Washington Itself: An Informal Guide to the Capital of the United StatesFor more than thirty years E.J. Applewhite has been living in Washington and exploring it. Now, in a book filled with discoveries, with little-known facts about familiar places, with unexpected wonders and common delights, he tells us what he found. From the White House to the Washington Metro (escalators longer than any in the world--except Leningrad's), from the Old Adas Israel Synagogue to the National Cathedral, from embassies and private townhouses to the Rayburn House Office Building and the National Air and Space Museum, from the Eastern Star Temple to the headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati, from a heroic sculpture of Phil Sheridan to a somewhat embarrassing statue of George Washington...the riches of Washington itself are endless. -- Front book jacket flap. |
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Lafayette Square | 83 |
Sixteenth Street | 91 |
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