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18th-century merchant and mayor. Farther
architecture. On along N Street is Georgetown
your right you pass University r (see p128). Turn
3017 N Street 9, left on 36th Street to find The
the house where Tombs bar, a favorite haunt of
Jackie Kennedy students. On Prospect Street t
once lived. At next to the Car Barn (it once
Wisconsin Avenue housed trolleys but is now part
you can take a of the university), go down
break at Martin’s three flights of steep steps
Tavern (est. 1933) (where a scene from The Exorcist
or one of many was filmed) to M Street, the
cafés here. Turn city’s busiest and most colorful
3 Montrose Park, a tranquil space for city relaxation right on Wisconsin street, and the Potomac River.
and then left onto Cross M Street and turn left,
34TH STREET NW
O Street. Note the old streetcar
passing the Key Bridge and the
S S T R E E T N W
35TH STREET NW R S T R E E T N W W I S C O N S I N A V E N U 1 tracks and St. John’s Episcopal Francis Scott Key Park y, named
Church 0 at 3240, once
for the author of “The Star-
attended by Thomas Jefferson.
Spangled Banner”. Still on M
3
4 Turn left on Potomac Street, Street, look for the sign to
R STREET NW
R E S E R V O I R R O A D N W 3 2 N D then right on N Street. Cady’s Alley at 3316, make a
right, and go down the steps.
DENT Turn left on Cady’s Alley u,
AVON
WINFIELD LN NW D EN T PLACE N W 2 LANE NW PLACE NW 30TH STREET NW 29TH STREET NW 28TH STREET NW 5 browse in the high-end home
33RD STREET NW E N W N W CAMBRIDGE furnishing shops, left
S T R E E T
AVON PLACE NW
PLACE NW
3 1 S T S T R E E T N W
Q S T R E E T N W 6 7 again on 33rd Street
VOLTA Q S T R E E T N W Q S T R E E T N W to return to M Street.
PARK Turn right and you
VO LTA PLACE NW may want to stop
P S T R E E T N W 27TH STREET NW 26TH STREET NW at Dean & DeLuca
i, a lively café and
28TH ST NW
P S T R E E T N W W I S C O N S I N A V E N U E N W 31ST STREET NW 30TH STREET NW 29TH ST NW P S T R E E T N W gourmet market built
O S T R E E T N W
36TH STREET NW O S T R E E T N W 0 D U M B A R T O N S T R E E T N W 8 r Georgetown the Victorian-style
in 1866. Stroll past
O S T R E E T N W
34TH STREET NW
33RD STREET NW
University
Georgetown Park
o, a former tobacco
r 35TH STREET NW N S T R E E T N W q N S T R E E T N W 9 N S T R E E T N W 2 7 T H S T R E E T N W P O T O M A C P A R K W AY N W warehouse that now houses a
e
w
variety of shops. Cross Wisconsin
PROSPECT STREET NW POTOMAC ST NW O L I V E S T R E E T N W Avenue and go along M Street
to 31st Street. Turn right then
t s
W I SC O N S I N A V E N U E N W p Row q with its and head toward Washington
M S T R E E T N W M S T R E E T N W Walk along left onto the towpath by the C
N Street for
y u i o CANAL ST NW Foggy Bottom GWU several blocks. & O Canal p for a block, turning
right on Thomas Jefferson Street
770 yards (700 m)
You’ll pass Smith
Harbour a (see p124). Walk
Chesa p e ake and O hi o C a n al
Francis Scott Key THOMAS JEFFERSON ST NW 30TH STREET NW 29TH STREET NW brick Federal-style through this large complex of
Memorial Bridge SOUTH ST NW 31ST STREET NW houses at 3255-63, shops to the waterfront. After
John and Jackie
K STREET NW
WHITEH U R S T FREEWAY NW
Kennedy’s home w from admiring the magnificent river
view, retrace your steps to M
P o t o m a c R i v e r
1957 to 1961 at 3307, and Street and visit the Old Stone
Cox’s Row e at 3327-39, built House s, which dates from
a
Washington by Colonel Cox, a former pre-Revolutionary days.
Harbour J
Key
Walk route
0 meters 300
0 yards 300
p Passenger barge on the C & O Canal, a reminder of 19th-century shippers
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