Florida Avenue is a major street in Washington, D.C. It was originally named Boundary Street, because it formed the northern boundary of Pierre L'Enfant's original plan for the Federal City. In 1890, since the city had grown beyond the borders of the original plan, Boundary Street was renamed.
The western terminus of Florida Avenue is at Massachusetts Avenue, 22nd Street, and Q Street NW. From that terminus to 9th Street NW, Florida Avenue follows a winding path due to the city's topography. From 9th Street NW, Florida Avenue follows a straight line to its eastern terminus at H Street NE near the intersection of 15th Street, H Street, Maryland Avenue, Benning Road, and Bladensburg Road.
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Coordinates: 38°54′59.6″N 77°1′21.2″W / 38.916556°N 77.022556°W / 38.916556; -77.022556
Famous quotes containing the words florida and/or avenue:
“In Florida consider the flamingo,
Its color passion but its neck a question.”
—Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)
“Only in America ... do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the age of sixty, and walk up and down Collins Avenue in Florida in pedalpushers and mink stoles—and with opinions on every subject under the sun. It isn’t their fault they were given a gift like speech—look, if cows could talk, they would say things just as idiotic.”
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)