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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
”Penn Quarter” describes downtown's Seventh Street corridor, where the 19th-century meets the 21st. Hip hotels, restaurants and loft apartments continue to sprout up amidst attractions like the International Spy Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Shakespeare Theatre and the National Building Museum.
That most of these are housed in buildings constructed during the 1800s is what makes this walk an irresistible urban scavenger hunt to discover a bygone era--a time when Chinese, German and Italian immigrants lived and worked on and around Seventh Street. If you know where to look (and we do!) you can find:- The old US Patent Office, where newcomer Emile Berliner filed applications for the first microphone and disk record ever invented
- Where Italian stone carvers once worshipped (and where their ancestors still enjoy espresso after Sunday Mass)
- The ornate archway welcoming you to DC’s Chinatown
- And the humble wooden synagogue that took an historic ride to avoid the wrecking ball
Offered in conjunction with the annual Arts of Foot Festival.
Meeting Location:
Downtown, near Penn Ave & 7th St, NW (Washington, DC)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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