Structure Reuse

Historic Abandoned Streetcar Station Beneath Dupont Circle | Urban Ghosts |

If you’ve never checked out Urban Ghosts: Forgotten Places & Urban Curiosities go treat yourself.

Aided by the photographs of Eric Purcell this is a great expose on the abandoned streetcar station under Dupont Circle.

Timely for us, since we are going to the Reclaim + Remake Symposium in April in D.C.

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dupont trolley station abandoned Urban History: Exploring the Disused Streetcar Tunnels Beneath Dupont Circle

Urban Turf DC writes that tours are available leaving from Cosi on R and 20th Street NW. In 2010 the Arts Coalition for the Dupont Underground submitted a proposal to the D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, laying out its vision for the adaptive reuse of the historic space. Dupont Underground hopes to establish a world-class centre for arts, design and innovative entrepreneurship.

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