Southwest "Mid-Century Modern & More" Walking Tour

Southwest Washington has a long and interesting history. One of the first neighborhoods to be developed, it became a thriving community for Black Washingtonians and then was destroyed by "Urban Renewal." From there it fell on tough times again until the Wharf redeveloped it yet again.

Southwest is known for some of the finest examples of mid-century modern architecture in Washington.

• See the work of Cloethial Woodard Smith, the most important woman architect in DC history

• See famed local architect Charles Goodman's modernist aluminum masterpieces

• The place where famed doctor Walter Reed discovered the proved the causes of yellow fever

• A monument to men who died on the Titanic