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A visual tour of the US Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.
Hi guys! Need some ideas on free things to do in Washington, D.C. during your visit? This is a compilation of b-roll footage from a spontaneous trip I took to the United States Botanic Garden - enjoy!
A little bit of history:
Near the Capitol building in Washington DC is the US Botanic Garden, which is open every day of the year – including federal holidays - and is free of charge. This is the oldest continually operating botanic garden in the United States. The garden was established by the US Congress in the year 1820 under the leadership of President James Monroe. The Columbian Institute, an early advocate for a plant repository, led the initiative, bringing in plants from countries all around the world, including China and Brazil. For many years, however, there was a lack of funding for the upkeep of the Botanic Garden and the Columbian Institute struggled to keep running.
In 1838, Lieutenant Charles Wilkes set out on the US Exploring Expedition to circumnavigate the globe and explore the Pacific Ocean. Over the course of four years, the expedition traveled 87,ooo miles and collected large amounts of horticultural and botanical specimens that were brought back to the Botanic Garden. But because Washington, D.C. was built on a swamp, many early cultivation attempts were unsuccessful.
In 1867, Congress provided funding for the construction of the first greenhouses at the Botanic Garden. A few years prior to that, the garden was also placed under the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress. Today, the Architect of the US Capitol serves as the acting director of the Garden.
In its early years, the garden was much closer to the Capitol. But it was moved to its new grounds just southwest of the Capitol in 1933, and it remains there today.
The US Botanic Garden currently houses 10,000 living specimens, some of which are more than 165 years old! The grounds of the Botanic Garden include both indoor and outdoor areas, such as greenhouses, a rose garden, fountains, an orchid house and much, much more!
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Cities in Focus | Washington, DC
In 2008, Clear Channel Outdoor and the District Department of Transportation launched SmartBike DC, the first self-service public bike rental program of its kind in the United States. The pilot project included 120 bikes at 10 stations around the nation's capital. For more information, read EMBARQ's post on
The Empire of The City - Three City States: London, Vatican, District of Columbia
The Empire of The City - Three City States - London, the Vatican, and the District of Columbia.
The Empire of the City consists of three cities, which belong to no nation or state and pay no taxes: Vatican City, the City of London (inside London), and Washington DC. Vatican City controls the world through religion, the City of London controls the world through currency, and Washington DC controls the world through force.
The City of London (or the Square Mile) is a plot of land approximately a square mile in London. It is independent from England and is ruled by the City of London Corporation.
Located in the center of each city is an Egyptian obelisk erect. They are: the obelisk in St. Peter’s Square, the Washington Monument, and Cleopatra’s Needle in the City of London. One question that immediately springs to mind is why is there an Egyptian obelisk, which is a tribute to the Egyptian sun god Amen-Ra, in the middle of Vatican City? Contained within these three cities is more than 80% of the world’s wealth.
The Empire of “the City” is essentially the British Empire, or more accurately, the forces behind the British Empire of the past. The Empire asserts its control over its colonies (such as the US, Canada, Australia, the European Union) through complicated means.
One of their means of control is to have agents of their cause in high places of influence. This cabal of powerful manipulators is known collectively as the Illuminati, the Shadow Government, the Omega Agency, the Government within the Government, and so on. It does not matter what they are called. They are there and have been actively and legislatively writing away our freedoms and also have been working towards the New World Order. Examples of this is the Patriot Acts, H. R. Bill 1955, the European Union Constitution, and the Security and Prosperity Partnership.
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Washington DC Travel Tips: 10 Things to Know Before You Go to DC
Things you NEED to know BEFORE you go to Washington DC. DC is often referred to as The District. You could easily spend a week in DC, especially if you want to see George Washington’s house in Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s house in Monticello. The City is laid out in a grid pattern with lettered streets running east-west, numbered streets running north-south. Diagonal streets — usually named after states — often intersect at circles (30 circles)
Dupont Circle is my favorite circle. Comprised of four quadrants (NE, NW, SE, and SW), which spread out from the U.S. Capitol.
Getting in
There are three Airports -- none of them actually in DC
Reagan (DCA) -- right next to DC -- connected by Metro or $20 Cab Ride
Washington Dulles (IAD)
Baltimore-Washington (BWI)
Amtrak to Union Station
Or Drive
Transportation in DC
Walk
One of the 10 of the most walkable cities in the USA
Travel + Leisure rated D.C. as the third rudest city in America,
Metro
Smart Trip Card
Capital Bike Share
175 stations across the city
Sign up for a day, or three
Taxis/Uber plentiful
Driving: Beware -- traffic is miserable and oneway streets abound
Parking is expensive -- Use parking panda
Museums
Smithsonians are free
Most on the national mall
Air and Space has 2 locations -- one by Dulles
Newseum and Spy Museum are expensive
My favorite is the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
No reservations required September 5, 2017 through March 2, 2018
Washington Monument elevator is really cool -- but it’s often broken
Best gift shops are in the museums
Government Stuff
Capitol Building or the White House, make sure to book your tickets in advance.
Capitol tour, reservations online or through your Congressional representative or senator.
Capitol Visitor Center provides a limited number of day-passes starting at 9 a.m.
White House, reserve a few months before your trip. Thru congressional representative.
Time to visit
Cherry Blossom Season
Not the summer when all the school kids are there
And the Summer is oppressively hot and humid, especially in August
And maybe not when the govt is in full swing
I like Winter -- no crowds at all
Hotels
Can be really expensive, as can parking
My favorites are the Park Hyatt and the Mayflower
Stay outside of DC in Arlington or Alexandria for cheaper hotels
Just a short metro ride in to the city
Food
The national mall and monument area has almost no food
Union Station and Le’fant plaza good for lunch, or around the white house
Avoid the Chinese food in Chinatown -- it’s all really awful
But George Bush’s favorite Chinese restaurant is just 20 minutes driving outside of DC
Peking Gourmet Inn in Fall Church -- Awesome Peking Duck
My Favorites: Potbelly
My Favorites: Moby Dick House of Kabob
My Favorites: Ben’s Chili Bowl
DC is more than just monuments and the National Mall
Get out and see the real DC
Georgetown
Penn Quarter
Adams Morgan
Smithsonian Zoo
U Street
Walk the red line
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DC Food: 13:51
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Fit For Office: Washington, D.C., Ranked Fittest US City
The American College of Sports Medicine found Washington, D.C. to be the fittest city in the country.
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Along with housing our nation's governing body, Washington, D.C. can also call itself home to some of the fittest Americans.
After looking at the 50 largest metropolitan cities, the American College of Sports Medicine released its annual ACSM American Fitness Index Tuesday, with Washington D.C. ranked as the fittest in the U.S.
To come up with its findings, ACSM not only looks at the health habits of people living in those cities, but what the community is providing to its patrons to stay fit.
The report states there's 6.4 parks and 5.7 swimming pools per every 100,000 people. There's also 2.2 recreational centers available for every 20,000 people. The population of Washington D.C. is 6 million.
A board chair for the report told NBC, If you walk out onto the (National Mall) at noon, tourists can't get around because there are so many people exercising ... And on the weekend they are playing kickball on the Mall.
Still, the nation's capitol isn't perfect and didn't meet the index's target goals when it came to several personal health indicators.
Only 73 percent of people said they'd exercised in the last 30 days. The target goal was 82.6 percent. And only 32 percent of those living in D.C. said they ate two servings of fruit each day. The target goal was 35.6 percent.
Minneapolis, Minnesota scored as the second fittest city, with 73.5 percent of its population saying it'd exercised in the last 30 days.
Interestingly, more people said they exercised in San Diego — 76.3 percent — but its higher death rate for cardiovascular disease and fewer recreational facilities contributed to it placing third, falling behind snowy Minneapolis. (Video via Expedia)
The report also looked at if the cities were exercising the way the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises the U.S. population to.
The CDC says adults ages 18 to 64, should perform a moderate-intensity exercise, like walking briskly, for two and a half hours each week.
Out of a target goal of just 32 percent, only 24.3 percent of Washington, D.C.'s population met those guidelines, as well as 27.5 percent of Minneapolis'. San Diego tipped the scales at 33 percent.
They set a low bar here and we're still not beating it, the executive director of Trust for America's Health told USA Today.
According to the National Institutes of Health, around two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese.
On the other end of the spectrum, Memphis, Tennessee, and Indianapolis, Indiana were the two least fit cities out of the 50 looked at.
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Washington DC Tour
Washington, DC -- Capital of the United States of America, heart and center of the Land of Liberty. The city is a reflection of the country's history, achievements and aspirations. On the National Mall are some of America's finest monuments and memorials -- each a reminder of the ideals that our country stands for, and the men and women who fought for them.
The Washington Monument, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and the newest -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial - honor leaders and ideals of American freedom, democracy and equality. The World War 2, Korean War and Vietnam War Memorials pay tribute to the men and women who have paid the ultimate price for America's freedom.
Filmed in high definition, this video is an excerpt from Finley-Holiday Films America's National Parks Blu-ray and DVD. Release Date May, 2013.
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USA: WASHINGTON: CITY OFFICE BUILDINGS RUNNING OUT OF TOILET PAPER
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Washington DC, struggling to avoid bankruptcy, faced a new threat to its dignity Thursday.
City office buildings are running out of toilet paper - because there's no money to pay the companies which supply the product.
Washington mayor Marion Barry fears this latest crisis will make the city a laughing stock.
The embattled Mayor of Washington D.C. is struggling to save his city from bankruptcy. The city owes hundreds of vendors 34-million dollars. Now the supplier of the city's toilet paper is refusing to deliver without being paid:
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Can you imagine the nation's capital - and the kind of jokes and things that'll be made about the fact that this is the richest country in the world - our nation's capital - our big DC government budget of 3 billion 200 something million dollars ....ran out of toilet paper
SUPER CAPTION: Marion Barry - Mayor Washington DC
But Barry is refusing to take the blame for the toilet roll crisis. He says it's the fault of the District of Columbia council, who have refused to pass the 28 million dollar budget earmarked for the maintenance of the city's buildings.
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Our message is for the council to be realistic in their approach to increase this budget like they ought to. And for our employees and our citizens who don't want the services to discontinue - that's 37 buildings janitorial , electricity and rent to call the council members to ask them to do it.
SUPER CAPTION: Marion Barry - Mayor of Washington DC
In all, 37 city buildings are affected. Many are down to their last few rolls. The company that supplies their paper, CPF, fears it will have to close down and sack 450 workers if it is not paid the million dollars it is owed immediately.
In other city offices, including the city hall where Mayor Barry's office is located, the situation is becoming critical:
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Well I think that's pathetic - how much does a roll of toilet paper cost - 59 cents?
The one that I go to - there hasn't been toilet paper or paper towels for a couple of days.
Well we're on the 8th floor and it hasn't hit us yet - but I guess it will.
SUPER CAPTION: local government employees
The city faces more financial trouble in September, when the federal rescue package is set to run out some one hundred and seventy million dollars short of the budget needs.
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Washington DC Street Grid, Explained
Learn how to navigate the street grid when you visit Washington, DC. Even for a tourist, once you get the hang of it, it's really not too hard!
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OnLocation- Washington DC Experience
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Last summer Mike and I had the privilege of taking our first dedicated photography trip. As the capital city of the United States, Washington, District of Columbia (DC for short) is a dynamic metropolis and civic center with many outdoor and indoor attractions. Anyone who has visited the city will tell you the variety of monuments, museums, and public spaces. For photographers, Washington, DC provides many opportunities of landscape, street, portrait, and even sports photos. In this video, we outline our experience shooting the nation's capital.
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City Walk: Can't Drive There - Washington D.C.
Heather Deutsch of the District Department of Transportation explains how D.C.'s pedestrian friendly sidewalk laws create walkable spaces within the city.
City Walk is a unique series that reveals the way walking is transforming cities across America, and in the process, re-connecting us to our bodies, our civic values and public space.
As the show explores the walkability of these communities, viewers will learn about American history by exploring culturally rich neighborhoods, stunning architecture, monuments and beautiful parks that have helped define the character of each city.
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Footage - Running at Hains Point in Washington, DC
Driving Through Independence Avenue in Washington DC, US ( Lots of Famous Buildings)
Independence Avenue is a major east-west street in the southwest and southeast quadrants of the city of Washington, D.C., in the United States, running just south of the United States Capitol.
Between 14th Street SW and 2nd Street SW, Independence Avenue is lined with museums and federal office buildings. On the north side of the street (west to east) are the U.S. Department of Agriculture's headquarters (the Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building), the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (both art museums belonging to the Smithsonian Institution), the Smithsonian Institution Building, the National Museum of African Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the United States Botanic Garden. On the south side of the street (west to east) are the Department of Agriculture's South Building, the James V. Forrestal Building (headquarters of the United States Department of Energy), the Wilbur Wright Federal Building and the Orville Wright Federal Building (headquarters of the Federal Aviation Administration), the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building (occupied by the United States Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]), and the Hubert H. Humphrey Building (headquarters of HHS).
At 2nd Street SW, Independence Avenue SW meets Washington Avenue SW, a major thoroughfare providing access to Interstate 395 and South Capitol Street.
Independence Avenue SW/SE forms the southern boundary of the grounds of the United States Capitol. The Capitol is to the north of the street, while the Cannon, Longworth, and Rayburn House Office Buildings are to the south. Past the Capitol, Independence Avenue SE passes between the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building (north) and James Madison Memorial Building (south). The last major building along the avenue is the Library of Congress' John Adams Building (north), where Independence Avenue SE has a junction with Pennsylvania Avenue SE.
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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States.[4] Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, the first president of the United States and a Founding Father.[5] As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, Washington is an important world political capital.[6] The city is also one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million tourists annually.
The Beautifull Rock Creek Park
Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The park was created by an Act of Congress in 1890, and today is administered by the National Park Service. In addition to the park proper, the Rock Creek administrative unit of the National Park Service administers various other federally owned properties in the District of Columbia located to the north and west of the National Mall, including Meridian Hill Park on 16th Street, N.W., the Old Stone House in Georgetown, and certain of the Fort Circle Parks, a series of batteries and forts encircling the District of Columbia for its defense during the U.S. Civil War.
Rock Creek Park was established by an act of Congress signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison on September 27, 1890, following active advocacy by Charles C. Glover and other civic leaders and in the wake of the creation of the National Zoo the preceding year.
It was only the third national park established by the U.S., following Yellowstone in 1872 and Mackinac National Park in 1875. Sequoia was created at the same time, and Yosemite shortly thereafter. In 1933, Rock Creek Park became part of the newly formed National Capital Parks unit of the National Park Service.
The Rock Creek Park Act authorized the purchase of no more than 2,000 acres of land, extending north from Klingle Ford Bridge in the District of Columbia (approximately the northern limit of the National Zoo), to be perpetually dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States.] The Act also called for regulations to provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, animals, or curiosities within said park, and their retention in their natural condition, as nearly as possible. Rock Creek Park is the oldest natural urban park in the National Park System.Park construction began in 1897.
In 1913, Congress authorized creation of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway and extended the park along a narrow corridor from the zoo to the mouth of Rock Creek at the Potomac River. The parkway is a major traffic thoroughfare, especially along the portion south of the zoo. The park is patrolled by the United States Park Police.The main section of the park comprises 1754 acres (2.74 mi2, 7.10 km2), along the Rock Creek Valley. Including the other green areas the park administers (Glover Archbold Park, Montrose Park, Dumbarton Oaks Park, Meridian Hill Park, Battery Kemble Park, Palisades Park, Whitehaven Park, etc.), it encompasses more than 2000 acres (3 mi2, 8 km2).
The parklands follow the course of Rock Creek across the D.C.-Maryland border to connect with Rock Creek Stream Valley Park and Rock Creek Regional Park in Montgomery County. The Maryland parks are operated by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
The Rock Creek Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 23, 1991.
Rock Creek Nature Center and Planetarium
Recreation facilities include a golf course; equestrian trails; sport venues, including a tennis stadium which hosts major professional events; a nature center and planetarium; the Carter Barron Amphitheatre, an outdoor concert venue; and picnic and playground facilities. Rock Creek Park also maintains cultural exhibits, including the Peirce Mill. Rock Creek is a popular venue for jogging, cycling, and inline skating, especially on the long, winding Beach Drive, portions of which are closed to vehicles on weekends.
A number of the city's outstanding bridges, such as the Lauzun's Legion, Dumbarton, Taft and the Duke Ellington bridges, span the creek and ravine.
Among the park's few monuments is a pink granite bench on Beach Drive south of the Peirce Mill, dedicated on November 7, 1936 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in memory of former French ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand. [9] In 2014 it was named best obscure memorial by Washington City Paper.
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Washington DC Ambulance Responding And DCFD Responding Near US Capitol
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London, Washington D.C., Rome - Illuminatis Empire City States
I stumbled upon this and found it very interesting... the three city states that run the world. The clip is extracted from a documentary called The Ring of Power.
City States - Vatican - District of Columbia - London City - IT'S TIME FOR THE TRUTH!
White House - Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States
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One of America's most recognizable historical and political symbols is also the home and office of the President of the United States.
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- ... After a brief catch up we went for a walk and saw the White house, Reflecting pool, Lincoln, Washington Monument, Korean and WWII memorials ...
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- ... I did the whole tourist thing, The Capitol, Washington Monument, Lincoln memorial, White House, Jeffeson etc etc ...
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- ... We planned on just walking around the hotel a bit, and a few hours later...we find ourselves all the way down at the White House ...
- ... It was Thomas Jefferson who promoted the idea of the earth's prime meridian running directly north of the White House ...
- ... We checked into our hotel, which was across the road from George Washington University, and made our way over to the White House, just a few blocks away ...
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The Hotel Harrington in Washington DC
A New Landmark for the Nation's Capital
Downtown Washington, DC bustled in 1914. Elegant new office buildings rose amidst the 19th century theaters, shops, saloons, and newspaper offices. Nine department stores drew crowds of shoppers. A few blocks away, Washingtonians and increasing legions of tourists marveled at the wonders displayed in the Smithsonian's recently opened Natural History Museum.
Harrington Mills, a hotelier, spotted an opportunity. He and business partner Charles W. McCutchen built a hotel that met popular one-room-and-bath-demand, an unusual concept at the time, as described by the Washington Post. They set aside special sample rooms for traveling salesmen to show their wares to buyers from nearby stores.
Mills and McCutchen officially opened their Hotel Harrington, at 11th and E Streets, NW, on March 1, 1914.
Designed by the architectural firm Rich & FitzSimons, the six-story hotel boasted a dining room and two-story lobby with a mezzanine, all finished in marble. Upstairs, mahogany-trimmed hallways led to 80 rooms, all with running water and most with private baths.
The hotel proved so successful that in 1918 Mills and McCutchen doubled the size of the lobby and built a 12-story annex along E Street, containing a two-story ballroom and 100 additional rooms. The Harrington now ranked among the city's largest hotels. A final expansion in 1925, a 12-story wing with another 125 rooms, filled in the rest of the E Street block to 12th Street.
In 1932 the hotel installed Art Deco embellishments, including the stainless steel canopy, with back-lit letters, over the front entrance. Always innovative, the Harrington in 1938 became DC's first air-conditioned hotel. Late 1940s modernization resulted in reduced ceiling heights in the ballroom and lobby, and modern finishes and furnishings throughout the building.
The hotel has provided a comfortable home-away-from-home for its guests—more than 10 million of them over the years—as well as for its employees. Tenures spanning several decades are not uncommon, and many staff members have spent most of their careers with the Harrington.