This underrated DC tourist attraction has some of the best views of the city.
The Old Post Office and traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue during the blue hour. Photographs by David Andrews
The tower atop the Waldorf Astoria on Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, is free to visit and is open to the public seven days a week from 9AM until 4PM with tours running every five minutes. The Washington Monument has the highest views from the center of the city, but the Post Office tower offers views thatthe famous obelisk. Visitors can spend as much time as they’d like exploring the expansive vistas: National Cathedral to the northwest, Federal Triangle directly below to the southwest, planes landing at National Airport, and much of DC’s 68 square miles.Pennsylvania Avenue and the Capitol Building from the Old Post Office observation deck.
Federal Triangle, the African-American History Museum, the Washington Monument, and the White House are all visible to the west.Visitors can also glimpse the pull ropes for the Bells of Congress, replicas of Westminster Abbey’s bells that Britain’s Ditchley Foundation gave to the US for its bicentennial. The bells are rung every federal holiday and for prominent events such as presidential inaugurations.
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