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unusual facts about 17th Street




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Cleveland/Bradley County Greenway

Highlights include an 18-space parking area, four pedestrian bridges that cross Mouse Creek, five underpasses (Raider Drive, Keith Street, 25th Street, 20th Street, and 17th Street), and a connection to the Prayer Walk Plaza at the Church of God International Offices.

High Heel Drag Queen Race

The High Heel Drag Queen Race is an informal costumed drag queen race in Washington, D.C. Each year on the Tuesday before the Halloween holiday, thousands of spectators come to Dupont Circle to watch as 100 or so costumed drag queens show off their elaborate outfits and race down 17th Street.

Metropolitan Railroad

One from the Capitol to the War Department at 14th and I Streets NW and a second along H Street NW from Massachusetts Avenue NW to 17th Street NW.

Peachtree Station

In April 2011, the city of Atlanta submitted an application for a grant seeking $22.5 million to relocate the station approximately 1 mile south to Northside Drive and 17th Street, near the multi-use community of Atlantic Station.

Presidential Museum and Leadership Library

Since the relocation, two other buildings associated with Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush have been moved to the Presidential Museum site: (1) a modest house formerly at 917 East 17th Street in Odessa briefly occupied in 1948-1949 by the first President Bush, his wife, Barbara Pierce Bush, and first son George and (2) the residence formerly at 1405 West Golf Course Road in Midland purchased by George W. Bush in 1977, a year before he married Laura Welch Bush.

Quadrants of Washington, D.C.

However, even then the Capitol was never located at the geographic center of the territory (the geographic center was located near the present-day intersection of 17th Street, NW and Constitution Ave.).

Susan Osborne

A plaque in the sitting area along the Boulder Creek Path near 17th Street contains a dedication to Osborne for her years of work as a city planner.