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Washington, the District of Columbia -- also known as "DC" and "The District" -- is a city of green parks, wide tree-lined streets and very few skyscrapers, all of which gives the city a European air. The federal government and all of the lawyers, lobbyists and business that stem from the government is DC's biggest industry, but tourism is the second largest economic generator. The city has almost twenty million visitors each year with most of the visitors arriving in midsummer, when the lawmakers have gone home. Most attractions have no admission charges. Many of the famous sites, including the Smithsonian museum buildings and national monuments, are concentrated along the National Mall.
The downtown area, just north of the mall, has experienced a renaissance around the new MCI arena, which has anchored new restaurants, nightclubs and shopping. Other famous neighborhoods include Georgetown, the historic district with elegant 18th and 19th century town homes; Dupont Circle, the art district; and Adams Morgan, the funkier district with international restaurants, bars and sidewalk cafes.
The site of today's federal district was selected by our first President George Washington, whose idea was to create a special district as a federal center to alleviate the problem of establishing a capital city in any one state. Its attractive site via the Potomac River between the south and the north made it an accessible site. The French architect Pierre L’Enfant originally designed it in 1791.
Congress and the second President, John Adams, moved to Washington, DC in 1800, but it was six decades before it began to look likes a capital city. Today there is no question that it is the nation’s capital city.
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