Columbia Heights in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Everyday People

Columbia Heights Art on Call

— World in the Park —

Everyday People Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 24, 2017

1. Everyday People Marker

Inscription.
Youth from the Latin American Youth Center–Art + Media House used cameras and microphones to explore the changing faces of Columbia Heights' people and places. Collaborating with community artists, youth researched neighborhood history, interviewed residents, and uncovered what Columbia Heights means to them today. See the neighborhood through the eyes of these youth. Then look around you and take in the face of Columbia Heights from where you stand. Celebrate the people of Columbia Heights – both longtime and newer residents, elders and the young – that add to the vitality and vibrancy of this community.

Stories on Call
Take a minute and listen to the neighborhood.
You can reach our Stories on Call by dialing: 1-800-321-2474, and then press #10.

Art on Call Police and fire call boxes were installed throughout the capital starting in the 1860s and remained in use until 1976. Before the 911 emergency call system, two-way radios and walkie-talkies; call boxes were vital for emergency communication. Now unused, these beautiful iron structures remain part our streets. Art on Call is a city-wide

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project of Cultural Tourism DC, to transform Washington's abandoned call boxes into artistic neighborhood icons.

Erected by Cultural Tourism DC.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Hispanic Americans. In addition, it is included in the DC, Art on Call series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.

Location. 38° 55.628′ N, 77° 2.139′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Columbia Heights. It is on 15th Street Northwest near Columbia Road Northwest. On the east side of National Baptist Memorial Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1501 Columbia Road Northwest, Washington DC 20009, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At

Front of Everyday People Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 24, 2017

2. Front of Everyday People Marker

least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fashionable 16th Street (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Francis Asbury (about 400 feet away); The Trolley Arrives in Mount Pleasant (about 500 feet away); The Wilson Center (about 500 feet away); Social Justice (about 500 feet away); Ambassadors of Faith (about 600 feet away); Las Bicicletas (about 600 feet away); Turbulence and Change (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 24, 2017

3. Everyday People Marker

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 24, 2017

4. Everyday People Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 415 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 24, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.