K Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: K Street developed according to the L'Enfant/Ellicott plan as one of the widest streets in the city. In the northwest quadrant, it passes five of the city's major parks. The elegant mansions that lined it in the nineteenth century have been completely replaced by maximum-height modern office buildings revealing the drastic effect of a change in zoning.
Survey number: HABS DC-714
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90294, -77.04061
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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