WalkingTown DC By Ward 3

Neighborhoods explored in Ward 3 include: Cleveland 3 Park, , Van Ness, and Chevy Chase. Saturday, September 24 11 am–12 noon Historic Chevy Chase DC Meet and end at Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave., NW, one 10:30–11:15 am & 12:30–1:15 pm University of the block south of . District of Columbia (UDC) Sustainability Tour Meet and end outside Van Ness-UDC Metro station, west exit near 1:30–2:30 pm On View at the Museum Starbucks, 4250 Connecticut Ave., NW. Reservations required. Meet and end at the information desk inside the American Univer- sity Museum entrance located inside the , 1:30–2:30 pm On View at the American 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW. University Museum Meet and end at the information desk inside the American Sunday, October 2 University Museum entrance located inside the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW. 1:30–2:30 pm On View at the American University Museum Meet and end at the information desk inside the American Univer- Sunday, September 25 sity Museum entrance located inside the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW. 10–11:45 am Art Works at the Smithsonian National Zoo Meet at 3001 Connecticut Ave., NW by the lion sculptures at the entrance of the Smithsonian National Zoo. End at The Mane Restaurant inside the Zoo and by Parking Lot D. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required.

11 am–12 noon Historic Chevy Chase DC Meet and end at Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave., NW, one block south of Chevy Chase Circle.

1:30–2:30 pm On View at the American University Museum Meet and end at the information desk inside the American Univer- sity Museum entrance located inside the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW. Saturday, October 1 10–11:45 am Art Works at the Smithsonian National Zoo Meet at 3001 Connecticut Ave., NW by the lion sculptures at the entrance of the Smithsonian National Zoo. End at The Mane Restaurant inside the Zoo and by Parking Lot D. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required.

10:30–11:15 am University of the District of Columbia (UDC) Sustainability Tour Meet and end outside Van Ness-UDC Metro station, west exit near Starbucks, 4250 Connecticut Ave., NW. Reservations required. WalkingTown DC 4 By Ward

4 The Park View neighborhood is explored in Ward 4. Saturday, September 24 Sunday, October 2 3–5 pm Park View, from Suburban to Urban: Life along the 3–5 pm Park View, from Suburban to Urban: Life along the Seventh Street Turnpike () Seventh Street Turnpike (Georgia Avenue) Meet and end outside Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro station, East exit, Meet and end outside Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro station, East exit, 3700 Georgia Ave., NW. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. 3700 Georgia Ave., NW. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. Sunday, September 25 3–5 pm Park View, from Suburban to Urban: Life along the Seventh Street Turnpike (Georgia Avenue) Meet and end outside Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro station, East exit, 3700 Georgia Ave., NW. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. WalkingTown DC By Ward 5

Neighborhoods explored in Ward 5 include: Greater H Street NE, 5 Brookland, Fort Totten, Brentwood, and Petworth. Saturday, September 24 12 noon–1:30 pm & 2–3:30 pm Historic St. Paul’s Rock Creek Cemetery: DC’s Colonial Era Church and Churchyard 9–10:30 am & 11 am–12:30 pm

Brookland Yesterday and Today Meet at the wrought-iron gates at Webster St. and Rock Creek Church Meet and end at 3400 12th St., NE. Rd., NW. Free parking available onsite. End at St. Paul’s Center inside 10 am–12 noon Hike the Gardens and Grounds the grounds. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. of the National Arboretum Meet and end at the National Arboretum, in front of Visitor Informa- 1:30–3:30 pm Where on Earth is Swampoodle? tion Trailer. Enter via the R St. gate off Bladensburg Rd., NE. Free Hub, Heart, Home: H Street Heritage Trail Preview Tour parking is available just inside the R Street gate. Fitness: High. Meet inside Union Station in Main Hall at the Information Desk, 50 Massachusetts Ave., NE. End at Atlas Theater, 1333 H St., NE. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. Sunday, September 25 1:30–3:30 pm Where on Earth is Swampoodle? Hub, Heart, Home: H Street Heritage Trail Preview Tour 12 noon–1:30 pm & 2–3:30 pm Historic St. Paul’s Meet inside Union Station in Main Hall at the Information Desk, 50 Rock Creek Cemetery: DC’s Colonial Era Church Massachusetts Ave., NE. End at Atlas Theater, 1333 H St., NE. and Churchyard Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. Meet at the wrought-iron gates at Webster St. and Rock Creek Church Rd., NW. Free parking available onsite. End at St. Paul’s Center inside Sunday, October 2 the grounds. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. 10 am–12 noon Native Plants of Washington, DC Saturday, October 1 9–10:30 am & 11 am–12:30 pm Meet and end at Buchanan St. and Fort Totten Dr., NE at NPS Park sign. Fitness: High. Reservations required. Brookland Yesterday and Today Meet and end at 3400 12th St., NE. 12 noon–1:30 pm & 2–3:30 pm Historic St. Paul’s Rock 12 noon–1:30 pm & 2–3:30 pm Historic St. Paul’s Creek Cemetery: DC’s Colonial Era Church and Churchyard Rock Creek Cemetery: DC’s Colonial Era Church Meet at the wrought-iron gates at Webster St. and Rock Creek Church Rd., NW. Free parking available onsite. End at St. Paul’s Center inside and Churchyard the grounds. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. Meet at the wrought-iron gates at Webster St. and Rock Creek Church Rd., NW. Free parking available onsite. End at St. Paul’s Center inside the grounds. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. WalkingTown DC By Ward

Neighborhoods explored in Ward 6 include: Southwest 6 DC, NoMa, , Downtown, , Capitol 6 Riverfront, Barracks Row, and the . Saturday, September 24 11 am–1 pm & 2–4 pm Southwest DC: Renewing Urban Renewal Highlighting River Farms to Urban Towers: 9:00–10:30 am Italian Influences in Southwest Heritage Trail Meet outside Judiciary Square Metro, F St. exit across from the Na- Meet outside Waterfront-SEU Metro station, 399 M St., SW. End tional Building Museum, 401 F St., NW. End at Holy Rosary Church, near Seventh St. and Maine Ave., SW. Reservations required. Third and F Sts., NW. Reservations required. 12:30–1:15 pm & 1:30–2:15 pm National Building 9:30–11:30 am & 2–4 pm Frederick Law Olmsted and Museum Historic Building Tour the US Capitol Grounds Meet and end at , 401 F St., NW, inside Meet outside the Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, SE Terrace off the museum at the Info Desk. Reservations required. of 1st St. and Independence Ave., SE. End at US Botanic Garden, 1st St. and Ave., SW. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. 1–2:30 pm NoMa: From the Beatles to NPR Meet at Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U Metro station, Florida 11 am–12 noon, 11:30 am–12:30 pm & 12 noon–1 pm Ave. exit, 2nd and N Sts., NE by Au Bon Pain. End at Union Station Death, Dogs, and Monuments: 200 Years of Metro, First St. and Massachusetts Ave., NE. Historic Congressional Cemetery Meet and end at the historic chapel at the center of Congressional 2:30–4 pm Queering Capitol Hill Cemetery, 1801 E St., SE at the corner of E St., 18th St., and Po- Meet at Sixth St. and Pennsylvania Ave., SE, in front of Mr. Henry’s tomac Ave., SE. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave., SE. End at Eastern Market. WalkingTown DC By Ward: Ward 6 12:30–1:15 pm & 1:30–2:15 pm Sunday, September 25 National Building Museum Historic Building Tour 9:30–11:30 am & 2–4 pm Frederick Law Olmsted and the Meet and end at National Building Museum, 401 F St., NW, inside US Capitol Grounds the museum at the Info Desk. Reservations required. Meet outside the Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, SE Terrace off of 1st St. and Independence Ave., SE. End at US Botanic Gar- 1:30–3:30 pm Marching Along with John Philip Sousa den, 1st St. and Maryland Ave., SW. Fitness: Moderate. Meet outside Eastern Market Metro station, Seventh St. and Penn- Reservations required. sylvania Ave., SE. End at Eastern Market, Seventh St. and North Carolina Ave., SE. Reservations required. 10 am–12 noon Robert G. Ingersoll, The Great Agnostic Meet outside the Judiciary Square Metro station entrance, F St., NW 2:30–4 pm Queering Capitol Hill between 4th and 5th Sts., NW. End at 14th and K Sts., NW. Meet at Sixth St. and Pennsylvania Ave., SE, in front of Mr. Henry’s Fitness: Moderate. Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave., SE. End at Eastern Market, Seventh and C Sts., SE. 12:30–1:15 pm & 1:30–2:15 pm National Building Museum Historic Building Tour Sunday, October 2 Meet and end at National Building Museum, 401 F St., NW, inside 9:30–11:30 am & 2–4 pm the museum at the Info Desk. Reservations required. Frederick Law Olmsted and the US Capitol Grounds Meet outside the Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, SE Terrace off 2–3:30 pm Downtown Jewish Washington of 1st St. and Independence Ave., SE. End at US Botanic Garden, 1st Meet at Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum, 701 Third St., NW, St. and Maryland Ave., SW. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. corner of Third and G Sts. End at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St., NW. Reservations required. 10 am–12:30 pm : Where DC Comes Together, Part 1 3–4:30 pm Modern Public Landscaping: Southwest DC Meet at The Historical Society of Washington, DC, 801 K St., NW. Meet and end outside Waterfront-SEU Metro, 399 M St., SW. End at Azi’s Cafe, 1336 Ninth St., NW. Saturday, October 1 11 am–12 noon Hill East Alleys: Where Once There Were Dwellings 9–11 am Surprising Southwest Meet outside Bonnie’s Dog and Cat Grooming, NW corner of 14th Meet outside Waterfront-SEU Metro station entrance, 399 M St., SW. and E Sts., SE. End at King’s Ct., SE, near King’s Court Artists’ Stu- End at Fish Market, 1100 Maine Ave., SW. Fitness: dios, 29 King’s Ct., SE. Reservations required. Moderate. Reservations required. 11:00 am–12:30 pm If This Street Could Talk: Pierre 9:30–11:30 am & 2–4 pm Frederick Law Olmsted and the L’Enfant’s Eighth St. SE, including The US Capitol Grounds Marine Corps Barracks Meet outside the Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, SE Terrace off Meet at Eastern Market Metro station, 701 Pennsylvania Ave., SE. of 1st St. and Independence Ave., SE. End at US Botanic Garden, 1st End at Eighth and G Sts., SE. St. and Maryland Ave., SW. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. 12:30–1:15 pm & 1:30–2:15 pm National Building 11 am–12 noon, 11:30 am–12:30 pm, & 12 noon-1 pm Museum Historic Building Tour Death, Dogs, and Monuments: 200 years of Historic Meet and end at National Building Museum, 401 F St., NW, inside Congressional Cemetery the museum at the Info Desk. Reservations required. Meet and end at the historic chapel at the center of Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E St., SE at the corner of E St., 18th St., and 1–3:30 pm Shaw: Where DC Comes Together, Part 2 Potomac Ave., SE. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. Meet at the Northwest corner of Seventh and R Sts., NW. End at Nellie’s Sports Bar, 900 U St., NW. 11:00 am–12:30 pm If This Street Could Talk: Pierre L’Enfant’s Eighth St. SE, including The United States 1:30–2:15 pm Discover the U.S. Botanic Garden Marine Corps Barracks Conservatory Meet at Eastern Market Metro station, 701 Pennsylvania Ave., SE. Meet and end at U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory, Garden Court, End at Eighth and G Sts., SE. 100 Maryland Ave., SW. Reservations required. 3–4:30 pm Modern Public Landscaping: Southwest DC Meet and end outside Waterfront-SEU Metro, 399 M St., SW. WalkingTown DC By Ward

7 Neighborhoods explored in Ward 7 include , 7 Hillcrest, Kenilworth, and . Saturday, September 24 Saturday, October 1 10 am–12 noon Hillcrest & East Washington Heights SE 10 am–12 noon Hillcrest & East Washington Heights SE Meet and end at 32nd and Camden Sts., SE, outside the gates of Meet and end at 32nd and Camden Sts., SE, outside the gates the Hillcrest Community Center. Fitness: High. Reservations required. of the Hillcrest Community Center. Fitness: High. Reservations required. 11 am–12:30 pm & 1:30–3 pm Fort Mahan-Watts Branch Green Restoration Tour 11 am–12:30 pm & 1:30–3 pm Meet at Minnnesota Ave. and Grant St., NE. across from the Min- Fort Mahan-Watts Branch Green Restoration Tour nesota Ave Metro exit. End at the Center for Green Urbanism, 3938 Meet at Minnnesota Ave. and Grant St., NE. across from the Min- Benning Rd., NE, corner of Minnesota Ave. and Benning Rd., NE. nesota Ave Metro exit. End at the Center for Green Urbanism, 3938 Fitness: Moderate. Benning Rd., NE, corner of Minnesota Ave. and Benning Rd., NE. Fitness: Moderate. Sunday, September 25 Sunday, October 2 10 am–12 noon Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Kenilworth Marsh 11am–12:30 pm & 1:30–3 pm Meet and end at the Visitor Center Facilities located within the Fort Mahan-Watts Branch Green Restoration Tour Gardens ~200 yards by footpath from parking lot at 1551 Meet at Minnnesota Ave. and Grant St., NE. across from the Min- Ave., NE. Fitness: Moderate. nesota Ave Metro exit. End at the Center for Green Urbanism, 3938 Benning Rd., NE, corner of Minnesota Ave. and Benning Rd., NE. 11 am–12:30 pm & 1:30–3 pm Fort Mahan-Watts Branch Fitness: Moderate. Green Restoration Tour Meet at Minnnesota Ave. and Grant St., NE. across from the Minnesota 2–3:30 pm The African American Architects Ave Metro exit. End at the Center for Green Urbanism, 3938 Benning Rd., and Builders of Eastland Gardens NE, corner of Minnesota Ave. and Benning Rd., NE. Fitness: Moderate. Meet at Eastland Gardens sign, corner of Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. and Lee St., NE. End at Nash and 44th Sts., NE. 2–3:30 pm The African American Architects and Builders of Eastland Gardens Meet at Eastland Gardens sign, corner of Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. and Lee St., NE. End at Nash and 44th Sts., NE.

Congress Heights is the neighborhood 8 explored in Ward 8. Sunday, October 2 1–3 pm Exploring 8 Meet and end at Congress Heights Metro station, 1290 Alabama Ave., SE. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. Civil War WalkingTown DC

Sunday, September 25 Tours 3–3:45 pm The Civil War Era in Meet and end outside the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro exit at the Statue of George Washington, west side of 23rd and I Sts., NW. Saturday, October 1 10:30 am–12:30 pm Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination with Anthony Pitch Meet at the Andrew Jackson Statue in the center of Lafayette Square, off of H St. and between Jackson and Madison Pls., NW. End at Ford’s Theatre, 511 Tenth St., NW. Reservations required.

2:15–4:15 pm Investigation: Detective McDevitt on Lincoln’s Assassination Meet at Ford’s Theatre, 511 Tenth St., NW. End at Lafayette Square, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Reservations required.

3–5 pm DC by Foot: Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Tour Meet at the Andrew Jackson Statue in the center of Lafayette Square, off of H St. and between Jackson and Madison Pls., NW. End outside Saturday, September 24 Ford’s Theatre, 10th and E Sts., NW. Reservations required. 9:30–11:30 am Lafayette Square in the Civil War Era Meet at the Andrew Jackson Statue in the center of Lafayette 3–5:15 pm History, Culture, and Nature within the Civil Square, off of H St. and between Jackson and Madison Pls., NW. War Defenses of Washington End at 16th and H Sts., NW. Reservations required. Meet at the flagpole at Fort Stevens, corner of 13th and Quackenbos Sts., NW. End at Fort Park, Donaldson Pl., NW. Fitness: High. 10 am–12 noon During the Civil War; Highlighting Top of the Town: Tenleytown Heritage Trail Sunday, October 2 Meet at Tenleytown-AU Metro station, West exit, 4501 Wisconsin 11 am–1 pm Abraham Lincoln’s Washington by Ave., NW, in front of Best Buy. End at Tenleytown-AU Metro station, Washington Walks East exit, 4501 Wisconsin Ave., NW. Reservations required. Meet outside McPherson Square Metro, exit, 1–2:30 pm Walt Whitman’s Civil War 1400 I St., NW. End at Ford’s Theatre, 511 Tenth St., NW. Meet at southeast corner of Lafayette Square, at the intersection of Madi- Reservations required. son Pl. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW. End at the National Portrait Gallery. 1:30–3 pm Civil War Sites Along the 2–4 pm Civil War Georgetown Along and Near the Waterfront Brightwood Heritage Trail Meet inside the small park at the intersection of 28th St. and Pennsyl- Meet at Heritage Trail sign #2, corner of Georgia Ave. and Madison St., vania Ave., NW. End at 34th and M Sts., NW. Reservations required. NW. End at Fort Stevens, SE corner of 13th and Quackenbos Sts., NW at Heritage Trail sign #17. Fitness: Moderate. Reservations required. 3–5 pm DC By Foot: Lincoln Assassination Tour Meet at the Andrew Jackson Statue in the center of Lafayette Square, 3–3:45 pm The Civil War Era in Foggy Bottom off of H St. and between Jackson and Madison Pls., NW. End outside Meet and end outside the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro exit at the Ford’s Theatre, 10th and E Sts., NW. Reservations required. Statue of George Washington, west side of 23rd and I Sts., NW.

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18 3 5. A Self-Reliant People: Greater Deanwood 11 Wood-frame houses evoke this traditionally African American neighborhood's rural past. See where Nannie Helen Burroughs and Marvin Gaye made 8 4 their names. 7 Minnesota Ave. to Metrobus U8 (Capitol Heights) to Sign 1 at Division Ave. 1 12 south of Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. 9 6. Civil War to Civil Rights: Downtown 5 6 Follow the footsteps of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose lives intertwined with the history 2 of the nation. Download the free audio tour from CulturalTourismDC.org. 10 Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter. Sign 1 on Seventh St. across Pennsylvania Ave.

8. Village in the City: Mount Pleasant Trace the path from country village to fashionable streetcar suburb, working-class neighborhood, Latino barrio, and hub of arts and activism. Columbia Heights. Two blocks west to Sign 1 at 16th and Harvard Sts. Continue Walking 9. Midcity at the Crossroads: Shaw Immigrants and old-timers, the powerful and the poor have mingled in Shaw since All Year Long. DC’s earliest days. Mt. Vernon Square/7th St–Convention Center The journey does not end with WalkingTown DC. The to Sign 12. Neighborhood Heritage Trails are the perfect way for you 10. River Farms to Urban Towers: Southwest to continue to discover Washington, DC year round. Visualize historic, ethnic Southwest amid today’s now-classic Modernist architecture, the result of mid-20th-century urban renewal. 1. Roads to Diversity: Waterfront-SEU to Sign 1. Explore Adams Morgan’s grand mansions and apartments, the location of the Top of the Town: Tenleytown first Toys ‘R’ Us, and commerce from around the globe. 11. Visit traces of the village that grew up around John Tennally’s 18th-century tavern, Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan. Ride Circulator to first stop: Calvert St. and experience the neighborhood that played a key role in two world wars and in and Adams Mill Rd. Sign 9 is across Adams Mill Rd. the development of modern communications. 2. Tour of Duty: Barracks Row Tenleytown to Sign 1. Capitol Hill's Navy Yard and Marine Barracks district is one of the city's oldest. 12. City Within a City: Greater U Street Hear the Marine Band rehearsing and explore historic Eastern Market. Discover the historic center of African American DC, where Duke Ellington got Eastern Market to Sign 1. his inspiration, Madame Evanti composed, and Thurgood Marshall strategized. 3. Battleground to Community: Brightwood U St/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/ Cardozo. Sign 1 is at 13th St. exit. Here, along the city’s first farm-to-market road, is where Union and Confederate troops met in the only Civil War battle to be fought in the District. Join Cultural Tourism DC for the launch of the latest Georgia Ave-Petworth, 70-series Metrobuses north to Sign 2 at Madison St. Neighborhood Heritage Trail: and Georgia Ave., or Columbia Heights, 50-series Metrobuses north to Sign 1 at Colorado Ave., 7. Lift Every Voice: Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains 14th and Jefferson Sts. The neighborhoods along Seventh Street and Georgia Avenue – at the Cultural Convergence: Columbia Heights same time linked to official Washington and a world away from it – 4. have witnessed human endeavor at its most earthy and its most exalted. Meet the old and new Columbia Heights and the people who changed our Shaw/Howard University to Sign 1. world with new technology, ideas, literature, laws, and leadership. October 15, 2011 at 11am Columbia Heights to Sign 1. On the lawn of the Howard University Hospital

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