Downtown

Downtown is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Downtown (Washington, D.C.)”, “Downtown Washington”, and “Downtown Washington, D.C.”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: National Mall and National Museum of Women in the Arts.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Museum
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The , located in , is "the first in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts.

Theater building
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Ford's Theatre is a theater in , which opened in 1863. In 1865, it was the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Chinatown.

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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.

Neighborhood
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's 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.

Neighborhood
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of , located in Northwest D.C. The majority of is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.

Downtown

Latitude
38.89949° or 38° 53′ 58″ north
Longitude
-77.02807° or 77° 1′ 41″ west
Open location code
87C4VXXC+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12987917876
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q5303341
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Downtown” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “下城”
  • Chinese: “市區”
  • Estonian: “Downtown”
  • French: “Downtown Washington”
  • Japanese: “ダウンタウン (ワシントンD.C.)”
  • Scots: “Downtown, Washington, D.C.”
  • Scots: “Downtown”
  • Slovenian: “Downtown Washington”
  • Spanish: “Downtown (Washington D. C.)”
  • Spanish: “Downtown”
  • Urdu: “ڈاون ٹاؤن”
  • “Downtown Washington”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Penn Quarter and Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic District.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Fit Club and Washington Marriott at Metro Center.

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Worth a closer look: West End and East End.

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