Poplar

Poplar is a restaurant in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on Kennedy Street Northwest. Poplar is situated nearby to Brightwood Park United Methodist Church, as well as near the health club Lighthouse Yoga Center.

Type: Restaurant
Also known as: “Kennedy Street Market”
Address: 701 Kennedy Street Northwest, 20011

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Slocum and Fort Stevens.

Fort Slocum

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Slocum was one of seven temporary earthwork forts, part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War, built in the Northeast quadrant of the city after the beginning of the war by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army.

Fort Stevens

Park

Photo: D Monack, Public domain.

Fort Stevens, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.

Paul Public Charter School

School

Paul Public Charter School is a charter school in northwest Washington, D.C., serving students from fifth to twelfth grade. Paul Public Charter School is situated 1,900 feet north of Poplar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brookland-Petworth-Takoma and Brightwood Park.

Brookland-Petworth-Takoma

Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.

Brightwood Park

Neighborhood

Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brightwood Park is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. in the United States. The neighborhood is bounded by Georgia Avenue NW to the west, Missouri Avenue NW to the northeast and Kennedy Street NW to the south.