Posted June 27, 200915 yr Ok this is my final D.C. post. I promise. Dupont Circle is one of most gentrified area of D.C. I could only imagine Capital Hill and parts of Georgetown comparing to it. The focal point of the neighborhood is Dupont Circle, which is the heart of a thriving public space with thriving commercial surroundings it. Dupont Circle also includes areas to the West and Northwest of the neighborhood including many of the elaborate Embassies. Enjoy! Dupont Circle[/size] Here are the embassies... No commented needed here; this guy explains himself.. Row Houses in Dupont Circle: This was a neat little neighborhood tucked in Dupont Circle: Sheridan Circle... DuPont Circle.. This includes the Circle and commercial neighborhoods around the circle including parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island This was located at the Metro Station.. St. Matthews Cathedral... These two buildings were some of the best infill I've ever seen...
June 28, 200915 yr Great tour! Even with that wide-ass street: it seems to work. Maybe it's a matter of height and density on both sides, plus pedestrian activity on the sidewalks and the amount of color and variety in facades and signage. I think there's so much visual attraction on both sides of the streets that it tends to draw attention away from all that pavement.
June 28, 200915 yr Nice shots. Went to DC in 2004/2005 nearly every week...and always stayed near Dupont. That was some commute...Left SF on Wednesday morning and returned on Thursday afternoon. Ugh. Not for the faint of heart. But those frequent flyer miles added up quickly! Walking around the neighborhood is amazing, and the restaurants are diverse, if not exactly gourmet. Some of the embassies are beautiful, while others are kind of sad.
June 28, 200915 yr I've been to a lot of the shops in this thread. I remember that guitar shop really well. They had a bunch of guitars stacked up sitting in cases that you would just dig through to see if something struck your fancy. I remember being like "Oh this is the case section... no, there's guitars in each one!"
June 29, 200915 yr Yay! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 30, 200915 yr hmm, for some reason gandhi sure is a lot more strident in dupont circle in dc than in union sq in ny? one thing i love is that besides the great architecture just off the circle that neighborhood is home to one of my favorite hangouts. good times, yeah: http://www.eighteenthstreetlounge.com/index.html
July 1, 200915 yr Dupont is a great place to get lost in. The walk along Connecticut Ave from Downtown to Chevy Chase is a great way to see a lot of the awesome DC neighborhoods.
July 1, 200915 yr DC is a beautiful example of intact architecture and urban fabric as well as street life etc… I know many of you have said it is your favorite city, but I must say that I consider DC one of those places that you appreciate and like better as a visitor than as a resident. I know before I moved here 10 years ago that I fell in love with the place when I would come to visit friends from college. All I can say is that it didn’t take long before I realized how much the city was lacking in other regards.. ie had some pretty serious quality of life issues, and found myself almost hating it here. I soon appreciated Cleveland even more than I already did (as well as other places that I had lived). Although I believe things are starting to change a bit for the better here. I won’t go into all the reasons behind this right now, but I think it’s safe to say that its all about what’s most important to you. Realizing this, I hope the rest of you don’t take things for granted in places like Cleveland, where I think you have a pretty amazing quality of life, and a rather high standard compared to most other places.
July 2, 200915 yr ^I guess to each his own, because I absolutely loved living in DC and felt it was a very comfortable place to live.
July 5, 200915 yr My first memories of Dupont Circle were some of my best. At age 18, in 1985, I attended a high school/college radio station convention in the hotel Reagan was shot at four years before. It was a short walk to Dupont Circle which was seeing some significant renovations getting underway then. There were lots of great restaurants and places to hang out, but still lots of grit which was OK too. The drinking age for beer in D.C. was 18 at the time, so it was the first time I ordered a beer at a bar. We snuck away from the hotel often and went to the punk rock club Commander Salamander when Big Audio Dynamite was playing. First time I saw stage diving. Then we snuck off to ride the Metro into the city when the system was still pretty new. It was a wonderful time. Thanks for rekindling some great memories. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 6, 200915 yr ^I guess to each his own, because I absolutely loved living in DC and felt it was a very comfortable place to live. Exactly, to each his own. I'm not sure that your finding DC so comfortable says much about Cinci :|..., since most everyone from Cleveland that I have met here has totally felt the same way. The few that wouldn't get it, are typically the types that I consider the "Washintonians", thats all I'll say. Again, its also, all about whats important to you
July 7, 200915 yr ^ That's an interesting concept. What do you think it is that may make somebody from Cincy or maybe just not from Cleveland dig D.C. more? I'm from Columbus, and have lived in both Cincy and D.C. (well, Alexandria, but I would have lived in D.C. if I could have -- I worked on I St.). I loved D.C.
July 7, 200915 yr ^ That's an interesting concept. What do you think it is that may make somebody from Cincy or maybe just not from Cleveland dig D.C. more? I'm from Columbus, and have lived in both Cincy and D.C. (well, Alexandria, but I would have lived in D.C. if I could have -- I worked on I St.). I loved D.C. For me being from Cleveland its the vibrant urban atmosphere and the amazing architecture; particularly in residential neighborhoods. These are both things Cleveland lacks. Cleveland unfortunately torn down a lot of their brownstone buildings on the eastside which could revival some D.C, neighborhoods 30-60 years ago.
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