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Category:
Famous
Landmark, Washington,
Capitol Hill
Description:
View of Washington
DC Capitol Hill, the Washington Monument,
Union Square, and the Capitol Mall.
Location Information:
Capitol Hill,
aside from being a metonym for the United
States Congress, is the largest historic
residential neighborhood in Washington D.C.,
stretching easterly in front of the United
States Capitol along wide avenues. It is
one of the oldest residential communities
in Washington, and with roughly 35,000 people
in just under two square miles, it is also
one of the most densely populated.
As a geographic feature, Capitol Hill
rises in the center of the District of Columbia
and extends eastward. Pierre L'Enfant, as
he began to develop his plan for the new
Federal City in 1791, chose to locate the "Congress
House" on the crest of the hill, facing
the city, a site that L'Enfant characterized
as a "pedestal waiting for a monument."
The Capitol Hill neighborhood today
straddles two quadrants of the city, Southeast
and Northeast, and a large portion is now
designated as the Capitol Hill historic
district. The name Capitol Hill is often
used to refer to both the historic district
and to the larger neighborhood around it.
To the east of Capitol Hill lies the Anacostia
River, to the north is the H Street corridor,
to the south are the Southeast/Southwest
Freeway and the Washington Navy Yard, and
to the west are the National Mall and the
city's central business district. Capitol
Hill's landmarks include not only the United
States Capitol, but also the Senate and
House office buildings, the Supreme Court
building, the Library of Congress, the Marine
Barracks, the Washington Navy Yard, and
Congressional Cemetery.
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