I’ve finally gotten all the details and the route planned for the December 19 Washington DC Holiday Photowalk. The route includes some wonderful holiday decorations, buildings with great architectural details, and a few statues and monuments.

We’ll start in Lafayette Park and end at Union Station. The route is just over 3 miles long. There are several Metro stops along the way if you get tired or cold and don’t want to finish the entire route.

We’ll meet at the Andrew Jackson Statue in Lafayette Park at 9:30 AM and take a group photo then.

Here’s a map showing the general route – it’s not quite accurate. For some reason, Google maps doesn’t cope well with starting in the middle of a park or cutting across the grass to get to the next site.

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Directions for the route are

1. Start at the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park
2. Walk to the North side of the White House
3. Turn right – walk down Pennsylvania Ave to 17^th Street. The Renwick Gallery is on the corner.
4. Turn left on 17^th Street to E st. The Eisenhower Executive Office Building and the First Division Monument will be on your left.
5. Turn left on E st – to South Lawn of White House and National Christmas Tree
6. Head across the grass to the SE – to the Boy Scout Memorial (yes this is the statue of the boy with the nearly naked parents)
7. Head toward to E St – cross E St to E. Executive Ave – Past the William Tecumseh Sherman Statue to Alexander Hamilton Place
8. Turn Right on Alexander Hamilton Place – past the back of the Treasury Building
9. From Alexander Hamilton Place – cross 15^th St to Pennsylvania Ave. Walk down Pennsylvania Ave to 14^th St. Willard Hotel is on the left
10. Turn left on 14^th St – walk to  F St
11. Turn left on F St  walk to 15^th St – past the back of the Willard Hotel
12. Turn Right on 15^th St – walk to New York Avenue. Suntrust Bank Building is on the corner of 15^th St and New York Ave
13. Turn right on New York Avenue – walk to H St. The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church is on the left between 12^th and 11^th Streets.
14. Turn right on H st – walk to 5^th St.  Calvary Baptist Church is on the left between 9^th and 8^th Streets. Pass though Chinatown – the Friendship Arch is on H st just past 7^th st
15. Turn right on 5^th St – walk to F St National Building Museum is on the corner. St Mary Mother of God Church is on the left as you walk down 5^th Street.
16. Turn left on F St – in the middle of the block – cross the street to the National Law Enforcement Memorial
17. Go through the National Law Enforcement Memorial to E St. Turn left on E St. to 4^th St.
18. Turn right on 4^th Street – walk to D St.
19. Turn left on D St – walk to New Jersey Avenue
20. Turn right on New Jersey Avenue – walk to Louisiana Avenue.
21. Turn Left on Louisiana Avenue. The National Japanese-American Memorial to Patriotism is on the corner of New Jersey and Louisiana Avenues.
22. Follow Louisiana Avenue to Union Station.

Union Station has some wonderful holiday decorations, both outdoors and inside – including a great model train layout.

Once we’re all finished photographing, we’ll head downstairs to the Union Station Food Court for lunch and checking out our photos.

I’ve set up a Facebook Event and a Flickr Group for the DC Holiday Photowalk.

The photowalk is open to anyone who wants to join us. Bring whatever type of camera you like to use. Bill will probably be bringing one of his Graflex SLRs. You may want to leave your tripod at home – we’ll be photographing around the White House and sometimes they don’t like groups of people with lots of tripods. Digital Photography School has some Tips on What to Bring on A Photowalk if you’ve never been on one before.

Please spread the word about the Dec 19 DC Holiday Photowalk. Looking foward to seeing you on the 19th