Tour Updates and Schedule Changes

Thank you for interest in WalkingTown & BikingTown DC. This page will keep you informed as we make updates to tour listing information. If you have any questions, please email us at info@culturaltourismdc.org.

 

As of September 29, 2011

New Tour

This follwing tour has been added since brochure printing:

11 am - 1 pm
Ward 3 Green Tour with Councilmember Mary Cheh

Cancelled:

Sunday, October 2: 2:30 - 5 pm
Bike the Pink Line to Neighborhood Public Art

Updated Meeting Locations:

Saturday, Oct. 1: 10 am - noon
Embassy Row: Families and Fortunes
Meet outside Dupont Circle Metro station, South exit, located where Connecticut Ave. and 18th St., NW intersect the circle. End at the Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St., NW.  (Instead of 1525 20th St., NW)
 
Sunday, Sept. 25, Sat. Oct 1 and Sun. Oct. 2: 9 am - 10:30 am all dates
Worthy Ambition:  LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail Preview
Meet and end at the arch at 6th St. and T St., NW  (Instead of Florida Ave. and T. St., NW)
 
Sunday, September 25: 2 - 4 pm
The Great Emancipator?  Lincoln and Slavery During the Civil War
Meet at the entrance to Soldires Home on Rock Creek Church Rd., NW and Upshur St., NW (not Randolph St.)

 

Cancelled Tours:

Saturday, September 24 & Sunday, September 25: 11 am - 1 pm
Edgewood Murals

Cancelled Tour:

September 26: 12 noon – 1 pm
On View at the American University Museum

New Tour:

October 1: 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Places of the Heart: Women in the Civil War

Tour takes place in Ward 6

New Tour: 

September 25: 10 am – 12 noon
The Sylvan Suburb of Takoma Park

Tour takes place in Ward 4.

Updated Fitness Level:

Septembe 24 and October 1: 10 am - 12 noon
Rowdies, Madams, and Painted Women: An Adults-Only Tour of Hooker's Division
Fitness: Low, 4 blocks

Tour takes place in Ward 2.

New Tour:

October 2: 11 am - 1 pm 
Ward 3 Green Tour with Councilmember Mary Cheh

Updated Time:

September 24: 11 am - 12:30 pm
Sacred Art and Architecture in Historic Downtown’s Places of Worship

Tour takes place in Ward 2.

Updated Ward:

On page 12 of the brochure, the Park View tours are listed in Ward 4. The tour starts in Ward 4 at the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro Station, but the Park View community and tour is in Ward 1.

September 24, 3 - 5 pmSeptember 25, 3 - 5 pmOctober 2, 3 - 5 pm  
Park View, from Suburban to Urban: Life along the Seventh Street Turnpike (Georgia Avenue)

Updated Ward:

On pages 12 and 13 of the brochure, the Historic St. Paul’s Rock Cemetery tours are incorrectly listed in Ward 5. They are actually in Ward 4. Petworth is also in Ward 4.

September 24: 12 noon - 1:30 pm & 2 - 3:30 pm 
Historic St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery: DC's Colonial Era Church and Churchyard

September 25: 12 noon - 1:30 pm & 2 - 3:30 pm 
Historic St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery: DC's Colonial Era Church and Churchyard

October 1: 12 noon - 1:30 pm & 2 - 3:30 pm 
Historic St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery: DC's Colonial Era Church and Churchyard

October 2: 12 noon - 1:30 pm & 2 - 3:30 pm 
Historic St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery: DC's Colonial Era Church and Churchyard

Updated Ward:

On page 14, column 2 of the brochure, the Shaw Part I tour at 10 am Sunday, and the Shaw Part II tour at 1 pm Sunday, are incorrectly listed in Ward 6. These tours are in Ward 2.

Sunday October 2: 10 am - 12:30 pm
Shaw: Where DC Comes Together, Part 1 

Sunday October 2: 1 - 3:30 pm
Shaw: Where DC Comes Together, Part 2 

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