I’ve lived in DC since 2007, and every year with the blooming of the cherry blossoms in DC, it’s a fight between the two sides of my personality: the side that gets true joy out of flowers, and the side who hates crowds. When people think of cherry blossoms in DC, they think of the…
In 2019, DC’s metro agency WMATA set out to study ways to solve the capacity issues, called the Blue/Orange/Silver Capacity & Reliability Survey. In Virginia, the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines all meet at the Rosslyn station and share the same tracks to cross over into Washington DC via the Rosslyn tunnel, which you can…
The land that the monuments in Washington sit on was, at one time, in the middle of the Potomac River. Transforming tidal flats and marshland into some of the best known landmarks in the world was an engineering feat that some have compared to better known projects such as the Statue of Liberty. Born out…
Today, Constitution Avenue is one of Washington, DC’s major thoroughfares, bustling with traffic and flanked by some of the nation’s most iconic monuments and institutions. However, few may realize that this pivotal roadway was once a canal, playing a crucial role in the city’s early commerce and transportation network. Learn about the history of the…
This photo of the National Mall during the Civil War from the Library of Congress highlights how much the National Mall (and Washington, DC) has changed. This photograph of the National Mall taken around 1863 is filled with historical significance and shows how the National Mall was at the height of the Civil War. In…
Whether you are planning a trip to Washington, DC or just trying to get around your city, you’ll need a DC Metro map. The Metro is the subway system for the Washington, DC region. Run by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the DC Metro connects the downtown core to the residential areas of…
When Reddit user twoninehigh was locked down in 2020, it seems that they spent their time coming up with this amazing alternative metro map for the Washington, DC region. By adding 3 new lines (teal line, pink line, and gold line), extending all existing lines, and rerouting some, they created a vision of what the…
What if there were traffic circles in Columbia Heights? In 1896, the land above Florida Avenue was still being developed. It had been subdivided, and there were some buildings built, but largely it was still growing. At that time, they were still working out how they wanted the roads to run, so they had widened…