Berkley is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of

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Geography

Berkley is bounded by Wesley Heights Park to the north, MacArthur Boulevard to the southwest,

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to the west, and 44th Street and Foxhall Road to the east. Beyond the line formed by 44th and Foxhall lies

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, meaning that Berkley is surrounded on three sides by parkland. Its fourth side is adjacent to two neighborhoods, Foxhall and The Palisades, and as such is sometimes confused for them. Intersection of W St

Landmarks

Berkley is a suburban-style neighborhood, naturally isolated from the more cosmopolitan parts of the city by its location between parks. It is home to the Embassy of Germany and

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's Mt. Vernon campus. It was also very nearly the site of an

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of the mayor of Washington, D.C., in 2001 when Betty Brown Casey, widow of millionaire

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Eugene B. Casey, donated of land at 1801 Foxhall Road to the city for the purpose of a mayoral mansion. However, the city was bogged down for nearly a year in attempting to purchase adjacent land from the

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; additionally, many vocal city activists and residents felt that for a city marked by increasing

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and socioeconomic diversity, building a mayoral residence in such a wealthy enclave sent a bad message. The city ultimately gave up on the project in 2003 and ceded the land to the Salvation Army.

References

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