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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 ]
The avenue stretches southward from West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The section in Midtown Manhattan is one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world. [3] Fifth Avenue carries two-way traffic between 143rd and 135th Streets, and one-way traffic southbound for the remainder of its route. The ...
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Washington, DC: Formerly housed the Historical Society of Washington [19] Mary Scott Townsend House 1898–1901 Beaux Arts: Carrère and Hastings: Washington, DC: Built for Mary Scott Townsend, wife of Richard T. Townsend, now, Cosmos Club: more images: Townsend House: 1901: Beaux-Arts: Carrère and Hastings: Washington, DC: Home to the Cosmos ...
President Abraham Lincoln insisted that construction of the United States Capitol continue during the American Civil War.. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, was the center of the Union war effort, which rapidly turned it from a small city into a major capital with full civic infrastructure and strong defenses.
Washington, Village and Capital: 1800–1878 (1962) is first volume of a two-volume Pulitzer Prize–winning work by American historian Constance McLaughlin Green, tracing the development of Washington, DC, from 1800 to 1878. [1] Green won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for History for it. [2]
Village of Greenwich Historic District is a national historic district located at Greenwich in Washington County, New York. It includes 165 contributing buildings, six contributing sites (parks), one contributing structure, and 27 contributing objects.
Foxhall, also known as Foxhall Village, is a neighborhood in northwestern Washington, D.C., bordered by Reservoir Road on the north side, Foxhall Road on the west, Glover-Archbold Park on the east, and P Street NW on the south (with some properties south of P Street). The first homes were constructed along Reservoir Road and Greenwich Park Way ...