Downtown DC - K Street from Franklin to Farragut + Thomas Circle

Cirrus · #1 Posted: **Dec 13, 2006, 5:27 AM**

Thumbnail gallery, taken on a Sunday about a month ago HERE. If you need a location reference, see THIS map. Photos were generally taken either along the red line or down a cross street.

This is McPherson Square.

The statue is in Thomas Circle.

Franklin Square

The spired building - One Franklin Square - is by a few feet the tallest commercial office building in Washington, and a local landmark.

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.

Crossing 16th Street a landmark less local pokes out a few blocks down

Not usually how I would describe Burger King, but OK.

Farragut Square

Looking up Connecticut Avenue from Farragut Square. The clump of trees down the street is Dupont Circle.

And one more...

Cirrus · #2 Posted: **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.

Sacto · #3 Posted: **Dec 13, 2006, 5:49 AM**

The greatest capital of the greatest nation in the world...not really.

fflint · #4 Posted: **Dec 13, 2006, 7:14 AM**

Nice pics. DC has great streetwalls.

OhioGuy · #5 Posted: **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 · #6 Posted: **Dec 13, 2006, 2:59 PM**

Washington looks amazing with all those rows of midrises.

Evergrey · #7 Posted: **Dec 13, 2007, 2:34 PM**

amazing photos

Cirrus · #8 Posted: **Dec 13, 2007, 2:41 PM**

Wow. Gravedig on exactly the one-year anniversary of the thread’s last post. Weird.

Anyway, hooray!

OhioGuy · #9 Posted: **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 · #10 Posted: **Dec 13, 2007, 4:52 PM**

Sweet photos!

salvius · #11 Posted: **Dec 13, 2007, 5:02 PM**

There's certainly something to be said for midrise construction. Great pics.

Chelsea Spy · #12 Posted: **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 · #13 Posted: **Dec 13, 2007, 6:13 PM**

Never get tired of DC, one of my favorites.

ColDayMan · #14 Posted: **Dec 13, 2007, 11:05 PM**

Nice!

DetroitSky · #15 Posted: **Dec 14, 2007, 2:42 AM**

DC always reminds me of a European city. Thanks for the pics.

Top Of The Park · #16 Posted: **Dec 14, 2007, 3:37 AM**

...kind of Paris like

JivecitySTL · #17 Posted: **Dec 14, 2007, 12:11 PM**

DC makes me feel good.

LSyd · #18 Posted: **Dec 14, 2007, 2:09 PM**

nice pics.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OhioGuy

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Top Of The Park

...kind of Paris like

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

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Bergenser · #19 Posted: **Dec 14, 2007, 4:30 PM**

Good looking capitol, be proud of it.

skylife · #20 Posted: **Dec 14, 2007, 5:01 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chelsea Spy

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.