Comments on: Then and Now: Guessing Game http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/ New Buildings, Construction, Destruction, Planning, Real Estate, and Gossip as it happens in the Nation's Capital Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Sean Robertson http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2416 Sean Robertson Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:54:24 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2416 That is my single favorite monument in DC. It is especially beautiful when lit up at night. BTW, the quote around the inside of the dome is also one of my favorites: "I have sworn upon the altar of almighty God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas Jefferson I love that the statue under that quote is staring directly at the White House. That is my single favorite monument in DC. It is especially beautiful when lit up at night. BTW, the quote around the inside of the dome is also one of my favorites:

“I have sworn upon the altar of almighty God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” - Thomas Jefferson

I love that the statue under that quote is staring directly at the White House.

]]> By: BiLL http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2408 BiLL Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:15:44 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2408 The Jefferson is my favorite of DC's memorials and monuments. DC Metrocentric -- keep these old/new pictures coming. They're awesome! The Jefferson is my favorite of DC’s memorials and monuments.

DC Metrocentric — keep these old/new pictures coming. They’re awesome!

]]> By: Tuesday: DC Links | Redfin Washington, DC Sweet Digs http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2405 Tuesday: DC Links | Redfin Washington, DC Sweet Digs Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:38:37 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2405 [...] Think you know DC? Try playing DCMetrocentric’s Then and Now Guessing Game. [DCMetrocentric.com] [...] […] Think you know DC? Try playing DCMetrocentric’s Then and Now Guessing Game. [DCMetrocentric.com] […]

]]> By: The King of Spain http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2400 The King of Spain Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:27:21 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2400 Also please note the beautiful - no, <i>breathtaking</i> - highways added behind it. Also please note the beautiful - no, breathtaking - highways added behind it.

]]> By: Anne Lindenfeld http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2399 Anne Lindenfeld Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:17:30 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/07/15/then-and-now-guessing-game/#comment-2399 My grandmother, who moved to DC in 1912 to work in the "new" IRS department used to go swimming in the tidal basin. Apparently, this was not so unusual. It never occurred to me that the Jefferson wasn't built until so much later. BTW, she lived on California Street in Adams Morgan -- the edge of town at that time. There were farms just past 18th and Columbia. My grandmother, who moved to DC in 1912 to work in the “new” IRS department used to go swimming in the tidal basin. Apparently, this was not so unusual. It never occurred to me that the Jefferson wasn’t built until so much later.

BTW, she lived on California Street in Adams Morgan — the edge of town at that time. There were farms just past 18th and Columbia.

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