Washington DC's Map - EXPLAINED

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @DanielsimsSteiner
    @DanielsimsSteiner 2 роки тому +142

    I recently moved to DC so making this video was a really fun way to learn about my new home! There is LOADS of information I had to leave out for the sake of time… so I guess that means I’ll just have to make videos about this city. Lmk what ideas you have for DC or for another city!

    • @adventurousbec
      @adventurousbec 2 роки тому +2

      So cool eh! Brings back my memories of living in D.C. :)

    • @chriscal94
      @chriscal94 2 роки тому +6

      Something about how the city's original streetcar system influenced its development could be interesting. For example, many of the city's busiest bus routes today follow old streetcar lines (superimposing new maps over old ones to illustrate the influence could be interesting?) But maybe I'm just biased bc neighborhoods like mine owe their very existence to the OG streetcars!

    • @DanielsimsSteiner
      @DanielsimsSteiner 2 роки тому +2

      @@chriscal94 oooh I’ve been wanting to do more research about this. Great idea

    • @chriscal94
      @chriscal94 2 роки тому +1

      @@DanielsimsSteiner Well I'd absolutely consider myself an enthusiast/amateur historian on this topic. Happy to be a resource 🙂

    • @Rasbutin7000
      @Rasbutin7000 2 роки тому

      lol okay but why would you move there

  • @ieatbatsdude8271
    @ieatbatsdude8271 2 роки тому +112

    As DC native I’ve been arguing for years that we need to manifest our destiny and take back Alexandria

    • @JC-gg8fo
      @JC-gg8fo 8 місяців тому +5

      Nah MD need to take our land back. We missing Billioms of dollars and 700K ppl to our population

    • @MochaMaknMoney
      @MochaMaknMoney 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@JC-gg8foright!😂😂😂

    • @YourFavoriteBorderHopper32
      @YourFavoriteBorderHopper32 6 місяців тому

      Exactly

    • @itsbirdie967
      @itsbirdie967 4 місяці тому

      yall need to bc its so much cooler as an alexandrian saying im from dc than saying northern va so i just say im from dc anyways

    • @YourFavoriteBorderHopper32
      @YourFavoriteBorderHopper32 4 місяці тому

      @@itsbirdie967 it would probably split Alexandria in half if we do 😂

  • @kw1535
    @kw1535 2 роки тому +65

    My favorite is actually what happens when the street names run out after “W.” After the first alphabet runs out of letters, street names restart alphabetically with two-syllable names. “Adams Street” follows “W Street.” Once the second alphabet is exhausted, the system repeats with words of three syllables. “Webster Street” is followed by the third alphabet’s “Allison Street.” However, the Fourth Alphabet does not use words of four syllables. Instead, the Fourth Alphabet, most of which are in the Northwest quadrant (DC’s largest), uses the names of plants in increasing alphabetical order. Thus “Aspen” follows “Whittier.”
    Also, all the states have an Avenue named after them, except for California Street and Ohio Drive.

    • @BrightTripTravel
      @BrightTripTravel  2 роки тому +5

      Such a cool way to name the streets!

    • @jasonpalacios1363
      @jasonpalacios1363 2 роки тому +2

      @@BrightTripTravel You were wrong about Robert E. Lee because he was against slavery and the Confederacy but joined it because he was born and raised in Virginia and was proud of it too.

    • @Scipio488
      @Scipio488 Рік тому

      I have lived here since 1986, and it's hard to emphasize how useful that has been to me (and still is!).

  • @jnyerere
    @jnyerere 2 роки тому +38

    Another interesting thing about DC is its border with MD. Even without the "Welcome to WDC" and "Welcome to MD" signs, the name of the street that separates the DC/MD border is either gonna be Western Avenue, Eastern Avenue, or Southern Avenue. And once you cross that street you're either in DC or MD.

    • @jkkennedy8919
      @jkkennedy8919 11 місяців тому +4

      Facts live off southern Ave in capital heights we call that side of town ward 9 😂

  • @Alex-k1j8t
    @Alex-k1j8t 6 днів тому

    Thank you for creating such fascinating map content! I've always been captivated by cartography, and your work perfectly satisfies my craving for historical maps, city maps, the history of historic locations and how they've changed through the years.

  • @carmstrong07
    @carmstrong07 2 роки тому +3

    I am a 20-year DC/VA resident, and love the history of this town. Very well done, Daniel.

  • @carolinepetti6265
    @carolinepetti6265 2 роки тому +18

    Longtime DC resident here. I enjoyed the video. Even learned a few things. I suggest you have an editor take a look at it. I noticed a number of misspellings in the text, including in "Washington" at the opening. Thanks for doing this!

  • @chriscal94
    @chriscal94 2 роки тому +44

    Another fun fact from a local: as you get further out from downtown, street names continue to be arranged alphabetically but also by number of syllables. So first alphabetical with 2 syllables (Lowell, Macomb, Norton, Ordway) and then three (Appleton, Brandywine, Chesapeake, Davenport).
    Of course over time they didn't stick to this system 100%, but it's fun to notice where they did as you're out and about.

    • @CPTDoom
      @CPTDoom 2 роки тому +4

      I live in DC and this part of the grid always surprises people. Locals will refer to these sometimes as the second, third & fourth alphabets (so I live between Decatur and Emerson Sts, NW, in the third alphabet). The 4th alphabet includes plant and tree names (Aspen, Butternut, etc.) because there are too few 4 syllable words. No alphabet includes any letter past W, but the third & fourth include a J street. Knowing this grid, you can also find any address in the city, by counting blocks. The 4800 block of 7th ST NW, for instance, is 48 streets north of the Capitol & 7 streets west, while the 2400 block of P St, NW is 24 blocks west of the capitol, but 15 blocks north (P being the 15th letter if you don't include J).

    • @d6robert
      @d6robert 2 роки тому +1

      @@CPTDoom I think you mean Z? There's definitely a W in NW; it's the south side of Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, and there's a Webster near you, too. You must live around 13th if you've not seen it. The more interesting thing is that you can tell if someone's from east or west of the park NW by the 2nd alphabet onward names they use. Most street names differ with west of the park street names usually coming alphabetically before east of the park names (so Albemarle and Allison, Brandywine and Buchanan) although there are exceptions (Klingle on both sides, Garrison and Gallatin).
      And if you want weird...4th suddenly becomes 5th on the reservoir side of Howard U.

    • @CPTDoom
      @CPTDoom 2 роки тому

      @@d6robert Poor editing - what I originally wrote was "not alphabet goes past W." Must have inadvertently deleted that part.

  • @danielkamiot-priso6706
    @danielkamiot-priso6706 2 роки тому +1

    I'm a new Yorker who loves and visits DC regularly ...I'm hungry for more of your page and may have to watch this several times bravooooo

  • @CitiesoftheFuture
    @CitiesoftheFuture 2 роки тому +18

    Great to see you guys are back uploading here :) big fan of your videos, We would love to help you make something like this for Mexico City :)

  • @kennymontague3031
    @kennymontague3031 2 роки тому +11

    Please include the contributions of Benjamin Banneker to the configuration of the city.

  • @jenniferbaldwin8204
    @jenniferbaldwin8204 2 роки тому +60

    I would be so interested to see how DC compares to Indianapolis as Pierre Charles L'Enfant was also its city planner.

    • @apologu
      @apologu Рік тому +3

      There’s a lot of similarities, gridiron, angled road leading towards the city center, a large mall (not the shopping kind), and lots of open green space

    • @pierren___
      @pierren___ Рік тому +2

      French Classicism 🤤

  • @taytae40
    @taytae40 2 роки тому +17

    Don’t leave out the fact that Benjamin Banneker surveyed the land as a replacement and laid the first land marker in Arlington VA

    • @anapoda3081
      @anapoda3081 Рік тому +1

      meh, who cares about him?

    • @Neptunade
      @Neptunade 9 місяців тому +1

      ​​@anapoda3081 Because Banneker was a free, educated black of mankind in the 1700s.

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@anapoda3081everyone does because without him, there would be no DC

  • @justinmargolis1514
    @justinmargolis1514 2 роки тому +35

    A good start, but some of the most interesting parts of the DC map are not even touched upon. For starters, it may sound obvious, but how the street/block number informs the cross-street (1600 Pennsylvania will be at 16th and Pennsylvania), how after the letters are used up the grid moves to two syllable words in alphabetical order (Adams, Belmont, Clinton, Douglas, Euclid, Fairmont...) and then three syllable (Allison, Buchanan, Crittenden, Decatur, Emerson, Farragut...)like how you can pretty accurately guess where in the city a state avenue can be found in function of the year of admittance to the union (hint, Alaska and Hawaii Aves are quite a distance from the Mall), multiple repeats for two Canadian provinces (Ontario Place NW, Ontario Road NW, Québec Street NW, Québec Place NW -- but yet nothing for Canada's other two founding provinces, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), the absence of J street or a J two/three syllable street (and no, its not to spite Chief Justice John Jay), Puerto Rico Avenue NE (to the dismay of Guam, Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), why one writes EYE Street not I Street...
    Again, a good intro, but hardly "explained"

    • @ThecrazyJH96
      @ThecrazyJH96 2 роки тому +2

      The video is basic info 😂

    • @cbear2856
      @cbear2856 2 роки тому +3

      You’re so rude lmao, this was a great video. I’m positive there are things missing in your explanation as well. Educating people is great, but being a know it all jerk is very different.

    • @ahwhite2022
      @ahwhite2022 2 роки тому +1

      @@ThecrazyJH96 his comment was in reference to the thread title, and was a valid critique. The video was an excellent short overview and brief explanation of the city's shape. It is not (though the title can lead one to think it was maybe supposed to be) a proper explanation of the DC map.

    • @akcoop
      @akcoop 2 роки тому

      tell me more 🙏🏽

  • @maliksalman5884
    @maliksalman5884 2 роки тому +11

    Could you make a map/district/neighborhood guide for Singapore?

  • @JConnn
    @JConnn 2 роки тому +7

    We need more Daniel content!!! This is so helpful and informative!!!

    • @DocSteiner
      @DocSteiner 2 роки тому +1

      I 100% agree! Never enough Daniel content.

  • @tonychen5808
    @tonychen5808 2 роки тому

    Thanks!

  • @hundredsroadwerewolf
    @hundredsroadwerewolf 2 роки тому +2

    Very cool - linked to this on the Old Time DC Facebook and Twitter today. You have a typo ("Washigton D.C.") at 1:40, however.

  • @MateoQuixote
    @MateoQuixote 2 роки тому +8

    My nana used to live in DC. I loved visiting her! She went to prison for gran larceny but I was already at college by then so it was ok. Anyway cool video! Abrupt end but cool nonetheless!

  • @BellaBaileyVito
    @BellaBaileyVito 2 роки тому

    Visiting DC for the first time in a couple of weeks and this was so helpful! Thank you!

  • @dunkey7739
    @dunkey7739 2 роки тому +3

    This is a really good channel. Should get more subs

  • @mykolahlushakov1276
    @mykolahlushakov1276 2 роки тому +1

    Bro I feel like I'm ready to watch videos like this for hours. That would be so cool to have 40-45 mins eposides with more details. So interesting. 7 mins is just not enought.

  • @masatowebb
    @masatowebb 2 роки тому +3

    Great video! Would love to see y'all do a Map Explained episode on Toronto!

  • @sid7547
    @sid7547 17 днів тому

    Thanks for making this video, I really enjoyed it and was cool to learn some history.

  • @yungrichnbroke5199
    @yungrichnbroke5199 2 роки тому +1

    This video deserves orders of magnitude more views than it has today. This is incredible, thank you so much!

  • @Mycole
    @Mycole 2 роки тому +3

    Awesome video, an additional fun fact; in the late 1880s and early 1890s there was Buffalo behind the Smithsonian Institution Building. They were part of the Smithsonian's Department of Living Animals, started by William T. Hornaday.
    Imagine Bison roaming around the mall.

  • @kelly00000111111
    @kelly00000111111 2 роки тому +1

    I live right over the bridge in Northern VA myself, and this is pretty neat. Although I find myself wishing that the DC map system did something for the f'in horrendous traffic that only seems to die down when the clock says "AM" but its still dark out.

    • @Andrew-jv7tc
      @Andrew-jv7tc 2 роки тому

      I believe the map you’re looking for is the Metro map, and if it’s not doing it for you, please vote for representatives that will make it better.

  • @hibob66a17
    @hibob66a17 2 роки тому +1

    As a DC native I enjoyed the video

  • @jasonevjen8895
    @jasonevjen8895 2 роки тому

    I watch a lot of videos, like very few, and I would give this two likes. As someone who moved to DC nearly 10 years ago, and loves this city this is brilliant.

  • @akmedman8078
    @akmedman8078 2 роки тому +2

    Please breakdown a map of Tokyo! Your map breakdown videos are so clean and informative

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi 2 роки тому

      Breaking down Tokyo would take at least half an hour lol

  • @haloforgeguy453
    @haloforgeguy453 2 роки тому +1

    Currently living in the Cairo - great view from the roof

  • @MortyMortyMorty
    @MortyMortyMorty 2 роки тому +3

    YESS I've been waiting for this video for months!

  • @Among13504
    @Among13504 2 роки тому

    Awesome Video! I just moved to Pittsburgh last year and it would be amazing to see a video breaking down the organization of the city.

  • @AndreM37
    @AndreM37 2 роки тому +1

    Cool video imma dc native who lives in the suburbs now

  • @sethbied5043
    @sethbied5043 2 роки тому +8

    Robert E. Lee, did led the Confederate States Army in the Civil War, however opposed both secession and slavery, and never own any slaves. But there reason why he led the South was that he hated the idea of fighting his home state of Virginia.

    • @sethbied5043
      @sethbied5043 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/FMpAmsdFOUE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Dr.RichardGardiner

  • @dzikomuah3303
    @dzikomuah3303 2 роки тому +2

    4th Generation Washingtonian here; no mention over Benjamin Banneker and his mathematical prowess of the city designed like the Cartesian plane. Great video but please give credit where its due.

  • @Grandpaige
    @Grandpaige 2 роки тому

    Awesome! I'm heading to DC for a trip and this video sure did explain alot! Thanks!

  • @TH3mrBROWN
    @TH3mrBROWN 2 роки тому +20

    Just came back from my first ever trip to DC today, amazing city! Even saw/stumbled upon the stairs form The Exorcist, only knew what they were cuz of your video! Wish this had been posted last week, would have been cool. Also saw the old stone house btw, walked down that entire street from the hotel in Foggy Bottom to Georgetown University.

  • @treelrod3458
    @treelrod3458 2 роки тому

    Can you do a map breakdown of Houston next? Or Los Angeles? This series is dope so far man !

  • @kyougurlie57
    @kyougurlie57 2 роки тому +1

    You should do a Map Explained video for Boston! The layout is insane 😂

  • @sockferret
    @sockferret 2 роки тому +2

    So is that what the Cure song “Fire in Cairo” is about??

  • @ndys2389
    @ndys2389 2 роки тому +1

    Love these types of videos! keep it up!

  • @PrayingPanda
    @PrayingPanda 2 роки тому +8

    How do you talk about the creation and design of DC but not once mention Benjamin Banneker? The Black man who was instrumental to the design of DC

  • @lucaazeri1700
    @lucaazeri1700 2 роки тому +1

    I live in Georgetown DC , good & interesting video .

  • @Fariswheelanwar
    @Fariswheelanwar 2 роки тому +1

    I would love to see more of these city maps videos, they’re really interesting

  • @chillin_like_bob_dillan6499
    @chillin_like_bob_dillan6499 2 роки тому

    Please do St Louis MO next. It has a really interesting history with a lot of interesting and amazing neighborhoods

  • @grt2106
    @grt2106 8 місяців тому

    Wonderful Video for a C+ city at best.

  • @chrisbell1878
    @chrisbell1878 11 місяців тому

    Have you been to Canberra, Australian Capital Territory?

  • @pqrstsma2011
    @pqrstsma2011 2 роки тому

    learnt a few new things today about DC

  • @darkdragonnasir
    @darkdragonnasir 2 роки тому +8

    you completely erased Benjamin Bannaker from this video

  • @leslieburton993
    @leslieburton993 2 роки тому

    Washington is spelled wrong at 1:42 into the video. Was this spelled wrong on the original document? Also pedestal is spelled wrong at 7:38.

  • @subarusubaruxiv
    @subarusubaruxiv 2 роки тому +1

    you should do a map breakdown of baltimore sometime in the future :)

  • @jayandree4361
    @jayandree4361 2 роки тому

    This video should be longer, or u should do a whole dc episode. This was great

  • @ghadaben9870
    @ghadaben9870 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing job 👌

  • @gabrielaayau
    @gabrielaayau 2 роки тому +2

    Mindblowing!

  • @mrav8r
    @mrav8r 2 роки тому +1

    You should do a part 2 and include a history of Jackson City as the precursor to the Pentagon.

  • @robertjackson1968
    @robertjackson1968 Рік тому +1

    Great video...But the follow up should include Benjamin Banneker (a Black Man ) who salvaged the plans for DC from memory after L'Enfant walked off the job

  • @CrystalClearWith8BE
    @CrystalClearWith8BE 2 роки тому +2

    Washington, DC is a federate and is a district of it's own. Arlington County, VA is a census-designated county, not a consolidated city county. Alexandria, VA is an independent city in Virginia.

  • @St_1786
    @St_1786 Рік тому +2

    Very informative!-- Excluding couple 2 or 4 typos..but more importantly: ●Gen. R E Lee●... Grew up in a boarding house. Educated thru age 14+ in a plantation school house [ plus alot of off-hrs of further learning]. Many, many accolades later, gave up the majority of his' saved earnings- retirement assets to aide 172 indentured, not only from becoming slaves, but for most gaining independence within 2-3 years. Yes, leaving with a full belly and a pocket full of currency. .. Honor Respect fini

  • @luqmangabarti
    @luqmangabarti 2 роки тому +2

    You’re in Arlington, VA not Alexandria

  • @DCGuy1997
    @DCGuy1997 Рік тому +2

    I read the official rule is a building cannot be taller than twice the width of the street it faces.

    • @marcusjackson9194
      @marcusjackson9194 9 місяців тому +1

      Yes, this is how the current rule is implemented.

  • @treyshaffer
    @treyshaffer 2 роки тому +2

    Honestly, the DC area has so much geographical complexity to it. Like the fact that Arlington is actually just an unincorporated county -- i.e. there is no city of Arlington -- it's just Arlington County, which is very peculiar. Although that's partially because Virginia is so weird about how counties and cities work.

    • @fyshwick6032
      @fyshwick6032 2 роки тому

      Wait how do cities and counties work otherwise? There are lots of towns here that are part of counties but I've always thought the county-city distinction was an everybody thing. Never realized it was an outlier

    • @treyshaffer
      @treyshaffer 2 роки тому +1

      @@fyshwick6032 for example, Houston is within Harris County, Chicago is in Cook County, etc. But in VA, Richmond for example is not in any county. It's an independent city, which only applies to 3 cities outside of VA.

    • @royboy1984
      @royboy1984 2 роки тому

      There are some places where a city is in 2 countries: Atlanta being in both Fulton (which it’s also the county seat and the state capital) and DeKalb county. You have futures in 2 states: Bristol Virginia and Tennessee.

    • @treyshaffer
      @treyshaffer 2 роки тому

      @@royboy1984 yea it can be across many counties, but what's special about VA is that the cities are in 0 counties. They're 'independent cities'. Of the 41 independent cities in the US, 38 are in Virginia. I tried to link to the Wikipedia page, but YT blocked me

    • @betrapvideos
      @betrapvideos 2 роки тому

      @@treyshaffer Yep, very reminiscent to how DC is as an independent city. When it Richmond the boundaries of ita bordering counties of chesterfield and henrico remind me of how VA and MD border DC. All 3 separate places and governments

  • @brennaag
    @brennaag 2 роки тому

    Super helpful, thank you!

  • @alexandraortiz9633
    @alexandraortiz9633 2 роки тому

    Can we talk ab how embassy row is Massachusetts ave and Massachusetts turns into Ny ave when u pass the library

  • @t.a.k.palfrey3882
    @t.a.k.palfrey3882 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for an interesting intro to the District. Just two things I might have added: the Beltway (because everyone refers to things being inside or outside it) and that the highest point in the District isn't the top of the Capitol Rotunda, but the top of the tower of Washington National (Episcopal) Cathedral. This was designed to signify that government is still below God.

  • @ccosephvv
    @ccosephvv 2 роки тому

    I love these and wish they were longer! Please try Philadelphia

  • @RogerPalacios-n4t
    @RogerPalacios-n4t Рік тому

    Lived in DC for 32 years. Beautiful city. Love nature: Rock Creek Park, where you can cycle or walk if you like across the city. The National Zoo. The Georgetown waterfront.The Watergate. The JFK Center. Just a few places you'll find along the route. Also the often omitted Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, located in the Adams Morgan area, gives you a nice view and the park is really nice.Then the museums. Monuments. Memorials. So much packed in a small space. Another curiousity is that on 16th Street Northwest goinng south you will find many churches and temples, the Scottish Rite House of the Temple.
    Also about the height restriction, the " no building can be taller than the Capitol or the George Washington monument, that is a myth. There is the Height of Buildings Act of 1910 that limits buildings to no more than 90 feet (27 meters) on residencial streets and no more than 130 feet ( 40 meters) on comercial corridors. Sorry George.

  • @sanjayvictorsharma8272
    @sanjayvictorsharma8272 Рік тому +1

    It's fascinating to me that the England vs Spain rivalry lead to this. they took their battle to another continent entirely. England took the north and spain took the south. And you can see from linguistic influence in the continent. the north is English speaking, and the south american countries are Spanish mostly and some Portugese.

  • @angtruongan4035
    @angtruongan4035 Рік тому

    tks for useful information what i need

  • @bephrem
    @bephrem 2 роки тому +1

    great work

  • @JR10ISTHEFUTURE
    @JR10ISTHEFUTURE 2 роки тому

    Awesome video!

  • @modap3000
    @modap3000 2 роки тому +2

    Benjamin Banneker?

    • @akcoop
      @akcoop 2 роки тому +1

      Who dat?

  • @AelleIti
    @AelleIti 2 роки тому +2

    Here's a fun fact that I learned in a DC history class: Did you know there is no Letter J street in Washington, DC? You can see it and it doesn't matter if you are in the N.E. or N.W. quadrants of D.C. There is a 'Jay' Street that spans roughly 7 blocks located in the N.E. Quadrant of D.C. in an area called Deanwood. I just wanted to clarify and add a true fact where you mentioned the division of streets in D.C. I was told back in D.C. History class that the reason the letter 'J' does not appear is because during the time D.C. was being planned and surveyed, Supreme Court Justice John Jay was having an affair with Pierre L'Enfant's wife. So he didn't want Jay's name or initials to appear in the creation of Washington, D.C. Why 'Jay' appears is because a lot of areas of D.C. during that time was still open, undeveloped land like current day Tenleytown, so the street was incorporated after L'Enfant's death. Over 200 years of pettiness and counting. Otherwise great video.

    • @carolyndarley1045
      @carolyndarley1045 2 роки тому

      Hi there! What u learned may be true, this was what I was taught: So, in the 1700's the letter "J" didn't have the 'umbrella hook' at the bottom. It looked very similar to how we write lower case "i" now. It had the dot on top and city planners said it would confuse ppl. They wouldn't know if they were on "J" St. or "I" St. so they decided to eliminate it all together! Btw, if someone was having an affair with my spouse, I'd wanna block out any reminder of them, lol. His name is all over the place tho, for instance John Jay College of Criminolgy; John Jay Municipal court, just to name a few

  • @alpdemiroglu5760
    @alpdemiroglu5760 2 роки тому +2

    At the time of the Civil War, most people felt a stronger connection to their home State rather than the greater United States (like how today some people will say that they’re Texans before they say they’re American). Robert E. Lee was no exception. He fought for Virginia because of what Virginia’s government decided to do (secede) - as a native Virginian. Only in the 20th century did an “American” identity emerge.

  • @mmcgahn5948
    @mmcgahn5948 4 місяці тому

    L’Enfant also designed Paterson, NJ around the waterfalls at the request of Alexander Hamilton

  • @The201Ray
    @The201Ray 2 роки тому

    I visited back 2016 when they had a construction boom and It left me wondering why are the home prices so high and looked poor especially since it is the nations capital also after 2 days was boring and I realized theirs no night city life like here NY/NJ metro. Its dark not scary but as in no neon florencent sparkles to bar hopp stroll around. Last transportation get a rental and make sure phone is charged for GPS to explore the DMV.

  • @Jumpshot1973
    @Jumpshot1973 Рік тому

    What happen with Benjamin Banneker?

  • @JerEditz
    @JerEditz 2 роки тому

    I have been to DC, frankly it was really cold. and some sites were under construction.

    • @jaykay1899
      @jaykay1899 11 місяців тому

      Coldness tends to come when it’s winter or fall! That’s how seasons work!

    • @JerEditz
      @JerEditz 11 місяців тому

      @jaykay1899 oh dang! I couldn't have guessed

  • @virakchhang
    @virakchhang 2 роки тому +1

    Traffic is horrible. As small as DC is it amazes me that during rush hour Washington DC is 1.5 hours away from Washington DC

  • @matthewgilmore4307
    @matthewgilmore4307 11 місяців тому

    This is quite impressive.

  • @SJR_Media_Group
    @SJR_Media_Group 2 роки тому

    It was interesting to see topography of old DC. The Versailles style layout of city did not respect contours, rather contours were forced to follow artificial grid. This was very typical for city planning back then. Even NYC is laid out in a grid, hills flattened to make room for commercial and residential buildings. Creeks and ponds filled or diverted into pipes.

    • @BrightTripTravel
      @BrightTripTravel  2 роки тому +1

      Always really interesting how plans for a city and physical landscape end up meeting and what compromises are made! Going to talk about that a bit more in another one soon!

    • @SJR_Media_Group
      @SJR_Media_Group 2 роки тому

      @@BrightTripTravel Thank you. That will be one I will want to watch.

  • @chip23worldwide49
    @chip23worldwide49 2 роки тому +1

    I lived in northern Virginia all my life and let me tell you…. It’s confusing navigating around dc still 😂

  • @AndreM37
    @AndreM37 2 роки тому +3

    Dc is the only major city in the US where you don’t know when you enter dc because unlike any other cities it’s no skyscrapers

    • @tynenorth7818
      @tynenorth7818 2 роки тому +1

      Just row houses or an apartment and litter. Then the gps says "Welcome to the District of Columbia" lol

  • @craz5634
    @craz5634 2 роки тому

    I love these videos but they should be 3 times as long

  • @timdella92
    @timdella92 2 роки тому

    Please do City Beautiful Movement next, Burnham and his cities like Chicago, San Francisco, Cleveland, even Manila.

  • @tombombadil811
    @tombombadil811 Рік тому

    This video could have been way longer. Super interesting

  • @plumeretbonnet
    @plumeretbonnet 21 день тому

    gracias.

  • @oliverweng114
    @oliverweng114 2 роки тому

    Great video

  • @whitneybuttars3419
    @whitneybuttars3419 2 роки тому +1

    So helpful!

  • @MikeTomWills
    @MikeTomWills 2 роки тому

    cool info!!!

  • @jakegarvin7634
    @jakegarvin7634 8 місяців тому

    3:14 NY ended up learning that lesson hard, assuming that they've learned

  • @shadowki1647
    @shadowki1647 2 місяці тому

    The only way to fix the traffic flow is with a "SKY ROAD" system above the current highways and bi-ways. And that's without it looking silly so a highly developed artistic and architectural touch is needed. The opposite of the tunnels if you will, like another layer of roads going over the capital in key locations. No traffic issues in Washington D.C. with a skyway system added on. 🤔

  • @jchastain789
    @jchastain789 Рік тому

    Bruh. Awesome video

  • @aydc6740
    @aydc6740 6 місяців тому

    my city ❤❤❤

  • @marccurcio1
    @marccurcio1 4 місяці тому

    Both Arlington Virginia and Alexandra Virginia were originally part of DC

  • @heyyyitshewan4816
    @heyyyitshewan4816 Рік тому

    really cool!

  • @lucarader5098
    @lucarader5098 2 роки тому

    Do Los Angeles next!!!!

  • @DanielsJournal
    @DanielsJournal 2 роки тому +3

    Love bright trip's content so much! I just did a short video recently on Nathaniel Drew's and Johnny Harris's visual storytelling course! Would love for you to check it out if there's anyone looking to get that

  • @waynemercer4546
    @waynemercer4546 2 роки тому

    Good video.

  • @geoffreybuck8521
    @geoffreybuck8521 Рік тому

    This is great. How old are these buildings? The US Capitol obviously had technology removed. Why replace the dome? These are inherited buildings. Would like to know if there was original plumbing and bathrooms.