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Cirrus
Dec 13, 2006, 5:27 AM
Thumbnail gallery, taken on a Sunday about a month ago HERE (http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/). If you need a location reference, see THIS (http://beyonddc.com/nonweb/_maps/Kstreetphotosmap.jpg) map. Photos were generally taken either along the red line or down a cross street.

This is McPherson Square.
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9821.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9822.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9825.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9895.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9900.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9824.jpg

The statue is in Thomas Circle.
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9902.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9829.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9905.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9906.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9892.jpg

Franklin Square
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9910.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9912.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9909.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9911.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9914.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9917.jpg

The spired building - One Franklin Square - is by a few feet the tallest commercial office building in Washington, and a local landmark.
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9920.jpg

K Street is a true boulevard, with express lanes and local lanes physically separated. There are plans to remove the local lanes and add a dedicated transitway down the middle.
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9918.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9927.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9919.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9921.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9924.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9926.jpg

Crossing 16th Street a landmark less local pokes out a few blocks down
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9931.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9932.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9935.jpg

Not usually how I would describe Burger King, but OK.
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9936.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9938.jpg

Farragut Square
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9939.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9944.jpg

http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9945.jpg

Looking up Connecticut Avenue from Farragut Square. The clump of trees down the street is Dupont Circle.
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/100_9946.jpg

And one more...
Cirrus
Dec 13, 2006, 5:29 AM
Thomas Circle. Recently reconstructed from a much more auto-centric configuration. It still needs a lot of work, but this is an improvement, anyway.
http://beyonddc.com/galleries/2006KStreet/images/thomascirclepano.jpg
Sacto
Dec 13, 2006, 5:49 AM
The greatest capital of the greatest nation in the world...not really.
fflint
Dec 13, 2006, 7:14 AM
Nice pics. DC has great streetwalls.
OhioGuy
Dec 13, 2006, 2:21 PM
DC is such a great city. You're lucky to live in the area, Cirrus! Thanks for the photos. :)
flar
Dec 13, 2006, 2:59 PM
Washington looks amazing with all those rows of midrises.
Evergrey
Dec 13, 2007, 2:34 PM
amazing photos
Cirrus
Dec 13, 2007, 2:41 PM
Wow. Gravedig on exactly the one-year anniversary of the thread’s last post. Weird.

Anyway, hooray!
OhioGuy
Dec 13, 2007, 4:21 PM
Ha, I was so excited because I thought we were getting a new DC photo thread. But it was still nice to see this one again. :)
denveraztec
Dec 13, 2007, 4:52 PM
Sweet photos!
salvius
Dec 13, 2007, 5:02 PM
There's certainly something to be said for midrise construction. Great pics.
Chelsea Spy
Dec 13, 2007, 5:17 PM
Handsome mid-rise buildings on a grand tree lined boulevard - could almost be a European city! Good pictures... (be nice to see more Washington hoods actually...)
VivaLFuego
Dec 13, 2007, 6:13 PM
Never get tired of DC, one of my favorites.
ColDayMan
Dec 13, 2007, 11:05 PM
Nice!
DetroitSky
Dec 14, 2007, 2:42 AM
DC always reminds me of a European city. Thanks for the pics.
Top Of The Park
Dec 14, 2007, 3:37 AM
...kind of Paris like
JivecitySTL
Dec 14, 2007, 12:11 PM
DC makes me feel good.
LSyd
Dec 14, 2007, 2:09 PM
nice pics.

Ha, I was so excited because I thought we were getting a new DC photo thread. But it was still nice to see this one again. :)

i'll have one for you this weekend.

...kind of Paris like

Paris' plan, London's architecture, that about describes DC, with Atlanta's burbs :haha:

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Bergenser
Dec 14, 2007, 4:30 PM
Good looking capitol, be proud of it. :)
skylife
Dec 14, 2007, 5:01 PM
Handsome mid-rise buildings on a grand tree lined boulevard - could almost be a European city! Good pictures... (be nice to see more Washington hoods actually...)

I think that's the least European-looking part of DC.

I appreciate the thread and the pictures are good, but I find that area to be the most bland in all DC, except for the "urban renewal" victim called SW.
PHX31
Dec 14, 2007, 5:18 PM
AHHHHHH!! Ghost Cars!!!!! j/k.

Great shots of a very unique American City - the most European city in the US. I'm with Chelsea Spy... more 'hoods (on top of the ones you've already shown previously) would be great.
Kingofthehill
Dec 28, 2008, 2:22 PM
We need more DC on here.
OfCourse
Dec 28, 2008, 4:39 PM
loves it :tup: