WASHINGTON DC Watercolor City Blocks Map: PRINT Wellesley Island Watercolor and ink lines collide

Watercolor and ink lines collide

setting the patterns for the NW/SE streets

extending west to the University at Albany

In size and plan

tinted deep dark dark blue

WASHINGTON DC Watercolor City Blocks Map: PRINT Wellesley Island Watercolor and ink lines collideWASHINGTON DC. L'Enfant's plan is one of the most iconic in the world. To experience the District's overlapping grids and diagonal boulevards and many spaces of commemoration is awe inspiring and undoubtedly confusing. (I think it's best on a bike!) The convergence of rivers and the Tidal Basin allow for picturesque view of the cityscape from the water and Virginia. The iconic diamond shape of the district boundary is highlighted as the block inside