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Capitol Hill Parks :-
Capitol Hill Parks includes those park areas managed by National
Capital Parks-East between 2nd Streets NE and SE and the Anacostia River.
Included in this group are Lincoln; Folger, Stanton; and Marion Parks; Maryland
Avenue Triangles; Pennsylvania Avenue Medians; Squares and Triangles, including
Seward Square, and Potomac Avenue Metro Stations, Twining Square; and otherinner-city
triangles and squares. When Pierre L'Enfant submitted his design for the
Capital City of Washington in 1790, a system of grand avenues, public buildings
and grounds dominated the overall plan. Many of the parks, medians, circles,
squares and triangles of Capitol Hill Parks evolved from this plan and its
subsequent modification, in 1901, by the McMillan Commission. Their purpose
is to provide urban greenspace within the City of Washington for relaxation,
aesthetic enjoyment, and historic commemoration.
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