ABSTRACT
Dupont Circle, the center of a vibrant and fashionable area of Washington, DC since the nineteenth century, is north of the city’s monumental core and an important node and threshold between the commercial and residential areas. Set along the Connecticut Avenue corridor extending eight blocks northwest from the White House, it is at the intersection of the diagonal of New Hampshire Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue and the orthogonal P Street and 19th Street. Though its immediate edge is three lanes of traffic, the surrounding buildings are a mix of eight-and ten-story office buildings with several three-story commercial buildings. The surrounding neighborhood includes commercial buildings to the south and east and retail and residential predominantly to the north and west. The circle acts as a vinculum gathering multiple modes of transportation. Besides the five streets above, beneath the circle are three levels of transportation including four lanes of Connecticut Avenue, the Metro and a littleknown abandoned, semicircular streetcar terminal.
