Lanier Heights

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

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Type: Neighborhood
Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Lanier Heights, Washington, D.C.”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Baptist Memorial Church and Francis Asbury Memorial.

National Baptist Memorial Church

Church

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National Baptist Memorial Church is a Baptist church in Washington, D.C. It is located at the intersection of 16th Street NW and Columbia Road, where the Mt.

Francis Asbury Memorial

Work of art

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Francis Asbury, also known as the Francis Asbury Memorial, is a public equestrian statue, by American artist Henry Augustus Lukeman, located at 16th Street and Mt.

DC USA

Shopping center

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DC USA 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 Washington, D.C. A Washington City Paper poll named DC USA the "Best Designed Retail Space" of 2009.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant.

Adams Morgan-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.

Mount Pleasant

Neighborhood

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Mount Pleasant is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The neighborhood is primarily residential, with restaurants and stores centered along a commercial corridor on Mt.