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WALKING THE NATIONAL MALL PART I CONTINUED
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May 4th 2006 by Michigan Schlief
Let's turn around, face to the East and walk up the other side of the National Mall.
The Turnaround
OK..this foot journey is making its turn to the east, left on Jefferson Drive. Let's go up the other side of the Mall. First past the Department of Agriculture on the right.
The Freer
Halfway down Jefferson Drive on the right we pass the Freer Gallery of Art: The Smithsonian's first Mall museum dedicated solely to art. The Freer is a hidden treasure, not visited as much as it deser... [more]
Barbarian At The Gate
Our intrepid "foot-traveler" has made it to the Smithsonian Castle gate. Let's enter.
The Smithsonian Quadrangle
The walk has entered the Smithsonian Quadrangle, part of which is the 4-acre Enid A. Haupt Garden, a personal contemplative escape haven. The Smithsonian Castle looms in the background.
National Museum Of African Art
Still in the Quadrangle: The wonderful National Museum of African Art with a 7,000-item permanent collection of traditional African works of art.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
The other Quadrangle treasure: The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, devoted to Asian arts, past to present. A personal favorite.
At Play In The Haupt Garden
Certain nooks & crannies of the Haupt Garden encourage creative relaxation.
Flowers
Flowers add fragrance to the walk going out of the Quadrangle and back on to Jefferson Drive.
Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
On the right, the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden entices birds and tourists. Oh the lucky squirrels that live among the flower beds, getting fat on juicy buds and petals.
The Hirshhorn
There's the Hirshhorn. The so-called "doughnut" on the Mall. A great place to see contemporary art.
The Walker?
Could this be our Mall-walker, turned to stone or salt or whatever for looking back on where he'd been?
The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
Across Jefferson Drive, The Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden, sunk below ground level, beckons to the Mall-trekker: "Please walk through me"--"Enjoy the works of Rodin, Maillol, Gaston Lachaise, and ... [more]
To The West
OK we're back on 7th Street and this walk is winding down with a look westward down at the other end of the Mall and the Washington Monument.
The Finish Line
So here it ends looking north up 7th Street towards the restaurants and watering holes of Chinatown, just a few short blocks away. Stay tuned for the next walk on the Mall. Coming soon.
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May 9th 2006 - Peat O'Neil: Walk the Walk
This takes me home to where my Mom pushed my stroller when I was a toddler some, ahem, 50 years ago. Many of the galleries and special gardens are new, but the castle, Natural History Museum, the National Gallery of Art and the Freer were all there in the 1950's and we'd visit them regularly. Thank you for an inspiring walk.
May 9th 2006 - Peatyo: Mall Walk
Powerful images here. The mall belongs to the people.
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