My job as volunteer assistant on my two WalkingTown DC tours today called for logistics, crowd control, and passing out evaluation forms—and it kept me busy, but I did grab two quick snaps of inside Washington.
First, Steve Livengood pointed out the communications equipment that TV people use for their standups outside the Senate side of the Capitol, nicely concealed by a low barrier wall, and out of frame when the cameras are rolling.
Carolyn Crouch took us through the good, the bad, and the dismal of the 1960s-era L’Enfant Plaza urban renewal project. Perhaps the low point of the dismal is this stairway that connects D Street, S.W. to the elevated L’Enfant Promenade. As we ascended the weirdly-treaded steps, vague noises of something like sandblasting could be heard from the behind the tarps that you see. Or perhaps they’re concealing a hellmouth.