Columbia Heights (WMATA station)

Columbia Heights
Station statistics
Address 3030 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Lines
  Green Line
  Yellow Line off-peak hours
Connections WMATA Metrobus, DC Circulator
Structure Underground
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Bicycle facilities 4 racks, 12 lockers
Other information
Opened September 18, 1999
Accessible
Code E04
Owned by WMATA
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 4.712 million[1]
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Green Line
toward Greenbelt
toward Huntington
 Yellow Line

Columbia Heights is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green Line. It is also served by the Yellow Line during off-peak times. Due to successful redevelopment since the station's opening, Columbia Heights is one of the busiest Metro stops outside of the downtown core, with over four million exits in 2010.[1]

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Location

The station is located in Northwest Washington at 14th and Irving Streets (entrances at both the Southwest and Northeast corners), serving both the Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods. It is also close to the Adams Morgan neighborhood. Service began on September 18, 1999.

Public art

Installed in 1999, Woven Identities is a mural and wall sculpture located in the Metro station. Installed as part of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities public art agenda the piece was created by D.C. architect Megan Walsh and youth from Casa Del Pueblo Community Center. A series of painted panels, which appear like mosaics, the mural is abstract featuring faces representing the diversity of the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Neon lights of many colors glow from behind the framed painted mosaics.[2]

Gallery

References

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Columbia_Heights_(Washington_Metro) Columbia Heights (Washington Metro)] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ a b Neighborhood profiles WDCEP Retrieved 2011-10-19
  2. ^ WMATA (2010). "Columbia Heights Station". Art by Metro Line: Green Line. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. http://www.wmata.com/community_outreach/metroarts/artwork/green/col_woven_1.cfm. Retrieved 18 December 2010.