Columbia Heights

Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.
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  • Type: Suburb with 38,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Columbia Heights (Washington, D.C.)”, “Columbia Heights, D.C.”, “Columbia Heights, DC”, “Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.”, and “Columbia Heights, Washington, DC”
  • Historically known as: “Meridian Hill” and “Meridian Hill Heights”

Places of Interest

Highlights include DC USA and BloomBars.

Shopping center
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is an 890,000-square-foot vertical power center, i.e. a multilevel enclosed urban shopping center anchored by big box stores. It is located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of A Washington City Paper poll named the "Best Designed Retail Space" of 2009.

Arts center
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is a not-for-profit community arts organization based in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Launched in June 2008 out of a former print shop at 3222 11th Street NW by John Chambers, the space currently hosts dance and wellness classes, film screenings, an open mic night, art exhibitions/performances and facilitates an artist residency program.

Residential area
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The Alden, Babcock and Calvert Apartments, also known as the Warner Apartments, are three adjoining historic apartment buildings located at 2620-A, 2520-B and 2620-C, respectively, on 13th St, NW, in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of They were designed and built in 1904 by Edgar S.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights and Lanier Heights.

Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.

Neighborhood
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is a small urban neighborhood in the northwest section of It was one of the District of Columbia’s early planned subdivisions outside the original City of Washington.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in , located in The neighborhood is primarily residential, with restaurants and stores centered along a commercial corridor on Mt.

Columbia Heights

Latitude
38.92567° or 38° 55′ 32″ north
Longitude
-77.02943° or 77° 1′ 46″ west
Population
38,000
Elevation
187 feet (57 metres)
Open location code
87C4WXGC+76
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157610884
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4138102
Wiki­data ID
Q5149710
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Satellite Map

Discover Columbia Heights from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Columbia Heights” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “哥倫比亞高地”
  • Dutch: “Columbia Heights”
  • French: “Columbia Heights”
  • German: “Columbia Heights”
  • Japanese: “コロンビア・ハイツ”
  • Portuguese: “Alturas de Columbia”
  • Russian: “Колумбия Хайтс”
  • Spanish: “Columbia Heights”
  • Urdu: “کولمبیا ہائٹس”
  • “Columbia Heights”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Greater First Baptist Church of Mount Pleasant Plains and 14th and Girard Park.

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