loading…loading…loading…Park · 1301 Thomas Circle, 1301 M St NW
If you want to sit on a bench watching traffic flow around a Civil War general on horseback while Massachusetts Avenue tunnels beneath your feet, this traffic circle delivers exactly that particular kind of urban geometry.
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