Brightwood / Rock Creek Park (May 30, 2020) On a beautiful late Saturday afternoon, we walked up Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park and back down 16th Street, dropping into a couple of side streets along the way. The park was definitely more lively than it has been of late but still very tranquil. It …
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Day 77
Colonial Village / Rock Creek Park (May 15) On the first truly hot day of the year, we finished up our exploration of Colonial Village with its Tudor and Gothic style homes on quiet tree lined streets. We then walked down 16th Street for a few blocks. Lining the complete length of 16th Street are …
Day 76
Colonial Village (May 13, 2020) Back in Colonial Village, we passed Lowell School, where our two sons went to elementary school. Lowell is an independent, diverse, co-educational preschool through 8th grade school. It began as a nursery school in the basement of Cleveland Park Congregational Church on Lowell Street, NW, hence the name. The school …
Day 75
North Portal Estates (May 7, 2020) North Portal Estates is the northernmost neighborhood in Washington DC. The area given to the District of Columbia was originally 100 square miles, ceded by the states of Maryland and Virginia. The area was basically a square, tilted so that its points faced north, east, west and south. However, …
Day 74
Colonial Village (May 1, 2020) Today, we crossed Rock Creek Park and started exploring The District’s most northern neighborhood, Colonial Village. It is a quiet suburban neighborhood of single family homes. Scattered among the houses were a number of mid-century homes. As you’ve probably gathered by now, these are among our favorite styles. This is …
Day 73
Hawthorne (April 25, 2020) After a month of walking close to home we decided to venture further a little further away today and visited the small neighborhood of Hawthorne, nestled in Upper Northwest DC. Hawthorne is a quiet suburb with a variety of houses, including: However, it appeared to us that the neighborhood’s prime advantage …
Day 72
Foggy Bottom (March 21, 2020) Much of Foggy Bottom is taken up by the campus of George Washington University (commonly known as GW). GW was founded by an Act of Congress on February 9, 1821. It, currently, has approximately 11,000 undergraduate and 15,500 graduate students. Because of the coronavirus, the University was shut down and …
Day 71
Downtown / Foggy Bottom (March 17, 2020) Having run an errand downtown, we decided to walk the streets around Farragut Square and Foggy Bottom. It was quite bizarre to be walking on streets that would normally be crowded on a Tuesday afternoon and find them mostly empty. Social distancing was definitely not a problem. We …
Day 70
Georgetown (March 13, 2020) After a long hiatus, we returned to the streets of DC. We spent the day finishing up our tour of Georgetown. We started down on K / Water Street which runs along next to the Potomac and directly below the Whitehurst freeway. The Whitehurst (U.S. Route 29) opened in 1949 and …
Day 69
Kalorama (December 15, 2019) Back among the stately homes and embassy residences of Kalorama on a pleasant mid-December day. Kalorama, Greek for ‘fine view’, got its name from poet, diplomat, and political philosopher, Joel Barlow, who owned the property where the neighborhood now stands. We also crossed over the Taft Bridge toward Woodley Park and …
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