Ok, here goes.

1. Wilson Building

2. no idea

3. Library of Congress?

by Alex B. on Nov 23, 2009 3:55 pm  

Wilson Building?

by TimK on Nov 23, 2009 3:55 pm  

Ok, I can see my own comment - did I just ruin this? Or can I see my own comment by default?

by Alex B. on Nov 23, 2009 3:55 pm  

I had the same question. I think it's ok, we're supposed to guess.

Of course, I'm a bigger idiot than previously thought in that Id didn't realize it was three different places, instead on three pics of the same place. In which case, I agree with Alex B on the second and third pics.

by TimK on Nov 23, 2009 4:10 pm  

Wilson Building

Naval Observatory

Library of Congress - Jefferson building steps

by Neil Flanagan on Nov 23, 2009 4:16 pm  

last one is possibly Meridian Hill Terraces

by w on Nov 23, 2009 4:32 pm  

I think the second one is the US Botanical Garden at the foot of Capitol Hill.

by Andrew on Nov 23, 2009 4:50 pm  

1 Wilson Building
2 Naval Observatory
3 Meridian Hill Park Fountain

by Cary Simmons on Nov 23, 2009 4:50 pm  

1. Wilson Building
2. The Islamic Temple on Massachusetts Avenue
3. Meridian Hill Park

by Ryan on Nov 23, 2009 4:56 pm  

-wilson building
-embassy for the kingdom of saudi arabia.
-meridian hill park

by jspot on Nov 23, 2009 5:10 pm  

Wilson Building
Arab League Mosque
Meridian Hill Malcolm X Park

by dcseain on Nov 23, 2009 5:43 pm  

#3 is definitely the Meridian Hill park terrace-- right at the top.

by Ted Kinnaman on Nov 23, 2009 6:01 pm  

I also thought it was 3 pics of one place, which had me stumped. Here are my guesses:

1. Embassy Suites at 10th & NY Ave NW
2. Still stumped
3. Reagan Building/Federal Triangle

by Matthias on Nov 23, 2009 6:09 pm  

Third is Meridian Hill Park - a beautiful place

by Dave on Nov 24, 2009 12:45 am  

the HAWK signal seems a bit confusing to me, but if it works, drop it in there!

as a general comment on building streetcars and other types of transit -- the way i think about transit is...you have to plan for a car-free future if you ever hope to achieve a car-free future, or even if you just want a car-limited future.

that means people are going to need to be able to get around in a dignified manner, conveniently, without the use of a car (obvious). they'll need good land use, great walk and bike infrastructure, and ready access to high quality transit (also obvious, imo). if you can convince yourself that a bus can be high quality transit, then more power to you -- i would not agree with you, though. so streetcars (or heavier versions of rail) become necessary on all the major corridors of the city -- as does proper bike and walk infrastructure.

i know it's popular to sound 'reasonable' and say things like "there will always be cars," but i don't see why that should be the case -- certainly they shouldn't be necessary in the city. i say don't worry about sounding like an 'extremist' -- every great activist in the history of the world was (and is) an extremist (though, not every extremist was/is a great activist). if we decide, as a society, that cars are more beneficial than they are detrimental, then we'll keep them around -- but as of right now the tide has turned against them. there are fewer than a billion cars worldwide right now -- that's going up to two billion quickly. i don't normally prefer the global warming arguments for limiting car use, but 2 billion cars is scary.

at a minimum, bike lanes need to go in now, the first time around -- don't settle for anything less. this is a human rights issue. you should be able to ride your bike down the street in safety and comfort -- everyone should have the right to travel under their own power, and not be intimidated and threatened, intentionally or otherwise, by other road users. portland and new york city are handing over entire lanes to bikes (i.e. buffered bike lanes) -- either right lanes or left lanes -- DC should do the same. we don't just need some paint on the road -- we need the subjective safety that comes with having some distance between us and huge, fast-moving chunks of glass and metal.

if you want to win over conservatives, tell them you don't want yourself or others to be dependent on taxpayer-subsidized mass transit -- you'd rather keep taxes low, and bike it -- but the street needs to provide proper bicycle infrastructure.

tell them to go back to the drawing board, strip out the median, and add the bike lanes -- 5' on either side will work. it won't be perfect, but it'll be a start. if they want to talk about safety, then give them some numbers about how walking, biking, and driving gets safer when bike lanes are added to a street. if the same is true for medians, i haven't seen it yet, but it wouldn't matter -- we have to provide for cyclists, period.

by Peter Smith on Nov 24, 2009 1:19 am  

sorry! previous comment posted in wrong spot/post! blasted firefox tricked me! :)

by Peter Smith on Nov 24, 2009 1:22 am  

1-City Hall on 14th street
2-the Mosque on 7th and S Street
3-The fountains at Meridian Hill Park

by Thayer-D on Nov 24, 2009 6:51 am  

The third photo (far right) is taken at the Library of Congress.

by Alvin on Nov 24, 2009 8:58 am  

#1 is the Wilson Building, and I think #3 is Meridian Hill. Not sure about #2.

by cminus on Nov 24, 2009 9:24 am  

1st - District Building
2nd - Mandarin Oriental Hotel
3rd - Meridian Hill Park

by Kevin Bradley on Nov 24, 2009 11:24 am  

The first is the Wilson Building. The second is the Jefferson Memorial. The third is the Tidal Basin bridge at Ohio Drive.

Sure about the first, guessing on the second two.

by Josh S on Nov 24, 2009 12:03 pm  

1) Rear of the District Building, 2) No clue, 3) Neptune Fountain, Library of Congress.

by Kent on Nov 25, 2009 1:27 pm  

Correction. 3) fountain @ Meridian Hill.

by Kent on Nov 25, 2009 1:28 pm  

Answers revealed:
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=4158
-Mike

by Michael Rogers on Nov 27, 2009 3:18 pm