Colonial Village is an affluent residential neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Portal Drive to the north, 16th Street to the east, and Rock Creek Park to the west and south. Colonial Village and the rest of Ward 4 are represented in the Council of the District of Columbia by Muriel Bowser.
The neighborhood is suburban in character, full of winding streets, detached houses on large lots, and open space. It is home to many high officials of the District of Columbia government.
Coordinates: 38°59′16″N 77°02′33″W / 38.9877°N 77.0424°W / 38.9877; -77.0424
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Famous quotes containing the words colonial and/or village:
“Are you there, Africa with the bulging chest and oblong thigh? Sulking Africa, wrought of iron, in the fire, Africa of the millions of royal slaves, deported Africa, drifting continent, are you there? Slowly you vanish, you withdraw into the past, into the tales of castaways, colonial museums, the works of scholars.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)
“Tom was a glittering hero once more—the pet of the old, the envy of the young. His name even went into immortal print, for the village paper magnified him. There were some that believed he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)