Monday, July 29, 2013

Cleveland Park Walking Tour

A few years ago, DC transformed their police and fire call boxes into works of art that show the history of the various neighborhoods. The project is called Art on Call. Here's a list of Cleveland Park's 15 call boxes.

1. Roma Restaurant - The box is located at Macomb and Connecticut.
2. Commerce - The box is located at Ordway and Connecticut.
3. Broadmoor - The box is located at 3601 Connecticut Ave.
4. Tregaron - The box is located at Macomb and Ross Place.
5. Red Top - The box is located around Macomb and 35th.
(exact location TBD)
6. Queen Anne's Style - The box is located at 2941 Newark Ave.
7. Early Firefighting - The box is located around the 3300 block on Newark Ave.
(exact location TBD)
8. Sherman Cottages - The box is located at Highland and Ashley.
9. Rosedale - The box is located atNewark at 36th.
10. National Cathedral - The box is located around the 3500 block of Woodley Rd.
(exact location TBD)
11.  Bungalow - The box is located at Porter and 30th.
12. Map - The box is located at Porter and 35th.
13. Washington Ballet - The box is located around Wisconsin and Porter.
(the exact location TBD)
14. Flower -  The box is located at Idaho and Quebec.
15. Landscape - The box is located at Reno and Quebec.

The boxes are not numbered in an order conducive for going on a walk, so here is a suggested pattern instead:
Starting from Cleveland Park metro, see 2. Then, go south on Connecticut and make a right on Newark. See 6, 8, and 7. Make a left onto 34th Street and a left onto Macomb. See 4 and 1. Go south and get on Woodley Rd. See 10. Go north on 35th Street and see 5. Then, you make an arc towards the metro. This will lead you to (in order) 9, 13, 14, 12, 15, 11, and finally 3, which is a block north of the metro station. 

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