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What would locals like others know about Washington, DC? Presenting relevant links in a somewhat random fashion:
Headlines
D.C. Mayor to Biden: Your Teleworking Employees Are Killing My City
American Indian Museum comes of age
Jackson Magnolia
Concepcion Picciotto, Who Kept Vigil by White House for Three Decades, Dies – NYT
18 Photos That Will Change Your View of Washington – Politico
In New Drainage Projects, Long-Buried Urban Streams See the Light Again
Recommended Listening
WPFW – wpfwfm.org – is dedicated to programming which reflects progressive social change and democracy. The station will continue and further a global, humanistic, and futuristic approach to news, public affairs, the creative arts and cultural programming.
Facebook
@wpfwdc
Elsewhere on the Web
dcist.com – @dcist
Greater Greater Washington – @ggwash
National Capital Parks – NPS
Baseball
Nationals Park is located in Southeast Washington, south of the Capitol, along the fast-developing Capitol Riverfront adjacent to the Navy Yard.
Nationals
Ballpark
Tickets
Tourism Portals
washington.org – @destinationdc
Stuart Center
The Stuart Center seeks to create a more just world where the dignity of each person and the integrity of all creation are fully recognized.
Stuart Center
Facebook
Meditation: A Pathway for Difficult Times
@stuartcenter
Architecture
Five great Art Deco buildings in DC
Libraries
dclibrary.org – memory lab
Bookstores
politics-prose.com
@PoliticsProse
Indigenous Culture
The National Museum of the American Indian is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
Ustream
Facebook
@SmithsonianNMAI
nmai.si.edu
African American Culture
nmaahc.si.edu
@NMAAHC
Opening Weekend September 23-25th, 2016
Cherry Blossom Festival
Details
#CherryBlossom
Twitter
@WestWingReport
@smithsonian
@SmithsonianNMAI
@NMAAHC
@LincolnsCottage
@NationalZoo
@TheNationalMall
@destinationdc
@capitalweather
@ngadc
@whca
@dcpublicschools
@POPinDC
@MexCultureDC
Blogs
theconcertman.com
Parks
nps.gov/whho/index.htm
September 2015 Quasquicentennial ( 125th anniversary) of Rock Creek Park
Lafayette Park
tclf.org
asla.org
Nature
inaturalist.org/observations/carrieseltzer
Metro
Washington Metro
Metro Map Story – Washington Post
– Chris Richards, “Move along with the soundtrack of Metro’s screechy, wailing escalators
http://soundcloud.com/roman-mars/99-invisible-43-music-of-elevators
Gardens
United States Botanic Garden
United States National Arboretum
Museums
newseum.org
freedomforum.org/todaysfrontpages
After 11 years and nearly 10 million visitors, the Newseum closed to the public on Dec. 31, 2019.
Washington Post
washingtonpost.com – @washingtonpost
@IgnatiusPost
Embassies
China: china-embassy.org – Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Remarks – Embassy Tour
TripAdvisor
DC Hotels
Hotels
Rouge Hotel
Adams’ Inn
Baron Hotel
Embedded Tweets
Benito Juarez Statue
Statue of Benito Juárez is located in the “Juárez Circle” in Washington, D.C.
This statue was a gift from the people of Mexico in reciprocity to the statue of President Abraham Lincoln located in Lincoln Park in Mexico City.
https://twitter.com/ioangrillo/status/1280873188625244160
https://twitter.com/EmbamexEUA/status/1280885255034019841
Lincoln Memorial
We can see what’s always been there. Seeing what’s next is the tough part.
https://youtu.be/Penbo2MtTw8?t=6m45s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Penbo2MtTw8&lc=z13rutribxmfjfthh04chxdqgrbjyp3zw2c
https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/784909995284410368
DAR Constitution Hall
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/samantha-bee-not-white-house-correspondents-dinner-full-frontal-1202403838
http://www.dar.org/constitution-hall
https://twitter.com/TodaysDAR
Dumbarton Oaks
Nearby: Arlington
Long Branch Nature Center
Transportation
wmata.com
Bingo
Capitol – Capitol Hill – City – Congress – DC – Embassy – Lincoln Memorial – National Mall – Senate – Smithsonian – Supreme Court – The Ellipse – Washington Monument – White House
Wikipedia
Arlington National Cemetery
Chesapeake Bay
Edmund Burke
National Symphony Orchestra
Museums and Exhibits
Culture
Features
Planeta.com