AkE A STrOLL THrOUgH DC HiSTOrY Discover new when you follow Cultural TTourism DC’s self-guided walking neighborhoods and trails. Each trail sign combines stories, historic photos, and historic communities. maps. Explore, shop, exercise, 1250 H Street, NW DC Walk in the footsteps and enjoy a bite to eat—all at Washington, DC 20005 your own pace! www.CulturalTourismDC.org Neighborhood of the famous and You can support the Heritage Trails by becoming a Friend of infamous. Explore Cultural Tourism DC. Visit www.CulturalTourismDC.org or contact us Heritage at [email protected] or 202-661-7581 for more information. grand mansions and Cover image © Cultural Tourism DC. Photo by Yillah. Trails F Street image, Washingtoniana Division, DC Public Library. modernist architecture. Meet people who made history and changed the world. Enjoy the tastes, sounds, and sights of DC. Discover Cultural Tourism DC is an independent nonprofit coalition Walk of more than 230 culture, heritage, and community organizations throughout the nation’s capital. We Explore help metro-area residents and visitors experience Washington’s authentic culture and heritage. Meet DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails are developed in coordination with community working groups, who lead Enjoy the effort to collect neighborhood stories and images. Their work shapes the trail every step of the way. Funding for DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails is provided by District Department of Transportation, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, U. S. Department of Transportation, Washington Convention and Sports Authority, and DC Department of Housing and Community Development. F St. at 11th, NW, late 1940s. Cultural Tourism DC BATTLEgrOUND MiDCiTY AT THE CrOSSrOADS TOUr OF DUTY ViLLAgE iN THE CiTY TO COMMUNiTY Shaw Heritage Trail Barracks Row Heritage Trail Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail Brightwood Heritage Trail Immigrants and old-timers,the Capitol Hill’s Navy Yard and Trace the path from country Here, along the city’s first farm-to- powerful, and the poor have Marine Barracks district is one of village to fashionable streetcar market road, is where Union and all mingled in Shaw since DC’s the city’s oldest. Hear the Marine suburb, working-class Confederate troops met in the only earliest days. Damaged in 1968, Band rehearsing. Shop and dine neighborhood, Latino barrio, Civil War battle to be fought in the the neighborhood is spreading its along Eighth Street and at historic and hub of arts and activism. District. See a historic Civil War wings under strong community Eastern Market. cemetery and new uses for historic leadership. 1 buildings. 5 9 10 TrAiL LENgTH: 2.5 MiLES TrAiL LENgTH: 2 MiLES TrAiL LENgTH: 1.6 MiLES TrAiL LENgTH: 1.8 MiLES м Columbia Heights м Mt. Vernon Square/7th St- Convention Center м Eastern Market м Columbia Heights 50-series Metrobuses north to Sign 1 at Colorado Ave., 14th and Jefferson Sts., NW. Exit at 7th and M Sts., NW. Walk 2 blocks south to sign 1. Start at 16th and Harvard Sts., NW. м georgia Ave-Petworth 70-series Metrobuses north to Sign 2 at Madison St. and Georgia Ave., NW. CiTY WiTHiN A CiTY riVEr FArMS TO TOP OF THE TOWN LiFT EVErY VOiCE Greater U Street Heritage Trail UrBAN TOWErS Tenleytown Heritage Trail Georgia Avenue/Pleasant Plains Discover the historic center of Southwest Heritage Trail DC’s official highest point boasts Heritage Trail African American DC, where Duke Visualize historic, ethnic historic Fort Reno and the old The communities adjoining Ellington got his inspiration, Dr. Southwest amid today’s now- crossroads village that predated Howard University attracted Charles Drew played basketball, classic mid-century Modern the nation’s capital. See where individuals of culture, creativity, Madame Evanti composed, and architecture, the result of Kermit the Frog got his start and and purpose. Discover their Thurgood Marshall strategized. urban renewal. Check out local WAVES broke enemy codes. accomplishments amid the brick Free audio tour available March favorites—the Fish Wharf, Arena COMiNg SUMMEr 2010 rowhouses off Georgia Avenue. 2 2010 at CulturalTourismDC.org. 6 Stage, and the Titanic Memorial. 11 12 COMiNg FALL 2010 TrAiL LENgTH: 1.9 MiLES TrAiL LENgTH: 2.9 MiLES TrAiL LENgTH: 3.0 MiLES TrAiL LENgTH: 2.5 MiLES м U St/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo м Waterfront/SEU м Tenleytown-AU м Shaw-Howard University Start at 13th St. exit. Start at 4th and M Sts., SW. CiViL WAr rOADS TO DiVErSiTY TO CiViL rigHTS Adams Morgan Heritage Trail The path President The site where Teddy roosevelt rode to President Abraham Funky Adams Morgan bustles Downtown Heritage Trail skinny-dip in rock Creek. Lincoln ducked enemy bullets. Follow the footsteps of Abraham with arts and nightlife. Explore Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Walt grand mansions and apartments, 11 Whitman, and the Reverend Dr. the location of the first Toys ‘R’ Martin Luther King, Jr., whose lives Us, and commerce from around Washington’s “best 1 intertwined with the history of the the globe. addresses” around the A one-time major shopping corner from a bustling nation. Download the free audio and entertainment district reborn. 3 tour from CulturalTourismDC.org. 7 nightlife scene. 10 4 EAST LOOP: 1.1 MiLES TrAiL LENgTH: 2.5 MiLES 7 12 CENTEr LOOP: .8 MiLES м Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan WEST LOOP: 1.3 MiLES Circulator to Calvert St. and Ontario Pl., NW. 2 5 The corners where the teenaged Marvin gaye sang a capella. м Judiciary Square DC’s onetime “Black 8 Start at 5th and D Sts., NW. Broadway,” where the best of the best performed. 3 Heritage Trail Walking Tips CULTUrAL CONVErgENCE A SELF-rELiANT PEOPLE 6 9 Columbia Heights Heritage Trail Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail Stay the course. Each Heritage Trail has a distinct icon and color Once an elite suburb on the Small, wood-frame houses and scheme making it easy to identify which trail you are on. heights, this dynamic neighborhood lush green spaces evoke this The old boarding read the map. A map of the Heritage Trail is located on the is known for individuals who traditionally African American house where the back of each sign. North is always at the top of the map. changed our world with new neighborhood’s rural past. See Lincoln conspirators met. technology, revolutionary ideas, where Nannie Helen Burroughs Pay attention. As you walk the Heritage Trails, pay attention to and the arts. Stay for shopping, and Marvin Gaye made their names. John Philip Sousa’s street signs, traffic signals and construction projects. birthplace and training ground. 4 dining, dance, and theater. 8 Be a good neighbor. If you notice a dirty, damaged, or missing sign, please report it to us at 202-661-7581. TrAiL LENgTH: 2.9 MiLES TrAiL LENgTH: 1.8 MiLES м Columbia Heights м Minnesota Ave to Metrobus U8 (Capitol Heights) to Sign 1 at Division Ave. Historic alleys Experience the neighborhood. Stopping at businesses, Start at 14th and Irving Sts., NW. south of Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. A veritable library of Modernist with original stables, restaurants, and local institutions along the trail will enrich your architecture of the 1960s. workshops, and dwellings. experience and provide you a rest stop..