WASHINGTON DC Watercolor City Blocks Map: PRINT Wellesley Island I made the ink drawing

I made the ink drawing as an architecture student in 1998 while traveling with the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech in a study abroad course

extending west to the University at Albany

tinted deep dark dark blue

Choose the ORIGINAL watercolor + ink line painting on thick Watercolor Paper

{map copyright © Kirsten Sparenborg 2021}

WASHINGTON DC Watercolor City Blocks Map: PRINT Wellesley Island I made the ink drawingWASHINGTON 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