Spanish Steps, Kolorama, Washington, DC, 2023.
Plenty of pixels, for pedestrians only, please, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53335651417
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Captured with the Rodenstock 23mm/5.6 HR-Digaron-S lens and Phase One IQ4-150 Achromatic Back, polarizer+590nm (red) filter.
Washington DC is not a city of many notable inclines, and so lacks the proliferation of “step streets” found in places like San Francisco and The Bronx. Most famous are Georgetown’s Exorcist Steps (so named for the fatal effect they have on members of that profession), and, shown here, Kalorama’s Spanish Steps, which occupy 22nd St NW between S and Decatur.
@[email protected] Once upon a time (for a few decades) across from the steps on S Street stood the Founding Church of Scientology. Staffers sometimes used the steps as a place to chill or grab a smoke during their little bits of time off. The Snow White conspiracy to infiltrate federal agencies was run from there. I lived a block down on R. Weird times
…ya know, I never really considered how flat DC actually is
@[email protected] The great work on the trees can only be appreciated on Flickr. (By the way, *Kalorama.)
