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| Simple townhouses made interesting by the color contrasts between them.
This is on Thomas Jefferson Street NW just south of M Street.
| Across the street, another set of identically-designed buildings (but a
different design from the previous picture), again made interesting by
the color variety.
| Up the block, some solid, larger, brick buildings that look like they're
meant for people with larger families and incomes.
| A lovely row of buildings along the C&O Canal.
Excellent?
I photographed
the
same row from alongside the buildings when I biked along the canal a
few months prior.
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A picturesque spot to stroll along the canal.
I photographed
roughly the
same scene from canal-level while biking a few months earlier.
| This stone wall along the canal has charming depth and texture to it.
It would be a good place to go climbing.
| Cady's Alley (NW), a pedestrian only street, has many high-end design
and furniture shops along with other upscale places such as spas and
cafes.
| This nice brick building with the clock tower is a former trolley car
depot. It's now known as the Car Barn and is part of Georgetown
University's campus.
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Looking east from Key Bridge along the Georgetown Waterfront. Lots of
green spaces followed by plaza-like spaces along the water.
By the way, unlike in many places, the raised highway isn't an eyesore
from far away. From underneath, though, it's another matter.
| Looking north/north-west from Key Bridge at Healy Hall, Georgetown
University's flagship building, and the Washington Canoe Club in the
foreground. The sun came out and made the light great, almost
unnaturally glowing. I can imagine someone painting this scene.
| Georgetown townhouses. We had this pleasant, leafy view one day sitting
on the patio of a sandwich joint, Booeymonger, looking south down
Potomac Street NW near its intersection with Prospect Street NW.
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| Old Stone House
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| The Old Stone
House, the only pre-revolutionary-war building that exists in
Washington D.C.
| The house has a nice garden in back, a serene place to relax and escape
the bustle of Georgetown.
| An informational diagram reveals that the founding fathers were
remarkably tall and also that the low ceiling in old houses wasn't
solely due to the shorter average heights of people back then.
| Another interesting fact on one of the room labels.
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Perhaps due to the three-foot thick stone walls, the house was warm and
cozy inside.
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