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On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:15:12 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:03:58 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

I know, I used to go that way every day on my way to NIH for about 2
years. There is (was?) no Wisconsin Ave exit west bound. You get off
on Conn Ave and snake down that little parkway.
I was mostly referring to the article saying there was no residential
near NIH. I suppose that is written by people who never actually
turned off of Wisconsin ave.
I knew a couple of NIH guys who used to be close enough to walk to
work. That whole area is residential as soon as you get a block away
from the commercial islands and it used to be pretty nice home$.

I spent a couple years working at the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency
located just a couple blocks south of NIH. We'd go for our lunchtime
runs through the NIH grounds. That was in early 80's. Lived in Lorton.
Not a fun drive around the beltway. The day the Air Florida jet hit
the 14th Street bridge we got let out at 1 PM because of the snow. The
ride home took over nine hours.

What a day that was.
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