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Community VolunteerWelcome to the Community Volunteer Message Forum. Need a math tutor? Looking to share your literary prowess? If you care enough to get involved, then you’ve come to the right place.
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Crime WatchWelcome to Crime Watch. Help take a bit out of crime. Post your concerns, your insights, and your advice. |
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GeorgetownGeorgetown was officially formed in 1751 when the Maryland Assembly authorized the foundation of a town bordering the Potomac River. It was named George Town in honor of King George II, and very soon it prospered. |
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Adams MorganLook what's happening in Adams Morgan |
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Logan CircleThe Latest in Logan Circle News |
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ChinatownColorful signs, potent aromas from restaurants and lively Asian grocery stores all stand in the shadow of the world's largest single-span Chinese arch. "Friendship Arch" was built cooperatively by the Washington city government and its sister city Beijing. The neighborhood is bordered to the west by the old Convention Center and on the eastern edge by the the MCI Center. |
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Dupont CircleDupont Circle/Kalorama is the hub of cosmopolitan Washington. Victorian row houses and Beaux-Art mansions have been restored to house embassies, international restaurants, art galleries and museums. |
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Capitol HillCapitol Hill has easy access to some of the nations' most prominent tourist areas. |
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BloomingdaleBloomingdale is a small residential community in the District of Columbia, located only minutes from downtown and the monuments.
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BrooklandNicknamed "little Rome," this Northeast neighborhood contains the largest concentration of Catholic institutions (more than 60) outside of the Vatican. Catholic University, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, and the Franciscan Monastery boast beautiful gardens, architecture and art. Other sites beyond the religious icons include the city's oldest cemetery and the expansive gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmstead at the National Arboretum. |
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AnacostiaAnacostia is one of DC's many historic districts, including Frederick Douglass's home. |
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Columbia HeightsColumbia Heights: one of the oldest and most populous communities in the District of Columbia.
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Foggy BottomThis riverfront neighborhood, named for the fog that rises off of the Potomac, is east of Georgetown and west of Lafayette Square. It reminds residents and visitors of Washington's industrial past.
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Lafayette SquareIt is nearly impossible to ignore the ambience of power at Lafayette Square, which surrounds the White House. It is a neighborhood of historic elegance and refinement. |
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Waterfront DistrictSouth of the National Mall is the Southwest-Waterfront District: home to the award-winning Arena Stage. Other attractions of the Southwest-Waterfront District include Benjamin Banneker Circle and Fountain, the Titanic Memorial, and L'Enfant Plaza. |
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TenleytownTenleytown is a residential and commercial section of NW Washington, D.C., centered at Wisconsin and Nebraska Aves. |
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Cleveland ParkOnly a short Metro ride from the Mall and downtown is a bucolic residential neighborhood that has the feel of a small New England town at the turn of the 20th century. With its rolling hills, winding streets (some of which were laid out by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted), and rambling frame houses with wrap-around porches, Cleveland Park still looks much as it did when it was designed as an upscale streetcar suburb described as the "Queen of Washington suburbs." |
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Embassy RowJust west of Dupont Circle lies the biggest concentration of the city's 150 international embassies. Many of them are housed along Massachusetts Avenue in grand Beaux-Art mansions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The terminus of Embassy Row is at the US Naval Observatory, whose grounds include the Vice President's residence and the atomic clock, which keeps the official time for the country.
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PetworthLocated in Northwest Washington DC, with Georgia Avenue to its West and North Capitol to its East, Petworth claims more major streets leading to more areas of the city than any other section of Georgia Avenue. |
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ParklandsThe Parklands Neighborhood is home to the Parklands Community Center Day: recognized by Mayor Anthony Williams for the community's long history of devotion and services to children, youth and disadvantaged families.
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ShawThe Shaw neighborhood, whose focus is U Street, NW between 7th and 16th Streets, is the heart of an African American history and culture that was unique in the United States and rivals that of New York City's Harlem and Chicago's Bronzeville in significance. The neighborhood was named after
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Woodley ParkWoodley Park, located along Connecticut Avenue and north of Calvert Street, features popular restaurants with cuisines from around the world |
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EckingtonEckington is a neighborhood in Washington, DC located south of Le Droit Park and east of Shaw. It is generally considered part of the greater Bloomingdale neighborhood. Eckington is less than one mile southeast of Howard University and 2.3 miles northwest of the United States Capitol. Eckington is also the home of XM Satellite Radio. |
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