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Willoughby Park
Willoughby Park is a city park in Friendship Heights, an incorporated area on the edge of Washington, D.C. Named after the adjacent Willoughby Condominium Building, it is at the intersection of Willard Ave and Friendship Boulevard. It is served by the Friendship Heights metro and bus station of the Washington Metro The Washington Metro (or simply Metro), formally the Metrorail,Google Books search/preview
, which is located two blocks from the park. Designed by Robert (Bob) Good, of Stephenson & Good Landscape Architecture, The park is characterized by its location in the midst of high-rise luxury condominium buildings. While there is some traffic noise, the park is generally quiet with few users. Sharing the intersection is a Chipotle Restaurant, the edge of the Geico Corporate campus, and another park ...
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Willoughby Park - As Seen From Above
Willoughby ( ) may refer to: Places Antigua *Willoughby Bay (Antigua), on the southeast coast of Antigua Australia *Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney **Willoughby Girls High School *City of Willoughby, a local government area of New South Wales *Electoral district of Willoughby, New South Wales *Parish of Willoughby, Cumberland, New South Wales *Willoughby, South Australia, a locality on Kangaroo Island **Cape Willoughby, a headland in South Australia Canada * Willoughby, Langley, British Columbia, a community within the Township of Langley * Willoughby Township, Ontario United Kingdom *Willoughby, Lincolnshire, a village **Willoughby railway station *Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire *Willoughby, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish * Willoughby Waterleys, Leicestershire United States *Willoughby, Ohio, a city and a suburb of Cleveland *Willoughby, Albemarle County, Virginia, an unincorporated community *Willoughby Park, Friendship Heights, Washington ...
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Friendship Heights
Friendship Heights is an urban commercial and residential neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C. and southern Montgomery County, Maryland. Though its borders are not clearly defined, Friendship Heights consists roughly of the neighborhoods and commercial areas around Wisconsin Avenue north of Fessenden Street NW and Tenleytown to Somerset Terrace and Willard Avenue in Maryland, and from River Road in the west to Reno Road and 41st Street in the east. Within Maryland west of Wisconsin Avenue is the Village of Friendship Heights, technically a special taxation district. The portion in the District of Columbia lies in Ward 3, represented by ANCs 3E03 and 3E04. It is often considered to be part of Chevy Chase, D.C.; The most substantial commercial aspects are the shopping plazas near the intersection of Wisconsin and Western Avenues. Found here are many department stores, as well as numerous boutiques, day spas, a multiplex cinema and other services which cater to the residen ...
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Willoughby Condominium
The Willoughby of Chevy Chase is a high-rise condominium building in Montgomery County, Maryland, on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. When it opened in 1969, it was the largest residential building in the DC area. It was designed by modernist architect Vlastimil Koubek for Washington developer Milton A. Barlow. But Barlow's firm ran out of funds, and the project's financier, Riggs National Bank, took over. The building opened in 1969 as the Willoughby Apartments, whose units were luxury rental apartments. The building changed ownership several times and, ultimately, was sold to First Condominium Development Company of Chicago, specialists in condominium conversions. Apartment sales and control of the condominium were turned over to unit owners in 1982. There are 815 units including efficiencies, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, commercial office space, a convenience store, 701 parking garage spaces, and a restaurant. The building was built with many luxury amenities: a ...
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Friendship Heights (Washington Metro)
Friendship Heights is a Washington Metro station straddling the border of Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on August 25, 1984, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Location Providing service for the Red Line, the station is at the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and serves the neighborhoods of Chevy Chase and Friendship Heights. The area is a major retail shopping and broadcast media district. The station also serves as a bus depot linking Montgomery County Transit's Ride-On bus system with the Washington Metro. It is directly adjacent to the Western Division Metrobus garage on 44th Street and Harrison Street NW. Notable places nearby * GEICO Headquarters * Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home * Mazza Gallerie, The Shops at Wisconsin Place, Chevy Chase Pavilion, and other shopping centers * WSBN, WMAL-FM, WLVW, WTOP-FM, and WFED radio stations History The station opened on ...
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Washington Metro
The Washington Metro (or simply Metro), formally the Metrorail,Google Books search/preview
is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus (Washington, D.C.), Metrobus and Metrorail services under the Metro name. Opened in 1976, the network now includes six lines, 97 stations, and of Network length (transport)#Route length, route. Metro serves Washington, D.C., as well as several jurisdictions in the states of Maryland and Virginia. In Maryland, Metro provides service to Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery and Prince George's County, Maryland, Prince George's counties; in Virginia, to Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington, Fairfax C ...
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Steven Weitzman
Steven Weitzman (born 1952) is an American public artist and designer known for his figurative sculptures, murals, and aesthetic designs for highway and bridge infrastructure projects. Weitzman owns and operates three companies. Weitzman Studios, Inc. was started in 1995 and is through which he creates his public and personal art work, including paintings, prints, drawings and large-scale figurative sculpture. The aesthetic infrastructure design firm, Creative Design Resolutions, Inc. was founded in 1998. Working primarily for Departments of Transportation, the design firm specializes in creating context sensitive solutions, a site-specific and community-oriented approach to transportation-related design that takes into consideration the community values, culture, history and environment of a place. His third company, Creative Form Liners, Inc., also established in 1998, fabricates urethane rubber molds or form liners, as well as full-color concrete and resinous terrazzo, a produ ...
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