Greenway Quartet: The Summerhouse

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Greenway Quartet: The Summerhouse

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Washington, D.C. audio tour: Greenway Quartet: The Summerhouse
This is a 0.7mi walking tour
It takes an average of 20 mins to complete.
Washington, D.C.
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About the Tour

Your guide’s investigations of the mysterious phenomenon discovered in the Enid A. Haupt Garden continue on a walk through the parks south of Union Station. Join her for the second installment of this fictional walk series.

In the weeks after her encounter with Dorine at the Haupt Garden, your guide has grown distrustful of the things she experienced that day. She wants to understand the phenomenon, but doesn’t know where to turn for answers.

Follow her on the next phase of her adventure through the Lower and Upper Senate Parks to a peculiar structure on the U.S. Capitol West Lawn known as The Summerhouse.

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Museums Parks And Gardens Quirky Crime And Mystery Public Art

Tour Producer

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Kate Gorman

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Kate Gorman is an artist, writer, and performer creating multisensory experiences and experimenting with how they are described and documented. A multiple-award winning artist, she has exhibited her work primarily in Washington, DC and Maryland. In addition to her visual and conceptual art practice, she is a content creator for the YouTube channel @walkingsalon where she makes videos on her printmaking and bookmaking processes and the artistic inspiration she draws from the built and natural environment, from places as close as her neighborhood to far away settings for films. Her work with VoiceMap has focused on producing compelling fictional experiences that highlight under-explored locations in the parks and gardens around the National Mall in Washington, DC.

- The Greenway series of VoiceMap walks was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship Program award by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in Washington, DC.

- 2026 is the 10 year anniversary of the Greenway series release

Preview Location

Location 7

Cherry Trees

When the bloom happens in the spring, these parks have some of the loveliest cherry blossom displays. I know everyone talks about the Tidal Basin’s cherry trees, but I think these tree-lined walks are prettier. I’ll take you to one of my favorite cherry tree walks now. It’s ju... Read More
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Major Landmarks

  • Union Station

  • Lower Senate Park

  • Upper Senate Park

  • Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon

  • United States Capitol West Lawn

Getting There

Route Overview

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  1. Start location
    50 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA
  2. Total distance
    1km
  3. Final location
    Washington, DC 20004, USA
  4. Distance back to start location
    705.1m

Directions to Starting Point

The route starts at the Union Station Metro exit on Union Station Drive out front of the station's main building.

The Union Station Metro stop can be reached via the Red Line on Metro Rail. It can also be reached via Metro Bus on the 80, X2, X9, and D8 lines and the D.C. Circulator bus. There is also a Capital Bikeshare pickup/drop off point in Columbus Circle, right in front of Union Station.

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Places to stop along the way

Union Station, National Postal Museum, Japanese American Memorial, Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon, United States Capitol

Best time of day

Daylight hours

Precautions

Exercise caution when crossing streets.

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“Great app. walk around at your own pace, stop where you want, move on or speed up when you want. Read the script before you go or during the commentary, speed it up or replay it. Repeat the tour whenever you like.”
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