Northwest street quadrant system of Washington, D.C.

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street addressing system urban street grid

The Northwest street quadrant system of Washington, D.C. is the portion of the city’s street grid located northwest of the U.S. Capitol, where streets are organized and named according to the capital’s four-quadrant addressing scheme.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northwest quadrant street grid of Washington, D.C.	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	street addressing system ⓘ urban street grid ⓘ
addressFormatIncludes	quadrant suffix "NW" ⓘ
addressNumberingIncreases	northward from the National Mall and the Capitol ⓘ westward from North Capitol Street ⓘ
basedOnPlanBy	Pierre Charles L’Enfant NERFINISHED ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
contains	Adams Morgan street network ⓘ Cleveland Park street network NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbia Heights street network NERFINISHED ⓘ Downtown Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ Dupont Circle street network ⓘ Foggy Bottom street network ⓘ Friendship Heights street network NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgetown street network integration ⓘ Tenleytown street network ⓘ
coordinateOrigin	United States Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
covers	area northwest of the Capitol building ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Northeast street quadrant system of Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast street quadrant system of Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest street quadrant system of Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingAuthority	District of Columbia government NERFINISHED ⓘ
gridOrientation	primarily orthogonal grid ⓘ
hasFeature	radial avenues intersecting the grid at circles and squares ⓘ traffic circles such as Dupont Circle and Logan Circle ⓘ
hasNotableAvenue	Connecticut Avenue NW NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia Avenue NW NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Avenue NW NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania Avenue NW NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisconsin Avenue NW NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableCircle	Dupont Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Logan Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableSquare	McPherson Square NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	evolved from original L’Enfant Plan and later extensions NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	street addressing system of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
referencePoint	Capitol building as origin of street numbering ⓘ
streetNamingPattern	lettered east–west streets ⓘ numbered north–south streets ⓘ state-named diagonal avenues ⓘ
usedFor	navigation and wayfinding in Washington, D.C. ⓘ postal addressing in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
uses	alphabetic sequence for east–west streets north of the Mall ⓘ sequential numbering for north–south streets west of North Capitol Street ⓘ
usesQuadrantDesignation	NW ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

B Street NW → hasCoordinateSystem → Northwest street quadrant system of Washington, D.C. ⓘ

Missouri Avenue NW → partOf → Northwest street quadrant system of Washington, D.C. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest quadrant street grid of Washington, D.C.