{"id":11,"date":"2017-01-03T19:36:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T19:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.dc.wordcamp.org\/location\/"},"modified":"2017-06-22T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:03:28","slug":"location","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/location\/","title":{"rendered":"Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carnegie Library of Washington, D.C.<br \/>\n<span class=\"_Xbe\">801 K Street, NW<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20001<\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/location\/2008-0601-dc-citymuseumcarnegielibrary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/01\/2008-0601-DC-CityMuseumCarnegieLibrary-e1492791658571.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CarnegieLibraryDC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo By Bobak Ha&amp;#8217;Eri [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/01\/2008-0601-DC-CityMuseumCarnegieLibrary-300x175.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/01\/2008-0601-DC-CityMuseumCarnegieLibrary-1024x597.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.dc.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/01\/2008-0601-DC-CityMuseumCarnegieLibrary-e1492791658571.jpg\" alt=\"Carnegie Library of Washington, DC\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo By Bobak Ha&#8217;Eri [CC BY 3.0], via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:2008-0601-DC-CityMuseumCarnegieLibrary.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"googlemaps\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3104.932548727404!2d-77.02511774946134!3d38.90265775413959!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89b7b7928e9f4685:0x11bbebbc18286c74!2s801%20K%20St%20NW,%20Washington,%20DC%2020001!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1492787659719\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<h2>About the Venue<\/h2>\n<p>Dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903, the Carnegie Library in Washington, D.C. was the first Carnegie Grant library in the nation\u2019s capital. Today it serves primarily as an event space and has hosted events from technology conferences to presidential inaugural balls. It also houses an illuminated floor map of Washington, D.C. and the research library for the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The library\u2019s architecture is Beaux-Arts, featuring an ornate facade and weathered copper roof. Situated in D.C.\u2019s Mount Vernon Square neighborhood, the Carnegie Library is truly one of the District\u2019s architectural gems.<\/p>\n<h2>Directions<\/h2>\n<p>The best way to get to the Carnegie Library is via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmata.com\/\">Washington DC Metro<\/a>. The venue is a short walk from these stations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mount Vernon Square\/7th Street Convention Center (green and yellow lines)<\/li>\n<li>Gallery Place\/Chinatown (red, green, and yellow lines)<\/li>\n<li>McPherson Square (orange, blue, and silver lines)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carnegie Library of Washington, D.C. 801 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 About the Venue Dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903, the Carnegie Library in Washington, D.C. was the first Carnegie Grant library in the nation\u2019s capital. Today it serves primarily as an event space and has hosted events from technology conferences to presidential &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/location\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Location&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9618246,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8gcWY-b","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9618246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1716,"href":"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}