Posts Tagged ‘neighborhoods’
Where We Live: Brightwood
‘1329 Missouri Ave., NW’
courtesy of ‘rockcreek’
There are some neighborhoods in the District that residents just love. Southwest Waterfront has a very strong sense of community, Bloomingdale residents love nothing more than sitting on their stoops and talking to neighbors, and now we’ve got another addition to the super-passionate neighbors list: Brightwood. I sent out a [...]
Where You Live
‘Dupont Circle Storefronts’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Love where you live? We want to hear about it! After a year and a half and 32 neighborhoods, our Where We Live feature is nearing retirement. But before it goes we want to make sure we’ve covered all the neighborhoods in the DC region that meet the [...]
DC Mythbusting: City of Neighborhoods
‘11th Street NW Rowhouses’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Washington DC is a city of neighborhoods, many of which the tourists who visit our fair city never really experience. But the unique neighborhoods of the District are what make it special– the beautiful rowhouses in Capitol Hill, the commercial centers in Penn Quarter and Georgetown, [...]
Where We Live: College Park
‘Moon Setting over Byrd Stadium’
courtesy of ‘pthread1981′
College Park is best known for the University of Maryland and its 36,000 students, but there is so much more to this community than just the university. College Park is full of great restaurants, shops, running trails, arts and cultural opportunities, sporting events, and more. Sure, it’s got a [...]
Where We Live: Old Town Alexandria
‘View down King Street’
courtesy of ‘CathyLovesDC’
Alexandria is an independent city in Virginia that measures 15 square miles and includes over 100,000 residents (which is much larger than the typical neighborhood that we profile in Where We Live), and includes distinct neighborhoods like Arlandia, Rosemont, North Ridge, Del Ray, and West End. This profile will mostly [...]
Where We Live: Bethesda
‘Monday Afternoon’
courtesy of ‘SWP Moblog’
It’s time Where We Live ventured into Maryland. And where better to start than Bethesda, the DC suburb that feels more like a city than many parts of DC. Bethesda is the perfect balance of city life and access to suburbs for its residents, and it has so much [...]
Where We Live: U Street
‘13th & U, NW’
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
As we’re wrapping up District neighborhoods before moving on to the Maryland and Virginia ‘burbs, this week our featured neighborhood is U Street– one of DC’s greatest neighborhoods. It has had its ups and downs, but today U Street is a vibrant urban community filled with one-of-a-kind restaurants, galleries, and [...]
Where We Live: Snowed In Edition
‘Braving the Snowmageddon’
courtesy of ‘theqspeaks’
Here at Where We Live, our focus is on neighborhoods and communities where people live, work, and play. But recently, there’s not been a whole lot of leaving the house, so this week’s feature is focusing on the best places to be snowed in. Sure, this may be the worst winter [...]
DC Mythbusting: To Rent or To Own
‘Real Estate For Sale Signs’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Welcome to another edition of Mythbusting! A while back, we tackled the myth of DC being home to a transient population, and found out that the District doesn’t really deserve its reputation for no one being from here. But this month, as I’m moving out of [...]
Where We Live: The Palisades
‘dream house, pt. 4′
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
Welcome to the last Where We Live of 2009! It’s been a fun year exploring DC’s neighborhoods, and to close out the year I wanted to profile one of the lesser-known neighborhoods in the city: the Palisades. This neighborhood is beautiful and scenic and has a real sense of community, [...]
Where We Live: Neighborhood Superlatives
‘Foggy Bottom NH Ave.’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
When I first started writing the Where We Live feature back in April, I didn’t know all that much about DC’s neighborhoods. I’ve had a lot of fun exploring DC’s neighborhoods and learning more about how they evolved into the great places they are today. So to [...]
Where We Live: Cleveland Park
‘ladybridgev1c’
courtesy of ‘melody.a.thomas’
Cleveland Park is the focus of this week’s Where We Live. This neighborhood has so much to offer, including great Metro access, proximity to major attractions, charming residential character, and some very cool neighborhood hangouts. It’s one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the city, with its views of Rock Creek Park and [...]
Where We Live: Petworth
‘1304 Monroe Street NW’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Welcome to this week’s Where We Live! So far, this feature has taken us to every quadrant of the District, and soon, we’ll be expanding to include Maryland and Virginia suburbs. But first, let’s look at a DC neighborhood that has a real sense of community: Petworth. [...]
Five Favorites: Circles, Triangles, and Squares
‘Budding Tree’
courtesy of ‘FredoAlvarez’
DC has all sorts of weird land left over where the grid of street meets up with diagonal avenues. In many places, these intersections have been altered to create circles, triangles, and squares. Pierre L’Enfant originally envisioned these squares to be focal points of nearby neighborhoods, providing a place for [...]
Meet Your Local Government… on the Internet
‘A packed ANC 4C meeting in DC tonight’
courtesy of ‘Wayan Vota’
Doing what I do here at We Love DC, I am constantly looking for a way to keep track of what the heck is going on in the city. Don remarked once how grateful he is that he’s the one who actually likes reading the [...]
Five Favorites: Metro Stations
‘Woodley Station’
courtesy of ‘Tyrannous’
Hi, and welcome to a new feature called Five Favorites. Our reader Jay suggested ranking favorite places in DC, and I’m going to start with five favorite Metro stations. These are stations that are the best examples of vibrant, walkable, urban, mixed-use places in the District. These are the Metro stations that [...]
Where We Live: Georgetown
‘loves it’
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Where We Live. This week, we’ll be looking at a DC neighborhood that is older than DC– Georgetown! Home to beautiful architecture, a thriving commercial district, and a major university, Georgetown probably draws more out-of-towners than any other DC neighborhood (except maybe Adams Morgan on [...]
Where We Live: Columbia Heights
‘11th Street NW Rowhouses’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Another Friday, another neighborhood. This week’s Where We Live focuses on a neighborhood that has reinvented itself over the past ten years, Columbia Heights. Columbia Heights has a lot to offer, from beautiful residential areas to the massive new DC USA development, and it’s got a pretty [...]
Where We Live: Glover Park
‘Glover Park hawk’
courtesy of ‘Julie Lyn’
Welcome to another installment of Where We Live. This week we’ll look at Glover Park, a neighborhood that often gets overlooked because of its two loud neighbors: Dupont Circle and Georgetown. But there’s a lot of charm in Glover Park, and it offers residents a perfect balance: living [...]
Where We Live: Shaw
’so d.c.’
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
Welcome to the latest edition of Where We Live. This week we’ll be covering a DC neighborhood with a storied history– Shaw! Shaw and the surrounding neighborhoods of Eckington and Bloomingdale have seen a great deal of reinvestment over the last decade, and many people are discovering the charm and history in [...]
