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Encyclopedia > Eastern Market (Washington Metro)
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Eastern Market is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Blue and Orange Lines. Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 628 KB)Eastern Market station entrance pylon, photographed by Ben Schumin on July 7, 2004. ... Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 628 KB)Eastern Market station entrance pylon, photographed by Ben Schumin on July 7, 2004. ... Bethesda Metro station. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... The Blue Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 subway stations from Franconia_Springfield to Largo Town Center. ... The Orange Line of the Washington Metro consists of 26 subway stations from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to New Carrollton. ...


The station is located in Southeast Washington at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street. It is named after the nearby Eastern Market, a historic Washington, DC public marketplace and neighborhood within Capitol Hill. Service began on July 1, 1977. The Eastern Market The Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC, housed in a 19th century brick building. ... Capitol Hill, aside from being the common nickname for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, DC, stretching easterly behind the U.S. Capitol along wide avenues. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...


External Links

  • WMATA: Eastern Market Station (http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=60)
  • world.nycsubway.org: Eastern Market Station (http://world.nycsubway.org/us/washdc/blue/wmata-blue-eastern.html)
  • The Schumin Web Transit Center: Eastern Market Station (http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/stations/blue/eastern-market.asp)


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Capitol South   Blue Line   Potomac Avenue
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Bethesda Metro station. ... Capitol South is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Blue and Orange Lines. ... The Blue Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 subway stations from Franconia_Springfield to Largo Town Center. ... Station entrance pylon. ... The Orange Line of the Washington Metro consists of 26 subway stations from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to New Carrollton. ...


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Eastern Market (561 words)
Eastern Market has long been an important element in the Capitol Hill community by providing a neighborhood market for over a century and a gathering place for residents.
The Market also symbolized the much-desired urbanization of Washington, DC At the end of the Civil War, the city was under pressure to erase it's image as a sleepy southern village or face having the Federal Government removed.
Eastern Market became part of the attempt to reshape the city's image and became the first city-owned market to be built under the public works program of the 1870s.
Eastern Market, Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (396 words)
The Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., housed in a 19th century brick building.
The Eastern Market is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Eastern Market was designed by Adolf Cluss and has been in continuous operation as a public market since 1873.
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