Forbes declares Navy Yard one of the '12 coolest neighborhoods around the world'
When considering the coolest neighborhoods in the world, one may think of those in cultural hubs such as Barcelona and Athens.
Forbes magazine included such cities on its list, but Washington also landed a spot. The magazine put the District’s Navy Yard neighborhood on its list of “the 12 Coolest Neighborhoods Around the World.”
“With its waterfront location, industrial infrastructure and historic roots (it was established in 1799), the Navy Yard — or ‘the Yards’ — has a cool factor that most other D.C. neighborhoods lack,” travel expert Melissa Biggs Bradley told the magazine.
The Forbes list, which was not a ranking, included neighborhoods in Seoul, Johannesburg and Cartagena, Colombia. The only other U.S. neighborhood on the list was Chicago’s Pilsen.
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the newer parts, but am familiar with the earlier grounds. I worked with the US Navy Museum there to borrow Union Civil War artifacts for a museum exhibit, and attended events and receptions held at there.
The original grounds have a long history back to the founding in 1799- the Entrance Gate built by architect Benjamin Latrobe; the Yard's sailors who were dispatched to Bladensburg, Md. in 1814 to defend the capital against the attacking British forces; after the Civil War, John Wilkes Booth's body was examined there; and many scientific and technological developments came out of work done at the site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard
Early view of the City of Washington with the Washington Navy Yard Bldg., the US Capitol and Executive Mansion.