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Eighth Street SE Walking Tour
Oct. 13th, 2012 11:43 amOne thing I've learned from these walking tours is to pay attention to small architectural details. They can date a building or tell their own stories. I spend a lot more time looking up these days.
Eighth Street SE is the oldest commercial corridor in the District. It was designed by L'Enfant in 1791 to connect the newly established port of Washington to the Capitol (under construction in 1792). We started at Eastern Market Metro.
( image-heavy look at DC history through buildings )
Eighth Street has gotten trendier. Lots of restaurants and bars. I liked this building because it was an oyster restaurant back in its day and was recently revived. You can still see traces of an old advertising mural painted on the side.
So visit me in summertime and we'll spend a Friday evening hitting Barracks Row hotspots and watching the Evening Parade.
Eighth Street SE is the oldest commercial corridor in the District. It was designed by L'Enfant in 1791 to connect the newly established port of Washington to the Capitol (under construction in 1792). We started at Eastern Market Metro.
( image-heavy look at DC history through buildings )
Eighth Street has gotten trendier. Lots of restaurants and bars. I liked this building because it was an oyster restaurant back in its day and was recently revived. You can still see traces of an old advertising mural painted on the side.
So visit me in summertime and we'll spend a Friday evening hitting Barracks Row hotspots and watching the Evening Parade.
