National Mall: understanding a long civic landscape rather than a single park
The Mall’s long views are the result of successive plans, removals, planting campaigns and public uses.
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Explore the neighborhoods, public spaces and buildings of Washington DC through 9 articles.
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Eastern Market Washington DC: separating the market building from the surrounding market streets
The brick market hall and the activity on nearby streets are related, but they are not the same space.
Georgetown Washington DC: a port town within the capital
Georgetown’s commercial streets grew from an older port whose history includes tobacco, skilled work and enslavement.
Library of Congress Jefferson Building: reading the entrance, materials and decoration
The Jefferson Building pairs a working research institution with an elaborate visual statement about knowledge.
Dupont Circle: how traffic and neighborhood life meet around a circle
A naval memorial becomes the center of an everyday public circle.
C and O Canal Georgetown: following a canal through a city neighborhood
Georgetown’s canal explains how a level-water transport system crossed a changing landscape.
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Union Station Washington DC: the difference between a railway hall and its current uses
Union Station’s monumental rooms belong to a railway building that has repeatedly changed its public role.
Capitol Hill Washington DC: looking beyond the Capitol to the surrounding neighborhood
Capitol Hill’s residential streets record the growth of a working neighborhood beside federal institutions.
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Meridian Hill Park: terraces, stairs and a designed hillside
Meridian Hill Park turns a steep slope into a formal sequence of terraces, stairs and water structures.