Woodley Park

One Metro stop north of Dupont Circle, Woodley Park is probably best known as the home of the National Zoo. Another landmark, though, is the wonderful mural, Marilyn, by John Bailey, found on the northwest corner of Calvert Street and Connecticut Avenue.

The Woodley Park section of Connecticut Avenue can be thought of as stretching between two bridges: the Taft Memorial Bridge in the south and the Klingle Bridge right before Cleveland Park in the north. The Taft Memorial Bridge leads to the Kalorama district and eventually to Dupont Circle.

There is a Woodley Park Historic District and its approximate boundaries are 24th and 29th Streets to the west, Cathedral Avenue to the north, Rock Creek Park to the east, and Calvert and Woodley Roads to the south.

If you're going to the zoo and traveling on the Metro, it's worth noting that it's easier to walk to the zoo from the Cleveland Park Metro station than it is from the Woodley Park station.

Lots of people come to Woodley Park to eat -- and with good reason. Restaurant Row here -- on both sides of the Avenue -- has over 20 restaurants featuring cuisine from around the globe. Some of them are listed in the next column.

Adams Morgan is another reason thousands of people get off the Metro at Woodley Park -- at least late on Friday and Saturday nights -- and that jumping little neighborhood is a shortish walk east on Calvert Street across the Calvert Street bridge.

One of the more famous apartment buildings in the city is the Kennedy-Warren located next to the National Zoo on the east side of Connecticut Avenue.

If you're a resident of Woodley Park, the community association has been in operation since 1965 and is always looking for new members.