Mount Vernon Square
Mount Vernon Square is a city square and neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The square is located where the following streets would otherwise intersect: Massachusetts Avenue NW, New York Avenue NW, K Street NW, and 8th Street NW.- Type: Locality
- Description: park and plaza in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Mount Vernon Square Historic District” and “Mount Vernon Square, Washington, D.C.”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Mall and Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Convention center
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3-million-square-foot convention center located in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC.
Capital One Arena
Stadium
Capital One Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.
East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
Mount Vernon Square
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C., neighborhood, historic district, and square
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Mount Vernon Square” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Vernon Square”
- Chinese: “弗农山广场”
- Chinese: “弗農山廣場”
- Dutch: “Mount Vernon Square”
- Japanese: “マウントバーノン広場”
- Korean: “마운트 버논 스퀘어”
- Slovenian: “Mount Vernon Square”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Mount Vernon”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ ورنن سکوئیر، واشنگٹن ڈی سی”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Thomas Circle and Mount Vernon Triangle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center Metro Station and American Federation of Labor Building.
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