PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 9th Street SE to the Anacostia River Commodore Barney Circle

 

1903
1954
1998	What was once a gateway of circular open space is now the link between the Anacostia Freeway and southeast Washington D.C.  What was once a prominent feature of L’Enfant’s plan, has given way to a modern freeway entrance.  The circle no longer functions as the other circles throughout the city.  It no longer serves as a spatial nodel.  The predominance of the automobile in the area precludes the pedestrian scale of the circle as originally intended.