Logan Circle

Logan Circle is both a traffic-circle park and the surrounding residential neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C. At its center stands the 1901 equestrian statue of John A. Logan, a Union general and senator. The Victorian row houses ringing the circle were built between the 1870s and 1890s for the rising middle class and form one of the most intact ensembles of that era in the capital. The neighborhood faded in the 20th century but has become one of the city's most expensive in recent decades, anchored by the heavily commercial 14th Street corridor of restaurants, galleries and bars. Walkers enjoy the quiet contrast between the leafy circle and the lively avenue.