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The Taft Bridge, also known as the Connecticut Avenue Bridge or William Howard Taft Bridge, is a historic bridge located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. It carries Connecticut Avenue over the Rock Creek gorge, including Rock Creek and the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, connecting the neighborhoods of Woodley Park and Kalorama. The Classical Revival bridge was built between 1897–1907. It was designed by engineer George S. Morison and architect Edward Pearce Casey. It is an arch bridge with unreinforced concrete arches and a reinforced concrete deck. The total length of the bridge is 274.5 meters (901 ft). It has been called an "engineering tour de force" and the largest unreinforced concrete structure in the world. In 1931, the bridge was renamed in honor of U.S. President William Howard Taft. On July 3, 2003, the Taft Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The Taft Bridge, also known as the Connecticut Avenue Bridge or William Howard Taft Bridge, is a historic bridge in Washington D.C. that carries Connecticut Avenue over the Rock Creek gorge. The bridge is "guarded" by four large male lions, two on each end of the bridge (each approx. 7 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft.). Two of the lions rest on all fours with their heads tilted upwards and mouths slightly open while the other pair lie with their eyes closed, apparently sleeping. They were originally designed and sculpted by Roland Hinton Perry in 1906 out of cast concrete (the bridge as a whole is one of the first cast concrete bridges in the country) and were installed in 1907. By the 1990’s, the lions were in very bad condition and ultimately found to be beyond restoring. The sculptor Reinaldo Lopez-Carrizo produced molds based on the existing sculptures and photographs, and used them to cast new concrete lion sculptures that were installed on the bridge in July and August 2000. The same molds were used to cast bronze lions installed at the main pedestrian entrance to the National Zoo farther north on Connecticut Avenue in 2002.

The Taft Bridge, also known as the Connecticut Avenue Bridge or William Howard Taft Bridge, is a historic bridge in Washington D.C. that carries Connecticut Avenue over the Rock Creek gorge. Twenty-four lampposts are equally spaced along both sides of the Taft Bridge. Created by sculptor Ernest Bairstow in 1906 the lampposts are composed of concrete bases (approx. 5 ft. 8 in. high and 4 ft. wide) with painted iron lampposts (approx. 17 feet high and 4 feet wide) set in them. The pedestals are decorated with a garland and a fluted column featuring acanthus leaves at the top and bottom. Above the leaves is a horizontal bracket with two globes hanging from each side of the column. Each lamppost is topped with a painted iron eagle with its wings spread

The Woodward Condominium (originally named the Woodward Apartments) is located at 2311 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., in the Kalorama neighbourhood of Washington, D.C. Built in 1910 to the designs of architects Harding and Upman, the Woodward is one of a handful of Spanish Colonial apartment houses built prior to World War I when that style was fashionable. Its most striking feature is the elaborate baroque, three-story-high polychrome terra cotta entrance entablature with pairs of columns crowned by the third-floor window surround. The Woodward is designated as a contributing property to the Kalorama Triangle Historic District, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987

2101 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. is a housing cooperative located in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built in 1928 by developer Harry M. Bralove and his partners, Edward C. Ernst and John J. McInerney, the Spanish Colonial Revival style former apartment building was designed by architects Joseph H. Abel and George T. Santmyer. 2101 Connecticut Avenue is designated as a contributing property to the Kalorama Triangle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Former occupants include Alben W. Barkley, William E. Borah, Theodore E. Burton, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Tom C. Clark, Willis Van Devanter, Leslie Groves, John Kluge, and Arthur L. Willard.

In 1915 developer Bates Warren selected the site at 2029 Connecticut Avenue both for its high elevation and for its proximity to other stylish apartment houses. Designed by architects Ernest C. Hunter & G. Neal Bell, 2029 is a Renaissance inspired building, built in the Beaux-Arts style. Ivory-colored terra cotta is used extensively on the façade, especially on the two porches and the window surrounds on the first, second and seventh floors. The two entrances to the building are quite prominent. The one on Connecticut Avenue is through an ornate octagonal porch. Notable tenants have included William H. G. Bullard, Joseph Gurney Cannon, Charles S. Deneen, William O. Douglas, Frank Friday Fletcher, Henry D. Flood, William H. Harrison, Lena Horne, Alanson B. Houghton, William M. Ingraham (Assistant Secretary of War), Robert A. Lovett, Alexander Campbell King, George McGovern, Charles B. McVay, Jr., Henry Morgenthau, Jr., John J. Pershing, William E. Reynolds, Edward Everett Robbins, Carol Schwartz, Leslie M. Shaw, George Sutherland, William Howard Taft, Francis E. Warren, and Wallace H. White, Jr.. It is designated as a contributing property to the Kalorama Triangle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.