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Seller: WashWalks
(Washington Walks)
Seller Description:
The best way to tour any historic city is by foot. Since 1999, Washington Walks guides have been escorting visitors and locals alike through quaint neighborhoods, along hip urban thoroughfares, and past D.C.’s instantly recognizable landmarks and memorials.
Whether you’re a first-time visitor or long-time resident, the same holds true: if you haven’t been on a Washington Walk, you haven’t been to Washington, D.C.!
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Activity Information:
Activity Description
Call them robber barons or captains of industry, dub their heyday industrial or gilded, today we revel in the nouveau riche's Beaux-Arts grandeur of Washington’s Massachusetts Avenue, better known as Embassy Row.
We’ll introduce you to the families who decided to showcase their fortunes in the nation’s capital: members of the first ranks of mining, railroads, banking, publishing, politicians and speculators in the 1880s and 90s. Spendthrift offspring, the Great Depression and other misfortune eventually drained the resources of many families. Only 50 years later, embassies, clubs and other institutions were buying up their mansions for as little as 10 cents on a dollar.
But in between, the high life and high architecture has made for some great stories. Alice Longworth Roosevelt delivered her famous line here -- “If you don’t have anything nice to say, sit next to me” -- and spirited chum Evalyn Walsh McLean lived a few doors up where she kept the Hope Diamond. Our walk ends outside the magnificent Phillips Collection museum, former residence of steel heir and avid art collector Duncan Phillips.
What Is Not Included?
Admission to The Phillips Collection museum is not included.
Meeting Location:
Connecticut Ave and 19th St near Dupont Circle (Washington, DC)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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