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Columbia Heights is a
Columbia Heights Station
Irving Street west entrance from Google Maps Street View
Irving Street east entrance from Google Maps Street View
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station in Washington, D.C., on the Green and Yellow Lines. Due to successful redevelopment since the station's opening, Columbia Heights is one of the busiest Metro stops outside the downtown core, with over four million exits in 2010.
The station is located in Northwest
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Washington at 14th
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and Irving Streets (entrances at both the Southwest and Northeast corners), serving both the Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods. It is also close to the Adams Morgan
Adams Morgan is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., centered at the intersection of 18th Street NW and Columbia Road, about 1.5 miles (2.54 km) north of the White House. Notable establishments in the neighborhood include the ...
neighborhood. Service began on September 18, 1999.
Station layout
The station has an island platform located underneath 14th Street, with an entrance at the intersection with Irving Street.
Public art
Installed in 1999, ''Woven Identities'' is a mural and wall sculpture located in the Metro station. Installed as part of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities public art agenda the piece was created by D.C. architect Meghan Walsh, AIA and youth from Casa Del Pueblo Community Center. A series of painted panels, which appear like mosaics, the mural is abstract featuring faces representing the diversity of the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Neon lights of many colors glow from behind the framed painted mosaics.References
External links
* The Schumin Web Transit CenterColumbia Heights Station
Irving Street west entrance from Google Maps Street View
Irving Street east entrance from Google Maps Street View
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