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This is your Briefing Page for WASHINGTON, D.C., USA. To help get you started, and to set the scene, below are descriptions of the destination as written in my fiction or non-fiction books. These outtakes are to help you learn about the location, prep for your travels and drive up your excitement about a specific place.
After the quotes, you’ll find a brief overview of the destination with my comments and guidance for globally-thinking entrepreneurs. These destination pages are being continuously updated so please check back before each trip.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Cathedral Close enveloping Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral grounds dominated a hill overlooking the city, providing views across the low rise, river bound landscape for the worshippers in the church quarters, and for the children in its affiliated schools. Kadie appreciated the area encasing the unbroken comfort of buildings more than two centuries old, within a cluster of trees lying in witness to solemn contemplation, and quiet walks by unknown thousands of souls.
– A glimpse of Washington, D.C. in The Motion Clue by Case Lane
Dallas lived in one of D.C.’s most convenient but expensive neighborhoods, Mount Vernon Square on the other side of Mass Ave from Chinatown. If America’s capital had a downtown defined by bars, restaurants, and a sports arena, then Chinatown, complete with the obligatory friendship gate and signs in Chinese lettering, was downtown D.C.
If one walked south towards the National Mall the tourist friendly dining choices gave way to stately office complexes designed for Roman Emperors. Venturing north past the homeless people sleeping in neighborhood parks, the commercial district’s streets turned residential as new condominium towers were being erected in every direction to pull a moneyed class of young professionals, lawyers, publicists, lobbyists, thinkers and marketers, into the city’s core.
– Washington in The Origin Point: A Future Tech Cyber Novella by Case Lane
At home in her Washington, D.C. condo she could see the city’s managed skyline – low rise around the National Mall, high rise where she was located in the busy northwest quadrant neighborhood of Mount Vernon Square. Pushed for decades to expand vertically and incorporate millions demanding to be inside the Beltway’s protected ring, D.C. was a city of diverse neighborhoods and fast-paced development. But from above, Kadie saw only the quiet twilight of a tiring day, and heard sirens finding crime and health emergencies at every hour. Staring into the city’s darkening pitch, she sensed a void.
– Describing Washington, D.C. in The Probable Cause: A Future Tech Cyber Thriller by Case Lane
BRIEF OVERVIEW
Place: The District of Columbia, the capital of the United States of America on the eastern seaboard, where the mid-Atlantic states meet the south.
Visited: Home for three and half years as a law and graduate school student
Most Recent Visit: 2015
Original sites: Overwhelming
Familiarity: High
Surprise: Look out for the transforming neighborhoods like Mount Vernon Square where high-rise condo buildings are attracting upscale restaurants and shops
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