a number …
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Day 136
Petworth (June 18, 2022) Petworth is a residential neighborhood with a mix of terraced houses, single family homes and small apartment blocks. It gets its name from the 205 acre Tayloe family estate that was located in the area. The estate was likely named after the town of Petworth in West Sussex, England. We walked …
Day 135
Southwest (May 25, 2022) Today, we explored Southwest DC with our friends Jon and Elissa who live in the neighborhood in the River Park development. Designed by renowned mid-century modern architect, Charles M. Goodman, in the 1960s, River Park was one of the first developments in Washington D.C. to be racially integrated. The units, with …
DAY 134
Brightwood Park (May 18, 2022) We started out our continued exploration of Brightwood Park by walking down the length of Kennedy Street, the main shopping street in the neighborhood. The street is undergoing massive renovations, with numerous old building being pulled down and replaced with tall narrow buildings. Unfortunately, many seemed built with cheap materials, …
Day 133
Manor Park / Brightwood Park (April 23, 2022) On a perfect day, we resumed our exploration of Manor Park and also began walking through neighboring Brightwood Park, where we saw some beautiful stucco homes. And some lovely bungalows. We found this home interesting. It was built at an angle to the street but with diagonal …
Day 132
Manor Park (February 21, 2022) After more than two months of huddling inside, we finally got a warm enough day to resume discovering the streets of Washington D.C. We returned to Manor Park. It is a nice neighborhood consisting mainly of single family homes and row houses. Judging by the number of people walking strollers, …
Day 131
Manor Park / Takoma (December 16, 2021) It has been a month since we last walked in the Manor Park and Takoma neighborhoods. Since that time the leaves have all fallen and the holiday decorations have reemerged from storage. Apparently, Mickey had too much egg nog at last night’s holiday party. These decorations weren’t holiday …
Day 130
Manor Park (November 18, 2021) On an unseasonably warm day, with temperatures rising into the seventies, we started exploring Manor Park. The neighborhood consists mainly of rowhouses, detached and semi-detached homes. Many of the homes were built in the 1920s and a number appeared to have been recently renovated. As per usual, it was easy …
Day 129
Brightwood (October 22, 2021) After a while away, we returned to the streets of Brightwood. It is one of District’s most diverse neighborhoods, with immigrants making up over 50 percent of its population. It has the highest number of Salvadorans and Ethiopians of any neighborhood, and has large numbers of residents from the rest of …
Day 128
Georgia Avenue and 13th Street NW (October 2, 2021) Every year, as part of its Open Streets program, the District government closes down three miles of Georgia Avenue to traffic. So on a beautiful Saturday we went for a stroll down one of DCs major thoroughfares. It was a perfect day for a parasol. Or …
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