Lorenzo Allen Park

Lorenzo Allen Park is a park in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Lorenzo Allen Park is situated nearby to the fire station DC Fire Department Engine Company 24, as well as near Emmanuel Apostolic Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sherman Circle and William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center.

Sherman Circle

Park

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Sherman Circle is an urban park and traffic circle in the Northwest Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Petworth at the intersection of Illinois Avenue, Kansas Avenue, 7th Street, and Crittenden Street NW.

William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center

Stadium

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The William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center is a tennis venue located in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., United States It is named after William H. G. William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center is situated 3,700 feet west of Lorenzo Allen Park.

Jones-Haywood School of Ballet

School building

The Jones-Haywood Dance School, formerly known as The Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, was founded in 1941 by Doris W. Jones and Claire Haywood in Washington, D.C, to teach young dancers of color classical ballet. Jones-Haywood School of Ballet is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Lorenzo Allen Park.

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

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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.